Modern digital platforms rarely operate in isolation. Whether you're aggregating service providers, products, or user-generated content, chances are your application depends on external APIs to stay current. In this post, we'll walk through a practical pattern: using a Next.js application to consume an API of active providers and automatically create corresponding items in Sitecore XM Cloud.

Scaling 1,000+ Item Syncs to Sitecore XM Cloud with p-limit in Next.js
posted on: Thursday, June 4, 2026

Modern web apps - especially those built with Next.js - often need to sync large datasets from external APIs into a CMS like Sitecore XM Cloud. The challenge? Doing it fast enough to be useful, but safely enough to avoid throttling, timeouts, or partial failures.

Building a reusable Hero Banner Component in Sitecore AI using Next.js and GraphQL
posted on: Monday, July 6, 2026

One of the advantages of Sitecore AI is its headless architecture, where content is completely separated from presentation. By combining Next.js, the Sitecore Content SDK, and GraphQL Rendering Contents Resolver, we can build highly reusable and editor-friendly components.

Building a Dynamic Facebook Feeds Carousel in SitecoreAI with Next.js
posted on: Monday, August 10, 2026

Social media content is one of the most effective ways to keep website experiences fresh and engaging. Recently, I implemented a reusable Facebook Feeds component that integrates Facebook posts into a SitecoreAI + Next.js solution, giving content authors complete control over which pages to display while automatically pulling...

Running a Vercel Cron Job Daily in SitecoreAI + Next.js Application
posted on: Thursday, September 3, 2026

When working with Sitecore XM Cloud + Next.js, there are often situations where you need to run a server-side script automatically - for example, syncing data, calling an API, cleaning up records, or running some custom business logic...

SitecoreAI Forms: Handling Form Submissions with a Webhook and Sending Email using Next.js Application
posted on: Thursday, September 24, 2026

Forms in SitecoreAI introduces a more modern, headless and cloud-oriented approach compared with traditional Sitecore XM/XP Forms. Instead of relying heavily on Sitecore server-side processing, custom submit actions, and Sitecore-based storage, SitecoreAI Forms integrates with external systems primarily through webhooks...