How to add Calendar in Next.js ?

Adding a calendar to a Next.js application enhances scheduling and event management. We can just install and use the available npm package. In this article, we are going to learn how we can add a calendar loader in NextJS.

Approach

To add our calendar we are going to use the react-calendar package. The react-calendar package helps us to integrate calendars in our app. So first, we will install the react-calendar package and then we will add a calendar on our homepage.

Steps to Create Next App and Installing Module

Step 1: Create a React application using the following command.

npx create-next-app gfg

Step 2: After creating your project folder i.e. gfg, move to it using the following command.

cd gfg

Step 3: Now we will install the react-calendar package using the below command

npm i react-calendar

Project Structure:

The updated dependencies in the package.json file are:

"dependencies": {
    "next": "14.2.4",
    "react": "^18",
    "react-calendar": "^5.0.0",
    "react-dom": "^18"
}

Adding the Calendar

After installing the package we can easily add a calendar on any page in our app.

Example: This example demonstrate addin calender by importing calendar component from the react-calendar package.

// Filename - index.js

import React, { useState } from 'react';
import Calendar from 'react-calendar';
import 'react-calendar/dist/Calendar.css';

export default function CalendarGfg() {
    const [value, onChange] = useState(new Date());

    return (
        <div>
            <h1>NextJs Calendar - GeeksforGeeks</h1>
            <Calendar
                onChange={onChange}
                value={value}
            />
        </div>
    );
}

In the above example first, we are importing the Calendar component and after that, we are using the useState hook to store the current date. Then we are adding our calendar using the imported component. 

Steps to run the application: Run the below command in the terminal to run the app.

npm run dev

Output: