- The middleware in Next.js allows the use of
next responseto redirect requests to a specific URL or rewrite responses, as well as set cookies and headers. - To test redirection within the middleware, check if the path matches
/articles. If it does, use thenext responseto redirect. - When redirecting, it's important to provide an absolute URL, not just a relative path (e.g.,
http://localhost:3000/postinstead of just/post). - The
redirectmethod can take a string or URL object as an argument. - To preserve query strings (like
?sort=latest) in the redirected URL, provide theredirectmethod with a URL object, which can be constructed by cloning the current request URL and modifying its pathname before passing it tonext response.