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datocms-listen

A lightweight, TypeScript-ready package that offers utilities to work with DatoCMS Real-time Updates API inside a browser.

Installation

npm install datocms-listen

Example

Import subscribeToQuery from datocms-listen and use it inside your components like this:

import { subscribeToQuery } from "datocms-listen";

const unsubscribe = await subscribeToQuery({
  query: `
    query BlogPosts($first: IntType!) {
      allBlogPosts(first: $first) {
        title
        nonExistingField
      }
    }
  `,
  variables: { first: 10 },
  token: "YOUR_TOKEN",
  includeDrafts: true,
  onUpdate: (update) => {
    // response is the GraphQL response
    console.log(update.response.data);
  },
  onStatusChange: (status) => {
    // status can be "connected", "connecting" or "closed"
    console.log(status);
  },
  onChannelError: (error) => {
    // error will be something like:
    // {
    //   code: "INVALID_QUERY",
    //   message: "The query returned an erroneous response. Please consult the response details to understand the cause.",
    //   response: {
    //     errors: [
    //       {
    //         fields: ["query", "allBlogPosts", "nonExistingField"],
    //         locations: [{ column: 67, line: 1 }],
    //         message: "Field 'nonExistingField' doesn't exist on type 'BlogPostRecord'",
    //       },
    //     ],
    //   },
    // }
    console.error(error);
  },
  onError: (error) => {
    // error will be
    // {
    //   message: "ERROR MESSAGE"
    // }
    console.log(error.message);
  },
  onEvent: (event) => {
    // event will be
    // {
    //   status: "connected|connected|closed",
    //   channelUrl: "...",
    //   message: "MESSAGE",
    // }
  },
});

Initialization options

| prop | type | required | description | default | | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------ | | query | string | TypedDocumentNode | :white_check_mark: | The GraphQL query to subscribe | | | token | string | :white_check_mark: | DatoCMS API token to use | | | onUpdate | function | :white_check_mark: | Callback function to receive query update events | | | onChannelError | function | :x: | Callback function to receive channelError events | | | onStatusChange | function | :x: | Callback function to receive status change events | | | onError | function | :x: | Callback function to receive error events | | | onEvent | function | :x: | Callback function to receive other events | | | variables | Object | :x: | GraphQL variables for the query | | | includeDrafts | boolean | :x: | If true, draft records will be returned | | | excludeInvalid | boolean | :x: | If true, invalid records will be filtered out | | | environment | string | :x: | The name of the DatoCMS environment where to perform the query (defaults to primary environment) | | | contentLink | 'vercel-1' or undefined | :x: | If true, embed metadata that enable Content Link | | | baseEditingUrl | string | :x: | The base URL of the DatoCMS project | | | cacheTags | boolean | :x: | If true, receive the Cache Tags associated with the query | | | reconnectionPeriod | number | :x: | In case of network errors, the period (in ms) to wait to reconnect | 1000 | | fetcher | a fetch-like function | :x: | The fetch function to use to perform the registration query | window.fetch | | eventSourceClass | an EventSource-like class | :x: | The EventSource class to use to open up the SSE connection | window.EventSource | | baseUrl | string | :x: | The base URL to use to perform the query | https://graphql-listen.datocms.com |

Events

onUpdate(update: UpdateData<QueryResult>)

This function will be called everytime the channel sends an updated query result. The updateData argument has the following properties:

| prop | type | description | | -------- | ------ | ---------------------------- | | response | Object | The GraphQL updated response |

onStatusChange(status: ConnectionStatus)

The status argument represents the state of the server-sent events connection. It can be one of the following:

• connecting: the subscription channel is trying to connect
• connected: the channel is open, we're receiving live updates
• closed: the channel has been permanently closed due to a fatal error (ie. an invalid query)

onChannelError(errorData: ChannelErrorData)

The errorData argument has the following properties:

| prop | type | description | | -------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------- | | code | string | The code of the error (ie. INVALID_QUERY) | | message | string | An human friendly message explaining the error | | response | Object | The raw response returned by the endpoint, if available |

onError(error: ErrorData)

This function is called when connection errors occur.

The error argument has the following properties:

| prop | type | description | | ------- | ------ | ---------------------------------------------- | | message | string | An human friendly message explaining the error |

onEvent(event: EventData)

This function is called then other events occur.

The event argument has the following properties:

| prop | type | description | | ---------- | ------ | ---------------------------------------------- | | status | string | The current connection status (see above) | | channelUrl | string | The current channel URL | | message | string | An human friendly message explaining the event |

Return value

The function returns a Promise<() => void>. You can call the function to gracefully close the SSE channel.

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