Apollo Client

A drop-in replacement for @apollo/client with automatic cache updates. It will update apollo cache based on a mutation or subscription result.

Install

npm i @jimmyn/apollo-client @apollo/client --save

or

yarn add @jimmyn/apollo-client @apollo/client

Setup

import React from 'react';
import {render} from 'react-dom';
import {ApolloClient, InMemoryCache} from '@jimmyn/apollo-client';

const client = new ApolloClient({
  uri: 'localhost:8080',
  cache: new InMemoryCache()
});

const App = () => (
  <ApolloProvider client={client}>
    <div>
      <h2>My first Apollo app 🚀</h2>
    </div>
  </ApolloProvider>
);

render(<App />, document.getElementById('root'));

Mutations

This package extends useMutation options allowing to update cached queries in one line of code instead of writing complex update functions.

For example this code

import React from 'react';
import {useMutation, useQuery} from '@jimmyn/apollo-client';
import {createTodoMutation, todosQuery} from './api/operations';
import {TodosList} from './TodosList';

export const Todos = () => {
  const {data} = useQuery(todosQuery);
  const todos = data?.todos || [];

  const [createTodo] = useMutation(createTodoMutation, {
    updateQuery: todosQuery // <== pass a gql query you want to update
  });

  const handleCreateTodo = () => {
    return createTodo({
      variables: {
        task: 'New todo',
        createdAt: new Date().toISOString()
      }
    });
  };

  return (
    <div>
      <button onClick={handleCreateTodo}>Create todo</button>
      <TodosList todos={todos} />
    </div>
  );
};

is equivalent to

import React from 'react';
import {useMutation, useQuery} from '@apollo/react-hooks';
import {createTodoMutation, todosQuery} from './api/operations';
import {TodosList} from './TodosList';

export const Todos = () => {
  const {data} = useQuery(todosQuery);
  const todos = data?.todos || [];

  const [createTodo] = useMutation(createTodoMutation);

  const handleCreateTodo = () => {
    return createTodo({
      variables: {
        task: 'New todo',
        createdAt: new Date().toISOString()
      },
      update: (proxy, {data}) => {
        const newTodo = data.createTodo;
        try {
          const cache = proxy.readQuery({query: todosQuery});
          proxy.writeQuery({
            query: todosQuery,
            data: {
              todos: [...cache.todos, newTodo]
            }
          });
        } catch (error) {
          console.log(error);
        }
      }
    });
  };

  return (
    <div>
      <button onClick={handleCreateTodo}>Create todo</button>
      <TodosList todos={todos} />
    </div>
  );
};

And this code

import React from 'react';
import {useMutation} from '@jimmyn/apollo-client';
import {Todo} from './api/generated';
import {deleteTodoMutation, todosQuery, updateTodoMutation} from './api/operations';

type Props = {
  todo: Todo;
};

export const Todo: React.FC<Props> = ({todo}) => {
  const [deleteTodo] = useMutation(deleteTodoMutation, {
    updateQuery: todosQuery,

    // to delete an item we need to provide it's id
    // if our api simply returns true when item is deleted
    // we need to return an id explicitly
    mapResultToUpdate: data => todo
  });
  const [updateTodo] = useMutation(updateTodoMutation);

  const handleDeleteTodo = () => {
    return deleteTodo({
      variables: {id: todo.id}
    });
  };

  const handleUpdateTodo = () => {
    return updateTodo({
      variables: {id: todo.id, done: !todo.done}
    });
  };

  return (
    <li>
      <input type="checkbox" checked={todo.done} onChange={handleUpdateTodo} />
      {todo.task}
      <button onClick={handleDeleteTodo}>delete</button>
    </li>
  );
};

is equivalent to

import React from 'react';
import {useMutation} from '@apollo/react-hooks';
import {Todo} from './api/generated';
import {deleteTodoMutation, todosQuery, updateTodoMutation} from './api/operations';

type Props = {
  todo: Todo;
};

export const Todo: React.FC<Props> = ({todo}) => {
  const [deleteTodo] = useMutation(deleteTodoMutation);
  const [updateTodo] = useMutation(updateTodoMutation);

  const handleDeleteTodo = () => {
    return deleteTodo({
      variables: {id: todo.id},
      update: proxy => {
        try {
          const cache = proxy.readQuery({query: todosQuery});
          proxy.writeQuery({
            query: todosQuery,
            data: {
              todos: cache.todos.filter(item => item.id !== todo.id)
            }
          });
        } catch (error) {
          console.log(error);
        }
      }
    });
  };

  const handleUpdateTodo = () => {
    // apollo client is clever enough to update an item in cache
    // although if you want to update an item with different type you'll have to write
    // a manual update function
    return updateTodo({
      variables: {id: todo.id, done: !todo.done}
    });
  };

  return (
    <li>
      <input type="checkbox" checked={todo.done} onClick={handleUpdateTodo} />
      {todo.task}
      <button onClick={handleDeleteTodo}>delete</button>
    </li>
  );
};

useMutation offline options

Option	Description	Default
updateQuery	A graphql query (wrapped in gql tag) that should be updated. You can pass query directly or specify it with variables {query: todosQuery, variables: {limit: 10}}
updatePath	Overrides a path inside the query where the item should be updated. For example if your query has structure like {items: [...], total: 10}, you can specify updatePath: ['items']. In most cases it is automatically detected. Pass [] to update data in the root query object
idField	Unique field that is used to find the item in cache. It should be present in the mutation response	id
operationType	Indicates what type of the operation should be performed e.g. add/remove/update item. By default operation type is automatically detected from mutation name e.g. createTodo will result in OperationTypes.ADD.	OperationTypes.AUTO
mapResultToUpdate	A function that receives mutation result and returns an updated item. Function result should contain at least an id field

Other useMutation hook options

Offline options can be passed to the useMutation hook or to the mutation function directly.

const [deleteTodo] = useMutation(deleteTodoMutation, {
  updateQuery: todosQuery,
  mapResultToUpdate: data => todo
});

const handleDeleteTodo = () => {
  return deleteTodo({
    variables: {id: todo.id}
  });
};

is the same as

const [deleteTodo] = useMutation(deleteTodoMutation);

const handleDeleteTodo = () => {
  return deleteTodo({
    variables: {id: todo.id},
    updateQuery: todosQuery,
    mapResultToUpdate: data => todo
  });
};

Subscriptions

useSubscription accepts the same offline options as useMutation

useSubscription(onTodoUpdate, {updateQuery: todosQuery});

Other useSubscription hook options

Customize default configurations

Default configurations can be customized by calling setOfflineConfig

import {setOfflineConfig} from '@jimmyn/apollo-client';

setOfflineConfig({
  getIdFieldFromObject(item: any) {
    switch (item.__typename) {
      case 'Todo':
        return 'id';
      case 'User':
        return 'user_id';
    }
  }
});

Configuration options

Option	Description	Default
idField	Unique field that is used to find the item in cache. It should be present in the mutation response	id
getIdFieldFromObject	A function that receives updated item and returns an id field name. If defined it will tke precedence over idField
prefixesForRemove	A list of mutation name prefixes that will result in remove operation	prefixesForRemove
prefixesForUpdate	A list of mutation name prefixes that will result in update operation	prefixesForUpdate
prefixesForAdd	A list of mutation name prefixes that will result in add operation	prefixesForAdd

Update Apollo cache directly

This package also exposes updateApolloCache function directly, that can be used to build custom implementations

Example

import {updateApolloCache} from '@jimmyn/apollo-client';

const newTodo = {
  __typename: 'Todo',
  id: 1,
  task: 'New todo',
  done: false,
  createdAt: new Date().toISOString()
};

updateApolloCache({
  client,
  data: {createTodo: newTodo},
  updateQuery: todosQuery
});

Function signature

type OfflineOptions<TData> = {
  updateQuery?: QueryWithVariables | DocumentNode;
  idField?: string;
  operationType?: OperationTypes;
  mapResultToUpdate?(data: NonNullable<TData>): Item;
};

type UpdateCacheOptions<TData = any> = OfflineOptions<TData> & {
  client: ApolloClient<any> | DataProxy;
  data: TData;
};

const updateApolloCache: <TData = any>({
  client,
  data,
  idField,
  updateQuery,
  operationType,
  mapResultToUpdate
}: UpdateCacheOptions<TData>) => void;

Credits

This package is based on Amplify Offline Helpers