next.js/examples/with-universal-configuration-runtime/pages/index.js

import React from 'react'
import getConfig from 'next/config'

const {publicRuntimeConfig} = getConfig()
const {API_URL} = publicRuntimeConfig

export default class extends React.Component {
  static async getInitialProps () {
    // fetch(`${API_URL}/some-path`)
    return {}
  }

  render () {
    return <div>
            The API_URL is {API_URL}
    </div>
  }
}