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I understand your challenge with importing server utilities in Single File Components (SFCs) during SSR. Unfortunately, the knowledge sources provided don't contain specific information about safely importing server utilities with side effects in SFCs or using import.meta.server for conditional server-side execution in components.

However, based on the knowledge sources, I can confirm that the recommended approach in Nuxt 3 is to use API routes for server-side logic rather than directly importing server utilities in components. According to the Stack Overflow discussion about $fetch, useAsyncData and useFetch, the proper pattern is:

const { data } = await useAsyncData('item', () => $fetch('/api/item'))
// or the shorthand
const { data } = await useFetch('/api/item')

The knowledge sources emphasize that useFetch and useAsyncData are designed to handle data fetching in a way that:

Prevents double fetching (once on server, once on client)
Properly transfers state from server to client during hydration
Should be called directly in setup functions, plugins, or route middleware

While creating API routes might seem like extra work, this is actually the intended Nuxt architecture for separating server-side logic from client-side components. This approach ensures that server-only code and its side effects remain isolated on the server and don't break the client bundle.

The knowledge sources don't explicitly mention a way to conditionally import server utilities with side effects directly in SFCs using `import.meta.server`, so the API route approach you mentioned appears to be the recommended pattern, even though it requires creating endpoints.

#Calling server utilities in SFCs during SSR

The knowledge sources don't explicitly mention a way to conditionally import server utilities with side effects directly in SFCs using `import.meta.server`, so the API route approach you mentioned appears to be the recommended pattern, even though it requires creating endpoints.

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#Calling server utilities in SFCs during SSR

The knowledge sources don't explicitly mention a way to conditionally import server utilities with side effects directly in SFCs using import.meta.server, so the API route approach you mentioned appears to be the recommended pattern, even though it requires creating endpoints.

Note: you can ask me a follow up question by @ mentioning me again :speech_balloon:

The knowledge sources don't explicitly mention a way to conditionally import server utilities with side effects directly in SFCs using `import.meta.server`, so the API route approach you mentioned appears to be the recommended pattern, even though it requires creating endpoints.