Suggest an editImprove this articleRefine the answer for “What problem do Server Actions solve?”. Your changes go to moderation before they’re published.Approval requiredContentWhat you’re changing🇺🇸EN🇺🇦UAPreviewTitle (EN)Short answer (EN)**Server Actions** solve the problem of the **extra interaction layer between the interface and the server**, which for a long time was the standard in web applications. **Key point:** Server Actions let you call server code directly, without a manual `fetch`, without API routes, and without serializing/deserializing data.Shown above the full answer for quick recall.Answer (EN)ImageServer Actions solve the problem of the **extra interaction layer between the interface and the server**, which for a long time was the standard in web applications. --- ### What the problem used to be Even for the simplest action, many steps were required. For example: "Save data from a form" 1. The user clicks a button 2. Data is collected in the browser 3. A `fetch` is executed 4. An API route is created 5. The server accepts the HTTP request 6. Parses the request body 7. Validates the data 8. Returns a response 9. The client processes the result At the same time: - the logic was split between the client and the server - a lot of boilerplate code appeared - API routes were created even when no external API was needed at all --- ### Where exactly the pain was 1. **Too much code for simple actions** A CRUD operation turned into several files and layers 2. **Artificial separation of logic** The UI knows what's happening, but the logic itself lives somewhere else 3. **Harder to maintain** You need to keep in sync: - types - data formats - contracts between client and server 4. **Redundant infrastructure** The HTTP API was used as an internal mechanism, not as a real public API --- ### How Server Actions solve this problem Server Actions let you: - call server code **directly** - without a manual `fetch` - without API routes - without serializing and deserializing data In effect: > the UI can "ask the server to do something" without worrying about *how* it gets delivered. --- ### What becomes simpler 1. **Forms** - the form calls the server function directly - works even without client-side JavaScript 2. **CRUD operations** - the logic sits next to the components - fewer files and layers 3. **Working with secrets** - keys and tokens stay on the server - no risk of leaking into the browser 4. **Maintenance and scaling** - fewer synchronization points - easier to change the logicFor the reviewerNote to the moderator (optional)Visible only to the moderator. Helps review go faster.