Adds a docs guide, "Choosing a server-side package", that explains when
to use `supabase-js`, `@supabase/ssr`, or `@supabase/server` when
working with Supabase from JavaScript on the server. It includes a
decision table and a short code example for each, with one rule up
front: cookie-based sessions in SSR frameworks use `@supabase/ssr`,
per-request header auth in Edge Functions and other backend runtimes
uses `@supabase/server`, and `supabase-js` is the base client both wrap.
The guide is surfaced from the Auth overview page and the sidebar, and
is cross-linked from the `supabase-js` and `@supabase/server` reference
introductions so it is reachable from where developers start. It also
states that the packages coexist and are not replacements for each
other, and keeps combining `@supabase/server` with `@supabase/ssr` as an
advanced section.
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
- **New Features**
- Added a guide explaining how to choose between Supabase server-side
JavaScript packages.
- Added the guide to Auth navigation and the getting-started content
listings.
- Added links to the new guidance throughout relevant JavaScript and
server documentation.
- **Documentation**
- Clarified when to use cookie-based sessions versus header-based
authentication.
- Added package comparisons, usage examples, advanced guidance, and
related next steps.
- Updated spelling support for framework names used in the
documentation.
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[CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/supabase/supabase/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
file.
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## What kind of change does this PR introduce?
Docs update.
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## What is the current behavior?
`@supabase/server` has no reference documentation page in the Supabase
docs. The library publishes a TypeDoc spec to GitHub Pages but the docs
pipeline was not wired up to consume it.
## What is the new behavior?
- Adds `spec/reference/server/v1/` with a `config.json` (category order:
Middleware, Primitives, Adapters, Errors, Types) and `partials/` for the
introduction and installing pages.
- Adds a `download.server.v1` Makefile target that fetches
`https://supabase.github.io/server/spec.json` into
`spec/reference/server/v1/server.json`, and wires it into the top-level
`download` target so it runs with the rest.
- Registers `server-v1` in `SUPPORTS_NEW_REFERENCE_PROCESS` so the build
pipeline picks up the new spec directory and generates
`content/reference/server/v1/` at build time.
- Seeds the generated `docs/ref/server/` partials (introduction and
installing) that the reference router serves.
## Additional context
The TypeDoc spec is produced by `@supabase/server`'s `docs.yml` workflow
on every push to `main`, so `make download.server.v1` will always pull
the latest published API surface. The companion PR in the server repo
([supabase/server#95](https://github.com/supabase/server/pull/95)) adds
the `@category` tags that the pipeline requires for symbols to appear in
navigation.
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
* **New Features**
* Added a new **Server SDK** item under **Reference**, linking to
`/reference/server` and marked with a **New** badge.
* Published **Server Reference v1** documentation for
`@supabase/server`, including **Introduction** and **Installing** pages.
* **Chores / Improvements**
* Enhanced the reference documentation generation to include Server v1
content.
* Improved reference detail handling (including clearer TypeDoc output
such as **Deprecated** notes).
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Katerina Skroumpelou