datocms-listen
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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",
preview: 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 | |
| preview | boolean | :x: | If true, the Content Delivery API with draft content will be used | false |
| environment | string | :x: | The name of the DatoCMS environment where to perform the query | defaults to primary environment |
| 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 connectconnected
: the channel is open, we're receiving live updatesclosed
: 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.