graphql-hooks-with-get-support v3.8.0
graphql-hooks
🎣 Minimal hooks-first GraphQL client.
Features
- 🥇 First-class hooks API
- ⚖️ Tiny bundle: only 5.3kB (1.9 gzipped)
- 📄 Full SSR support: see graphql-hooks-ssr
- 🔌 Plugin Caching: see graphql-hooks-memcache
- 🔥 No more render props hell
- ⏳ Handle loading and error states with ease
Install
npm install graphql-hooks
or
yarn add graphql-hooks
Support
- Latest 8 & 10 Node releases
- Browsers
> 1%, not dead
Consider polyfilling:
FormDataPromisefetch. NOTE: A custom implementation can also be provided instead of polyfilling, seeGraphQLClient
Quick Start
First you'll need to create a client and wrap your app with the provider:
import { GraphQLClient, ClientContext } from 'graphql-hooks'
const client = new GraphQLClient({
url: '/graphql'
})
function App() {
return (
<ClientContext.Provider value={client}>
{/* children */}
</ClientContext.Provider>
)
}Now in your child components you can make use of useQuery
import { useQuery } from 'graphql-hooks'
const HOMEPAGE_QUERY = `query HomePage($limit: Int) {
users(limit: $limit) {
id
name
}
}`
function MyComponent() {
const { loading, error, data } = useQuery(HOMEPAGE_QUERY, {
variables: {
limit: 10
}
})
if (loading) return 'Loading...'
if (error) return 'Something Bad Happened'
return (
<ul>
{data.users.map(({ id, name }) => (
<li key={id}>{name}</li>
))}
</ul>
)
}Table of Contents
- API
- Guides
API
GraphQLClient
Usage:
import { GraphQLClient } from 'graphql-hooks'
const client = new GraphQLClient(config)config: Object containing configuration properties
url(Required): The url to your GraphQL serverssrMode: Boolean - set totruewhen using on the server for server-side rendering; defaults tofalsecache(Required ifssrModeistrue, otherwise optional): Object with the following methods:cache.get(key)cache.set(key, data)cache.delete(key)cache.clear()cache.keys()getInitialState()- See graphql-hooks-memcache as a reference implementation
fetch(url, options): Fetch implementation - defaults to the globalfetchAPI. Check Request interceptors for more details how to managefetch.fetchOptions: See MDN for info on what options can be passedheaders: Object, e.g.{ 'My-Header': 'hello' }logErrors: Boolean - defaults totrueonError({ operation, result }): Custom error handleroperation: Object withquery,variablesandoperationNameresult: Object containingerror,data,fetchError,httpErrorandgraphqlErrors
client methods
client.setHeader(key, value): Updatesclient.headersadding the new header to the existing headersclient.setHeaders(headers): Replacesclient.headersclient.removeHeader(key): Updatesclient.headersremoving the header if it existsclient.logErrorResult({ operation, result }): Default error logger; useful if you'd like to use it inside your customonErrorhandlerrequest(operation, options): Make a request to your GraphQL server; returning a Promiseoperation: Object withquery,variablesandoperationName
options.fetchOptionsOverrides: Object containing additional fetch options to be added to the default ones passed tonew GraphQLClient(config)
ClientContext
ClientContext is the result of React.createContext() - meaning it can be used directly with React's new context API:
Example:
import { ClientContext } from 'graphql-hooks'
function App() {
return (
<ClientContext.Provider value={client}>
{/* children can now consume the client context */}
</ClientContext.Provider>
)
}To access the GraphQLClient instance, call React.useContext(ClientContext):
import React, { useContext } from 'react'
import { ClientContext } from 'graphql-hooks'
function MyComponent() {
const client = useContext(ClientContext)
}useQuery
Usage:
const state = useQuery(query, [options])Example:
import { useQuery } from 'graphql-hooks'
function MyComponent() {
const { loading, error, data } = useQuery(query)
if (loading) return 'Loading...'
if (error) return 'Something bad happened'
return <div>{data.thing}</div>
}This is a custom hook that takes care of fetching your query and storing the result in the cache. It won't refetch the query unless query or options.variables changes.
query: Your GraphQL query as a plain stringoptions: Object with the following optional propertiesvariables: Object e.g.{ limit: 10 }operationName: If your query has multiple operations, pass the name of the operation you wish to execute.useCache: Boolean - defaults totrue; cache the query resultskipCache: Boolean - defaults tofalse; Iftrueit will by-pass the cache and fetch, but the result will then be cached for subsequent calls. Note therefetchfunction will do this automaticallyssr: Boolean - defaults totrue. Set tofalseif you wish to skip this query during SSRfetchOptionsOverrides: Object - Specific overrides for this query. See MDN for info on what options can be passedupdateData(previousData, data): Function - Custom handler for merging previous & new query results; return value will replacedatainuseQueryreturn valuepreviousData: Previous GraphQL query orupdateDataresultdata: New GraphQL query result
useQuery return value
const { loading, error, data, refetch, cacheHit, ...errors } = useQuery(QUERY)loading: Boolean -trueif the query is in flighterror: Boolean -trueiffetchErrororhttpErrororgraphQLErrorshas been setdata: Object - the result of your GraphQL queryrefetch(options): Function - useful when refetching the same query after a mutation; NOTE this presetsskipCache=true& will bypass theoptions.updateDatafunction that was passed intouseQuery. You can pass a newupdateDataintorefetchif necessary.options: Object - options that will be merged into theoptionsthat were passed intouseQuery(see above).
cacheHit: Boolean -trueif the query result came from the cache, useful for debuggingfetchError: Object - Set if an error occurred during thefetchcallhttpError: Object - Set if an error response was returned from the servergraphQLErrors: Array - Populated if any errors occurred whilst resolving the query
useManualQuery
Use this when you don't want a query to automatically be fetched, or wish to call a query programmatically.
Usage:
const [queryFn, state] = useManualQuery(query, [options])Example:
import { useManualQuery } from 'graphql-hooks'
function MyComponent(props) {
const [fetchUser, { loading, error, data }] = useManualQuery(GET_USER_QUERY, {
variables: { id: props.userId }
})
return (
<div>
<button onClick={fetchUser}>Get User!</button>
{error && <div>Failed to fetch user<div>}
{loading && <div>Loading...</div>}
{data && <div>Hello ${data.user.name}</div>}
</div>
)
}If you don't know certain options when declaring the useManualQuery you can also pass the same options to the query function itself when calling it:
import { useManualQuery } from 'graphql-hooks'
function MyComponent(props) {
const [fetchUser] = useManualQuery(GET_USER_QUERY)
const fetchUserThenSomething = async () => {
const user = await fetchUser({
variables: { id: props.userId }
})
return somethingElse()
}
return (
<div>
<button onClick={fetchUserThenSomething}>Get User!</button>
</div>
)
}useMutation
Mutations unlike Queries are not cached.
Usage:
const [mutationFn, state] = useMutation(mutation, [options])Example:
import { useMutation } from 'graphql-hooks'
const UPDATE_USER_MUTATION = `mutation UpdateUser(id: String!, name: String!) {
updateUser(id: $id, name: $name) {
name
}
}`
function MyComponent({ id, name }) {
const [updateUser] = useMutation(UPDATE_USER_MUTATION)
const [newName, setNewName] = useState(name)
return (
<div>
<input
type="text"
value={newName}
onChange={e => setNewName(e.target.value)}
/>
<button
onClick={() => updateUser({ variables: { id, name: newName } })}
/>
</div>
)
}The options object that can be passed either to useMutation(mutation, options) or mutationFn(options) can be set with the following properties:
variables: Object e.g.{ limit: 10 }operationName: If your query has multiple operations, pass the name of the operation you wish to execute.fetchOptionsOverrides: Object - Specific overrides for this query. See MDN for info on what options can be passed
Guides
SSR
See graphql-hooks-ssr for an in depth guide.
Pagination
GraphQL Pagination can be implemented in various ways and it's down to the consumer to decide how to deal with the resulting data from paginated queries. Take the following query as an example of offset pagination:
export const allPostsQuery = `
query allPosts($first: Int!, $skip: Int!) {
allPosts(first: $first, skip: $skip) {
id
title
url
}
_allPostsMeta {
count
}
}
`In this query, the $first variable is used to limit the number of posts that are returned and the $skip variable is used to determine the offset at which to start. We can use these variables to break up large payloads into smaller chunks, or "pages". We could then choose to display these chunks as distinct pages to the user, or use an infinite loading approach and append each new chunk to the existing list of posts.
Separate pages
Here is an example where we display the paginated queries on separate pages:
import { React, useState } from 'react'
import { useQuery } from 'graphql-hooks'
export default function PostList() {
// set a default offset of 0 to load the first page
const [skipCount, setSkipCount] = useState(0)
const { loading, error, data } = useQuery(allPostsQuery, {
variables: { skip: skipCount, first: 10 }
})
if (error) return <div>There was an error!</div>
if (loading && !data) return <div>Loading</div>
const { allPosts, _allPostsMeta } = data
const areMorePosts = allPosts.length < _allPostsMeta.count
return (
<section>
<ul>
{allPosts.map(post => (
<li key={post.id}>
<a href={post.url}>{post.title}</a>
</li>
))}
</ul>
<button
// reduce the offset by 10 to fetch the previous page
onClick={() => setSkipCount(skipCount - 10)}
disabled={skipCount === 0}
>
Previous page
</button>
<button
// increase the offset by 10 to fetch the next page
onClick={() => setSkipCount(skipCount + 10)}
disabled={!areMorePosts}
>
Next page
</button>
</section>
)
}Infinite loading
Here is an example where we append each paginated query to the bottom of the current list:
import { React, useState } from 'react'
import { useQuery } from 'graphql-hooks'
// use options.updateData to append the new page of posts to our current list of posts
const updateData = (prevData, data) => ({
...data,
allPosts: [...prevData.allPosts, ...data.allPosts]
})
export default function PostList() {
const [skipCount, setSkipCount] = useState(0)
const { loading, error, data } = useQuery(
allPostsQuery,
{ variables: { skip: skipCount, first: 10 } },
updateData
)
if (error) return <div>There was an error!</div>
if (loading && !data) return <div>Loading</div>
const { allPosts, _allPostsMeta } = data
const areMorePosts = allPosts.length < _allPostsMeta.count
return (
<section>
<ul>
{allPosts.map(post => (
<li key={post.id}>
<a href={post.url}>{post.title}</a>
</li>
))}
</ul>
{areMorePosts && (
<button
// set the offset to the current number of posts to fetch the next page
onClick={() => setSkipCount(allPosts.length)}
>
Show more
</button>
)}
</section>
)
}File uploads
graphql-hooks complies with the GraphQL multipart request spec, allowing files to be used as query or mutation arguments. The same spec is also supported by popular GraphQL servers, including Apollo Server (see list of supported servers here).
If there are files to upload, the request's body will be a FormData instance conforming to the GraphQL multipart request spec.
import React, { useRef } from 'react'
import { useMutation } from 'graphql-hooks'
const uploadPostPictureMutation = /* GraphQL */ `
mutation UploadPostPicture($picture: Upload!) {
uploadPostPicture(picture: $picture) {
id
pictureUrl
}
}
`
export default function PostForm() {
// File input is always uncontrolled in React.
// See: https://reactjs.org/docs/uncontrolled-components.html#the-file-input-tag.
const fileInputRef = useRef(null)
const [uploadPostPicture] = useMutation(uploadPostPictureMutation)
const handleSubmit = event => {
event.preventDefault()
uploadPostPicture({
variables: {
picture: fileInputRef.current.files[0]
}
})
}
return (
<form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
<input accept="image/*" ref={fileInputRef} type="file" />
<button>Upload</button>
</form>
)
}Authentication
Coming soon!
Fragments
Coming soon!
Migrating from Apollo
For a real life example, compare the next.js with-apollo vs with-graphql-hooks. We have feature parity and the main-*.js bundle is a whopping 93% smaller (7.9KB vs 116KB).
ApolloClient ➡️ GraphQLClient
- import { ApolloClient } from 'apollo-client'
- import { InMemoryCache } from 'apollo-cache-inmemory'
+ import { GraphQLClient } from 'graphql-hooks'
+ import memCache from 'graphql-hooks-memcache'
- const client = new ApolloClient({
- uri: '/graphql',
- cache: new InMemoryCache()
- })
+ const client = new GraphQLClient({
+ url: '/graphql',
+ cache: memCache()
+ })A lot of the options you'd pass to ApolloClient are the same as GraphQLClient:
uri➡️urlfetchOptionsonError- the function signature is slightly differentheadersfetchcache
ApolloProvider ➡️ ClientContext.Provider
- import { ApolloProvider } from 'react-apollo'
+ import { ClientContext } from 'graphql-hooks'
function App({ client }) {
return (
- <ApolloProvider client={client}>
+ <ClientContext.Provider value={client}>
{/* children */}
+ </ClientContext.Provider>
- </ApolloProvider>
)
}Query Component ➡️ useQuery
- import { Query } from 'react-apollo'
- import gql from 'graphql-tag'
+ import { useQuery } from 'graphql-hooks'
function MyComponent() {
+ const { loading, error, data } = useQuery('...')
- return (
- <Query query={gql`...`}>
- {({ loading, error, data}) => {
if (loading) return 'Loading...'
if (error) return 'Error :('
return <div>{data}</div>
- }}
- </Query>
- )
}Query Component Props
A lot of options can be carried over as-is, or have direct replacements:
query➡️useQuery(query): Remove any usage ofgqland pass your queries as strings.variables➡️useQuery(query, { variables })ssr➡️useQuery(query, { ssr })- Fetch Policies: See #75 for more info
cache-first: This the default behaviour ofgraphql-hookscache-and-network: The refetch function provides this behaviour it will set loading: true, but the old data will be still set until the fetch resolves.network-only➡️useQuery(QUERY, { skipCache: true })cache-only: Not supportedno-cache➡️useQuery(QUERY, { useCache: false })
Not yet supported
errorPolicy: Any error will set theerrorto be truthy. See useQuery for more details.pollIntervalnotifyOnNetworkStatusChangeskiponCompleted: Similar ability if usinguseManualQueryonError: Similar ability if usinguseManualQuerypartialRefetch
Query Component Render Props
- <Query query={gql`...`}>
- {(props) => {}}
- </Query>
+ const state = useQuery(`...`)props.loading➡️const { loading } = useQuery('...')props.error➡️const { error } = useQuery('...'): The error value fromuseQueryis Boolean the details of the error can be found in either:state.fetchErrorstate.httpErrorstate.graphQLErrors
props.refetch️➡️const { refetch } = useQuery('...')props.updateData(prevResult, options)️➡️state.updateData(prevResult, newResult)
Not yet supported
props.networkStatusprops.startPollingprops.stopPollingprops.subscribeToMore
Mutation Component ➡️ useMutation
- import { Mutation } from 'react-apollo'
- import gql from 'graphql-tag'
+ import { useMutation } from 'graphql-hooks'
function MyComponent() {
+ const [mutateFn, { loading, error, data }] = useMutation('...')
- return (
- <Mutation mutation={gql`...`}>
- {(mutateFn, { loading, error }) => {
if (error) return 'Error :('
return <button disabled={loading} onClick={() => mutateFn()}>Submit</button>
- }}
- </Mutation>
- )
}Mutation Props
mutation➡️useMutation(mutation)- no need to wrap it ingqlvariables➡️️useMutation(mutation, { variables })ormutateFn({ variables })ignoreResults➡️️️️const [mutateFn] = useMutation(mutation)onCompleted➡️ ️mutateFn().then(onCompleted)onError➡️mutateFn().then(({ error }) => {...})
Not yet supported
update: Coming soon #52optimisticResponserefetchQueriesawaitRefetchQueriescontext
Mutation Component Render Props
- <Mutation mutation={gql`...`}>
- {(mutateFn, props) => {}}
- </Mutation>
+ const [mutateFn, state] = useMutation(`...`)props.data➡️const [mutateFn, { data }] = useMutation()props.loading➡️const [mutateFn, { loading }] = useMutation()props.error➡️const [mutateFn, { error }] = useMutation(): The the details of the error can be found in either:state.fetchErrorstate.httpErrorstate.graphQLErrors
client️➡️️const client = useContext(ClientContext)see ClientContext
Not yet supported
called
Other
Request interceptors
It is possible to provide a custom library to handle network requests. Having that there is more control on how to handle the requests. The following example shows how to supply axios HTTP client with interceptors. It can be handy in the situations where JWT token has expired, needs to be refreshed and request retried.
import axios from 'axios'
import { buildAxiosFetch } from '@lifeomic/axios-fetch'
import { GraphQLClient } from 'graphql-hooks'
const gqlAxios = axios.create()
gqlAxios.interceptors.response.use(
function(response) {
return response
},
function(error) {
// Handle expired JWT and refresh token
}
)
const client = new GraphQLClient({
url: '/graphql',
fetch: buildAxiosFetch(gqlAxios)
})Contributors
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