MinStack Query

Minimal query and mutation hooks for React.

Inspired by (and API compatible with) React Query's useQuery and useMutation hooks.

It does:

• Perform asynchronous reads, writes, and other affects.
• Support polling on an interval.

It does not:

• Cache or support SWR.
• Retry failed requests.
• Require a <QueryClientProvider>

By removing caching and retries, the API is simplified, the library size is reduced, there is no need for a <QueryClientProvider> wrapper to provide a shared QueryClient. There are other solutions and libraries with caching and retrying as their core capability, which can be composed with this library. Small is beautiful, and each library does one thing well.

Query

The useQuery hook is for asynchronously reading data.

This hook is suitable for safe operations which should not have any side effects (eg. HTTP GET, HEAD, OPTIONS, and TRACE requests)

It includes:

• Results
  • data
  • error
  • isFetching
  • refetch()
• Options
  • enabled
  • refetchInterval
  • refetchOnReconnect
  • refetchOnWindowFocus
• Query Context
  • queryKey
  • signal

The useQuery hook can be used directly in components, but generally you should wrap it in a custom hook.

import { useQuery } from '@minstack/query';

const useResource = (id: string): QueryResult<Resource> => {
  const result = useQuery(
    // Query is refetched when the query key (serializable) changes.
    [id],
      const response = await fetch('https://...', { signal: context.signal });

      if (!response.ok) {
        throw new Error(`Request failed (status: ${response.status}, key: ${JSON.stringify(context.key)})`);
      }

      return response.json();
    },
    {
      // Only query when `result.refetch()` is called if false.
      enabled: true, // Default
      // Refetch automatically when positive non-zero.
      refetchInterval: 0, // Default
      // Refetch when connectivity is regained if true.
      refetchOnReconnect: true, // Default
      // Refetch when the window regains focus if true.
      refetchOnWindowFocus: true, // Default
    },
  );

  return result;
};

Use your custom query hook in a component.

const Component = (props: Props): JSX.Element => {
  const { data, error, isFetching, refetch } = useResource(props.id);

  if (isFetching) {
    return <Loading />;
  }

  if (error != null) {
    return <Error error={error} />;
  }

  return <Resource data={data} onRefresh={refetch} />;
};

Mutation

The useMutation hook is for asynchronously creating, updating, and deleting data.

This hook is suitable for operations which may be unsafe due to side effects (eg. POST, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE requests).

It includes:

• Results
  • data
  • error
  • isLoading
  • mutate()
• Options
  • onMutate
  • onSettled

The useMutation hook can be used directly in components, but generally you should wrap it in a custom hook.

import { useMutation } from '@minstack/query';

const useCreateResource = (): MutationResult<Resource> => {
  const result = useMutation(
    async (resource: Resource): Resource => {
      const response = await fetch('https://...', {
        method: 'POST',
        headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
        body: JSON.stringify(resource),
      });

      if (!response.ok) {
        throw new Error(`Request failed (status: ${response.status})`);
      }

      return response.json();
    },
  );

  return result;
};

Use your custom mutation hook in a component.

const Component = (props: Props): JSX.Element => {
  const { data, error, isLoading, mutate } = useCreateResource();
  const onSave = useCallback((resource: Resource) => {
    mutate(resource)
  }, [mutate]);

  return (
    <div>
      {isLoading && <Saving />}
      {error && <Error error={error} />}
      {data && <Success data={data} />}
      <CreateResourceForm enabled={!isLoading} onSave={onSave} />
    </div>
  )
};