From 687544b48aa68186ee3b7c7b7e0cb9f185bbe713 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rot4tion <nhonhoem0123@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:07:34 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] refactor(examples): replace Express with native HTTP server
 in custom server example to match with NextJS docs

---
 examples/custom-server/package.json  |  2 --
 examples/custom-server/src/server.ts | 21 +++++++++------------
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/examples/custom-server/package.json b/examples/custom-server/package.json
index 39022f6e117..f0368d9808a 100644
--- a/examples/custom-server/package.json
+++ b/examples/custom-server/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     "@payloadcms/payload-cloud": "latest",
     "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical": "latest",
     "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
-    "express": "^4.21.1",
     "graphql": "^16.8.1",
     "next": "15.2.3",
     "payload": "latest",
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@
     "react-dom": "19.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/express": "^5.0.0",
     "@types/node": "^18.11.5",
     "@types/react": "19.0.1",
     "@types/react-dom": "19.0.1",
diff --git a/examples/custom-server/src/server.ts b/examples/custom-server/src/server.ts
index 6b66f1bce6a..73174e38b95 100644
--- a/examples/custom-server/src/server.ts
+++ b/examples/custom-server/src/server.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import express from 'express'
+// https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/guides/custom-server
+import { createServer } from 'http'
 import { parse } from 'url'
 import next from 'next'
 
@@ -8,18 +9,14 @@ const app = next({ dev })
 const handle = app.getRequestHandler()
 
 app.prepare().then(() => {
-  const server = express()
-
-  server.all('*', (req, res) => {
+  createServer((req, res) => {
     const parsedUrl = parse(req.url!, true)
     handle(req, res, parsedUrl)
-  })
+  }).listen(port)
 
-  server.listen(port, () => {
-    console.log(
-      `> Server listening at http://localhost:${port} as ${
-        dev ? 'development' : process.env.NODE_ENV
-      }`,
-    )
-  })
+  console.log(
+    `> Server listening at http://localhost:${port} as ${
+      dev ? 'development' : process.env.NODE_ENV
+    }`,
+  )
 })