npm package: @peterbud/nuxt-query
Description: Nuxt integration for Tanstack Query
Author: Peter Budai
Latest version: 1.7.0

# Nuxt Query

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A powerful Nuxt module for integrating [TanStack Query](https://tanstack.com/query/latest/docs/framework/vue/overview) (formerly Vue Query) into your Nuxt application. Provides robust server state management with intelligent caching, background updates, and seamless data synchronization.

- [✨ &nbsp;Release Notes](/CHANGELOG.md)
- [🏀 &nbsp;Online playground](https://stackblitz.com/github/peterbud/nuxt-query/tree/main/examples/minimal)

## Features

- ⚙️ &nbsp; Zero-configuration integration
- 💪 &nbsp; Full TypeScript support with Vue Query configuration
- 🏆 &nbsp; Advanced `QueryClient` setup with custom handlers via hooks
- 🤖 &nbsp; Configurable auto-imports for Vue Query composables
- 🧩 &nbsp; Nuxt DevTools integration for debugging and inspection

## Installation

You can add the module via the Nuxt CLI:

```bash
npx nuxi module add @peterbud/nuxt-query
```

or via npm:

```bash
npm install @peterbud/nuxt-query
```

## Configuration

To configure Nuxt Query, update your `nuxt.config.ts` specifying the options you want for Vue Query:

```typescript
// nuxt.config.ts
export default defineNuxtConfig({
  modules: ['@peterbud/nuxt-query'],
  nuxtQuery: {
    /**
     * Specify which Vue Query composables to auto-import
     * Default: `false`, set to `true` to auto-import all Vue Query composables
     */
    autoImports: ['useQuery', 'useMutation'],

    // Enable/disable Nuxt DevTools integration (default: true)
    devtools: true,

    /**
     * These are the same options as the QueryClient 
     * from @tanstack/vue-query, which will be passed 
     * to the QueryClient constructor
     * More details: https://tanstack.com/query/v5/docs/reference/QueryClient
     */
    
    queryClientOptions: {
      defaultOptions: {
        queries: {
          // for example disable refetching on window focus
          refetchOnWindowFocus: false,

          // or change the default refetch interval
          refetchInterval: 5000,
        },
      },
    },
  },
})
```

Then, in your component, you can define and run queries with the `useQuery` composable (auto-imported):

```vue
// app.vue
<script setup>
const getPosts = async () => {
  await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 2000))
  return await $fetch('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts')
}

const { isPending, isFetching, isError, data, error } = useQuery({
  queryKey: ['posts'],
  queryFn: getPosts,
})
</script>
```

That's it! You can now use Nuxt Query in your Nuxt app ✨

## Module Hooks

Nuxt Query provides a hook that you can use in your application if you need a more complex setup for TanStack Query, such as a custom query client with centralized `onSuccess` or `onError` handlers, which would not be possible to configure with the options available in the `nuxt.config.ts`.

The hook is called `nuxt-query:configure` and you can use it in a plugin to return a custom `QueryClient` object in the following way:

```typescript
// plugins/nuxt-query.ts
import { QueryClient, QueryCache } from '@tanstack/vue-query'

export default defineNuxtPlugin({
  enforce: 'pre',
  setup(nuxtApp) {
    nuxtApp.hook('nuxt-query:configure', (getPluginOptions) => {
      const clientOptions = useRuntimeConfig().public.nuxtQuery?.queryClientOptions || {}

      const queryClient = new QueryClient({
        ...clientOptions,
        queryCache: new QueryCache({
          onSuccess: (data: unknown) => console.log('onSuccess', { data }),
        }),
      })

      // return the plugin options which will be used
      // by the module at startup
      getPluginOptions(queryClient)
    })
  },
})
```

## Nuxt DevTools Integration

Nuxt Query integrates with Nuxt DevTools to provide a dedicated tab for Vue Query, where you can inspect the state of your queries, view their cache, and properties, initiate refetch or remove certain queries and more.

![Nuxt DevTools](assets/devtools.png)

Also, you can inspect your mutation cache using the same DevTools in a convenient way.

![Mutation Cache](assets/mutationcache.png)

## Contribution

<details>
  <summary>Local development</summary>
  
  ```bash
  # Install dependencies
  npm install
  
  # Generate type stubs
  npm run dev:prepare
  
  # Develop with the playground
  npm run dev:client
  
  # Build the playground
  npm run dev:build
  
  # Run ESLint
  npm run lint
  
  # Run Vitest
  npm run test
  npm run test:watch
  
  # Build the module
  npm run build

  # Release new version
  npm run release
  ```

</details>

If you want to report a bug, please make sure you have a minimal reproduction of the issue. You can use the [minimal example](https://stackblitz.com/github/peterbud/nuxt-query/tree/main/examples/minimal?title=Nuxt-Query%20Minimal%20Example) to create a reproduction.

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