Flag to disable exposed, auto-generated server loader endpoint

[WoodyWoodsta]

There are scenarios where we would like to have a page be pure SSR. The requirement comes from presenting information which does not need to be revalidated, and is somewhat valuable. In this scenario, anyone who knows that the page is built using React Router will know that the data for the page is loaded via /path/to/page.data, and are able then to use the endpoint to more easily scrape information.

The proposal is to expose a flag either on the loader function (in the same manner as hydrate on clientLoader) or on the route definition, which will:

• Prevent any revalidation on the page
  • Which by definition disables the use of clientLoader
• Prevent the data endpoint from being created on the server

If not for the flag, or new feature, is there another way this is currently possible to achieve?

[itsjavi]

Nextjs bundles the initial data in a script together with the HTML, while that doesn't prevent scrapping, it makes it a little more difficult.

That would also reduce unnecessary HTTP requests.

React Router should call .data only if it needs revalidation.