Data Fetching

API Client

The API client is the primary way to send queries and mutations to the Vendure backend. It handles channel tokens and authentication automatically.

Importing the API Client

Tsx

import { api } from '@vendure/dashboard';

The API client exposes two main methods:

query - For GraphQL queries
mutate - For GraphQL mutations

Using with TanStack Query

The API client is designed to work seamlessly with TanStack Query for optimal data fetching and caching:

Query Example

Tsx

import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';import { api } from '@vendure/dashboard';import { graphql } from '@/gql';const getProductsQuery = graphql(`    query GetProducts($options: ProductListOptions) {        products(options: $options) {            items {                id                name                slug            }            totalItems        }    }`);function ProductList() {    const { data, isLoading, error } = useQuery({        queryKey: ['products'],        queryFn: () =>            api.query(getProductsQuery, {                options: {                    take: 10,                    skip: 0,                },            }),    });    if (isLoading) return <div>Loading...</div>;    if (error) return <div>Error: {error.message}</div>;    return <ul>{data?.products.items.map(product => <li key={product.id}>{product.name}</li>)}</ul>;}

Mutation Example

Tsx

import { useMutation, useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';import { api } from '@vendure/dashboard';import { graphql } from '@/gql';import { toast } from 'sonner';const updateProductMutation = graphql(`    mutation UpdateProduct($input: UpdateProductInput!) {        updateProduct(input: $input) {            id            name            slug        }    }`);function ProductForm({ product }) {    const queryClient = useQueryClient();    const mutation = useMutation({        mutationFn: input => api.mutate(updateProductMutation, { input }),        onSuccess: () => {            // Invalidate and refetch product queries            queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ['products'] });            toast.success('Product updated successfully');        },        onError: error => {            toast.error('Failed to update product', {                description: error.message,            });        },    });    const handleSubmit = data => {        mutation.mutate({            id: product.id,            ...data,        });    };    return (        // Form implementation        <form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>{/* Form fields */}</form>    );}

Type Safety

The Dashboard Vite plugin incorporates gql.tada, which gives you type safety without any code generation step!

It works by analyzing your Admin API schema (including all your custom fields and other API extensions), and outputs the results to a file - by default you can find it at src/gql/graphql-env.d.ts.

When you then use the import { graphql } from '@/gql' function to define your queries and mutations, you get automatic type safety when using the results in your components!

When you have the @/gql path mapping correctly set up as per the getting started guide, you should see that your IDE is able to infer the TypeScript type of your queries and mutations, including the correct inputs and return types!