@apollo/client

What is @apollo/client?

The @apollo/client npm package is a comprehensive state management library for JavaScript that enables you to manage both local and remote data with GraphQL. It is designed to help you develop faster and more secure apps with less boilerplate. It integrates seamlessly with any JavaScript front-end, allowing for reactive data fetching, caching, and data management.

What are @apollo/client's main functionalities?

Fetching data with useQuery

This feature allows you to fetch data from a GraphQL server. The useQuery hook is used to execute a GraphQL query and handle loading, error, and result states.

import { useQuery, gql } from '@apollo/client';

const GET_LAUNCHES = gql`
  query GetLaunches {
    launches {
      id
      mission_name
    }
  }
`;

function Launches() {
  const { loading, error, data } = useQuery(GET_LAUNCHES);

  if (loading) return <p>Loading...</p>;
  if (error) return <p>Error :(</p>;

  return data.launches.map(({ id, mission_name }) => (
    <div key={id}>
      <p>{mission_name}</p>
    </div>
  ));
}

Updating data with useMutation

This feature enables you to update data on a GraphQL server. The useMutation hook is used to execute a mutation, allowing you to create, update, or delete data.

import { useMutation, gql } from '@apollo/client';

const ADD_TODO = gql`
  mutation AddTodo($type: String!) {
    addTodo(type: $type) {
      id
      type
    }
  }
`;

function AddTodo() {
  let input;
  const [addTodo, { data }] = useMutation(ADD_TODO);

  return (
    <div>
      <form
        onSubmit={e => {
          e.preventDefault();
          addTodo({ variables: { type: input.value } });
          input.value = '';
        }}
      >
        <input
          ref={node => {
            input = node;
          }}
        />
        <button type="submit">Add Todo</button>
      </form>
    </div>
  );
}

Managing local state

This feature allows you to manage local state using Apollo Client. You can read and write to the cache as if it were a local database, enabling you to manage client-side state alongside remote data.

import { gql, useApolloClient } from '@apollo/client';

const GET_LOCAL_STATE = gql`
  query GetLocalState {
    isLoggedIn @client
  }
`;

function LoginButton() {
  const client = useApolloClient();
  const data = client.readQuery({ query: GET_LOCAL_STATE });
  const isLoggedIn = data.isLoggedIn;

  return (
    <button onClick={() => {
      client.writeQuery({
        query: GET_LOCAL_STATE,
        data: { isLoggedIn: !isLoggedIn }
      });
    }}>
      {isLoggedIn ? 'Log out' : 'Log in'}
    </button>
  );
}

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README

Apollo Client

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Apollo Client is a fully-featured caching GraphQL client with integrations for React, Angular, and more. It allows you to easily build UI components that fetch data via GraphQL.

Apollo Client aims to comply with the Working Draft of the GraphQL specification.

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Documentation

All Apollo Client documentation, including React integration articles and helpful recipes, can be found at:
https://www.apollographql.com/docs/react/

The Apollo Client API reference can be found at:
https://www.apollographql.com/docs/react/api/apollo-client/

Learn how to use Apollo Client with self-paced hands-on training on Odyssey, Apollo's official learning platform:
https://odyssey.apollographql.com/

Maintainers

Name	Username
Ben Newman	@benjamn
Alessia Bellisario	@alessbell
Jeff Auriemma	@bignimbus
Hugh Willson	@hwillson
Jerel Miller	@jerelmiller
Lenz Weber-Tronic	@phryneas

Who is Apollo?

Apollo builds open-source tools and commercial services to make application development easier, better, and accessible to more people. We help you ship faster with:

• GraphOS - The platform for building, managing, and scaling a supergraph: a unified network of your organization's microservices and their data sources—all composed into a single distributed API.
• Apollo Federation – The industry-standard open architecture for building a distributed graph. Use Apollo’s gateway to compose a unified graph from multiple subgraphs, determine a query plan, and route requests across your services.
• Apollo Client – The most popular GraphQL client for the web. Apollo also builds and maintains Apollo iOS and Apollo Kotlin.
• Apollo Server – A production-ready JavaScript GraphQL server that connects to any microservice, API, or database. Compatible with all popular JavaScript frameworks and deployable in serverless environments.

Learn how to build with Apollo

Check out the Odyssey learning platform, the perfect place to start your GraphQL journey with videos and interactive code challenges. Join the Apollo Community to interact with and get technical help from the GraphQL community.