Building a Real-Time Ticket Inventory Pipeline with Next.js

Live inventory is the heartbeat of a brokerage. Below is a pragmatic approach to build a resilient, low-latency pipeline on the modern web stack.

Ingestion

• Use server-side tasks for scheduled fetches from trusted B2B endpoints.
• Normalize payloads into a common shape: eventId, venueId, section/row/seat, price, deliveryType, TTL.
• Respect rate limits and implement per-source backoff with circuit breakers.

Normalization

Apply venue maps and consistent seat attributes. Record a provenance trail for each row of data so you can answer “where did this come from?” during disputes.

Serving

• Use Next.js Route Handlers for low-latency JSON feeds.
• Cache at the edge with short TTLs; revalidate-on-focus on the client.
• Stream updates to internal dashboards via websockets or server-sent events.

Observability

Instrument the pipeline with structured logs, per-source latency, error rates, and data freshness. Set alerting thresholds and build a simple on-call playbook.

Security

Protect supplier endpoints and secrets, rotate credentials, and partition access by environment. Log access and validate input strictly to avoid poison data.

Done right, your pipeline becomes a competitive moat: faster decisions, fewer mismatches, and happier buyers.