Next Fetch + SWR quickstart

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Looking for integrating Next Fetch with React Query? Check out the React Query integration guide.

Next Fetch supports SWR v2 out of the box, through the @next-fetch/swr package.

Installation

Assuming you already installed SWR v2 in your project, install @next-fetch/swr and your runtime type validation of choice. In this guide we will use Zod.

# pnpm
pnpm add @next-fetch/swr zod
# yarn
yarn add @next-fetch/swr zod
# npm
npm install --save @next-fetch/swr zod

Set up `next.config.js`

Within your next.config.js file, make the following changes to use withSwrApiEndpoints:

+ const { withSwrApiEndpoints } = require("@next-fetch/swr");
+
  const config = { /* ... */ };
- module.exports = config;
+ module.exports = withSwrApiEndpoints(config);

Now you can restart your app, to make sure the changes in next.config.js are applied.

Create your first API endpoint

Any pages/api/*.swr.ts file will be automatically compiled using Next Fetch's compiler. For our test, we can create a simple pages/api/simple.swr.ts endpoint:

// pages/api/simple.swr.ts
 
import { query } from "@next-fetch/swr";
import z from "zod";
 
export const useMessage = query(
  z.object({ name: z.string() }),
  async ({ name }) => {
    return { message: `Hello ${name}` };
  }
);

Use the API endpoint in any page

// pages/index.tsx
 
import { useMessage } from "./api/simple.swr";
 
export default function Home() {
  const { data, error } = useMessage({ name: "World" });
 
  if (!data) {
    return <div>Loading...</div>;
  }
 
  if (error) {
    return <div>Error: {String(error)}</div>;
  }
 
  return <div>{data.message}</div>;
}

Add a mutation to your API endpoint

// pages/api/simple.swr.ts
 
export const useMutation = query(
  z.object({ name: z.string() }),
  async ({ name }) => {
    return { message: "Hello " + name };
  },
  {
    // This will be called when the form is sent before JavaScript loads
    // and enables to add logic for smart server-side redirections
    hookResponse(data) {
      const newUrl = new URL("/form", this.request.url);
      newUrl.searchParams.set("message", data.message);
      return Response.redirect(newUrl.toString(), 302);
    },
  }
);

Use the `<Form />` component to call the mutation

// pages/form.tsx
 
import { useMutation } from "./api/simple.swr";
import { Form } from "@next-fetch/swr/form";
 
export default function MyFormPage() {
  const mutation = useMutation();
 
  return (
    <Form mutation={mutation}>
      <input type="text" name="name" />
      <button type="submit">Submit</button>
    </Form>
  );
}

That's it.

Now you have a fullly working app with Next Fetch and SWR.

Last updated on August 30, 2022