Next.js - Error: only absolute urls are supported

I'm using express as my custom server for next.js. Everything is fine, when I click the products to the list of products

Step 1: I click the product Link

Step 2: It will show the products in the database.

However if I refresh the /products page, I will get this Error

Server code (Look at /products endpoint)

app.prepare()
.then(() => {
  const server = express()

  // This is the endpoints for products
  server.get('/api/products', (req, res, next) => {
    // Im using Mongoose to return the data from the database
    Product.find({}, (err, products) => {
      res.send(products)
    })
  })

  server.get('*', (req, res) => {
    return handle(req, res)
  })

  server.listen(3000, (err) => {
    if (err) throw err
    console.log('> Ready on http://localhost:3000')
  })
})
.catch((ex) => {
  console.error(ex.stack)
  process.exit(1)
})

Pages - products.js (Simple layout that will loop the products json data)

import Layout from '../components/MyLayout.js'
import Link from 'next/link'
import fetch from 'isomorphic-unfetch'

const Products = (props) => (
  <Layout>
    <h1>List of Products</h1>
    <ul>
      { props.products.map((product) => (
        <li key={product._id}>{ product.title }</li>
      ))}
    </ul>
  </Layout>
)

Products.getInitialProps = async function() {

  const res = await fetch('/api/products')
  const data = await res.json()

  console.log(data)
  console.log(`Showed data fetched. Count ${data.length}`)

  return {
    products: data
  }
}

export default Products

As the error states, you will have to use an absolute URL for the fetch you're making. I'm assuming it has something to do with the different environments (client & server) on which your code can be executed. Relative URLs are just not explicit & reliable enough in this case.

One way to solve this would be to just hardcode the server address into your fetch request, another to set up a config module that reacts to your environment:

/config/index.js

const dev = process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production';

export const server = dev ? 'http://localhost:3000' : 'https://your_deployment.server.com';

products.js

import { server } from '../config';

// ...

Products.getInitialProps = async function() {

  const res = await fetch(`${server}/api/products`)
  const data = await res.json()

  console.log(data)
  console.log(`Showed data fetched. Count ${data.length}`)

  return {
    products: data
  }
}