Gridsome REST Source Plugin

Pull data from any REST API as a source for your Gridsome site.

The demo below is very simple and shows how to pull data from GitHub Gist or from a dummy REST server. It is however possible to pull data from literally anywhere with it, for example: Twitter, eBay, Amazon, Facebook, Instagram and so on.

Demo

If you need frequent data updates check if your REST provider supports webhooks that can trigger your site build or schedule your builds frequently.

Install

• yarn add gridsome-source-rest
• npm install gridsome-source-rest --save

Getting Started

module.exports = {
  plugins: [
    {
      use: "gridsome-source-rest",
      options: {
        debug: false,
        axiosConfig: undefined,
        endpoint: "http://your-api/posts",
        typeName: "BlogPost",
        isStatic: false,
        isCollection: true,
        responseInterceptor: undefined
      }
    }
  ]
};

In your templates use something like this

<page-query>
    query {
      allBlogPost {
        edges {
          node {
            id
            title
            author
          }
        }
      }
    }
</page-query>

Options

debug

• Type: boolean

Enables log messages

typeName

• Type: string required

The collection where our REST API data is stored. Depending on isStatic / isCollection this will either be a standalone collection or used as a name property in metadata

endpoint

• Type: string required

REST API endpoint that will be used to fetch data

axiosConfig

• Type: object

Axios config that can be passed and used for example to handle authentication of a private REST API

isCollection

• Type: [boolean]
• Default: true

Stores fetched data in a new collection created with typeName

isStatic

• Type: [boolean]
• Default: false

Stores fetched data in the global metadata object. In case your data model is an array, it will be stored with typeName as property

responseInterceptor

• Type: [function]

Interceptor function that receives the API response and let´s you modify it on the fly before data is getting added to the Gridsome collection

Based on axios and allows setting axios configurations, which allows you to even use authenticated APIs.