Stream Claude in Next.js
Complete setup from install to streaming Claude responses in a Next.js App Router project.
Install
npm install @react-ai-stream/react @react-ai-stream/uiAdd your Anthropic key to .env.local:
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...API route
app/api/chat/route.ts
import { NextRequest } from 'next/server'
export const runtime = 'edge'
export async function POST(req: NextRequest) {
const { messages } = await req.json()
const response = await fetch('https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'x-api-key': process.env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY!,
'anthropic-version': '2023-06-01',
},
body: JSON.stringify({
model: 'claude-sonnet-4-6',
max_tokens: 1024,
system: 'You are a helpful assistant.',
messages: messages.filter((m: { role: string }) => m.role !== 'system'),
stream: true,
}),
})
if (!response.ok) {
const body = await response.text()
return new Response(JSON.stringify({ error: body }), {
status: response.status,
headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
})
}
const enc = new TextEncoder()
const stream = new ReadableStream({
async start(controller) {
const send = (d: object) => controller.enqueue(enc.encode(`data: ${JSON.stringify(d)}\n\n`))
const reader = response.body!.getReader()
const decoder = new TextDecoder()
let buf = ''
while (true) {
const { done, value } = await reader.read()
if (done) break
buf += decoder.decode(value, { stream: true })
const parts = buf.split('\n\n')
buf = parts.pop() ?? ''
for (const part of parts) {
for (const line of part.split('\n')) {
if (!line.startsWith('data: ')) continue
try {
const ev = JSON.parse(line.slice(6))
if (ev.type === 'content_block_delta' && ev.delta?.type === 'text_delta')
send({ type: 'text', text: ev.delta.text })
else if (ev.type === 'message_stop') {
send({ type: 'done' })
controller.close()
return
}
} catch { /* skip */ }
}
}
}
send({ type: 'done' })
controller.close()
},
})
return new Response(stream, {
headers: { 'Content-Type': 'text/event-stream', 'Cache-Control': 'no-cache' },
})
}Component
app/page.tsx
'use client'
import { useAIChat } from '@react-ai-stream/react'
import { Chat } from '@react-ai-stream/ui'
import '@react-ai-stream/ui/styles'
export default function Page() {
const { messages, sendMessage, loading, stop } = useAIChat({
endpoint: '/api/chat',
})
return (
<div style={{ height: '80vh', maxWidth: 720, margin: '0 auto', padding: 24 }}>
<Chat messages={messages} onSend={sendMessage} onStop={stop} loading={loading} />
</div>
)
}That's it. Claude streams token by token into the Chat component.