nextload/payload.config.ts

import path from "path";

import { mongooseAdapter } from "@payloadcms/db-mongodb"; // database-adapter-import
import { slateEditor } from "@payloadcms/richtext-slate"; // editor-import
import { buildConfig } from "payload/config";

export default buildConfig({
  editor: slateEditor({}), // editor-config
  collections: [],
  secret: "asdfasdf",
  typescript: {
    outputFile: path.resolve(__dirname, "payload-types.ts"),
  },
  graphQL: {
    schemaOutputFile: path.resolve(__dirname, "generated-schema.graphql"),
  },
  db: mongooseAdapter({
    url: "mongodb://localhost:27017/next-payload-3",
  }),
  async onInit(payload) {
    const existingUsers = await payload.find({
      collection: 'users',
      limit: 1,
    })

    if (existingUsers.docs.length === 0) {
      await payload.create({
        collection: 'users',
        data: {
          email: 'dev@payloadcms.com',
          password: 'test',
        }
      })
    }
  },
});