Supabase

How to use Supabase with Apollo Client?

Discover the art of integrating Supabase with Apollo Client effortlessly, boosting data management and real-time functions. Perfect for modern web apps.

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Overview

Integrating Supabase with Apollo Client to manage GraphQL data can provide a powerful and scalable backend for your app. Supabase is an open-source alternative to Firebase, offering cool features like authentication, real-time databases, and more. Meanwhile, Apollo Client makes handling GraphQL data on the front end super easy. To get these tools working together, start by setting up your Supabase instance, then configure Apollo Client for your GraphQL queries, and ensure they communicate smoothly. This method takes advantage of Supabase's strong backend features while using Apollo Client's effective data management and caching capabilities on the frontend.

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How to use Supabase with Apollo Client?

Step 1: Set Up Supabase

  1. Head over to the Supabase website and either sign up or log in.
  2. Create a new project by filling in the details like project name, database password, and region.
  3. Once your project is ready, go to the "API" section to grab your Supabase URL and anon key. You'll need these later for the Apollo Client setup.

Step 2: Set Up Your React Project

  1. Open your terminal and start a new React project using Create React App:
    ```shell
    npx create-react-app my-app
    cd my-app
    ```

  2. Install the necessary dependencies for Apollo Client, GraphQL, and Supabase:
    ```shell
    npm install @apollo/client graphql @supabase/supabase-js
    ```

Step 3: Set Up Supabase Client

  1. Create a new file called supabaseClient.js in the src directory:
    ```javascript
    import { createClient } from '@supabase/supabase-js';

    const supabaseUrl = 'https://your-supabase-url.supabase.co';
    const supabaseAnonKey = 'your-anon-key';

    export const supabase = createClient(supabaseUrl, supabaseAnonKey);
    ```

  2. Make sure to replace supabaseUrl and supabaseAnonKey with the values you got from the Supabase dashboard.

Step 4: Initialize Apollo Client

  1. Create a new file called apolloClient.js in the src directory:
    ```javascript
    import { ApolloClient, InMemoryCache, HttpLink } from '@apollo/client';

    const supabaseGraphQLUrl = 'https://your-supabase-url.supabase.co/graphql/v1';

    const client = new ApolloClient({
    link: new HttpLink({
    uri: supabaseGraphQLUrl,
    headers: {
    apikey: 'your-anon-key',
    },
    }),
    cache: new InMemoryCache(),
    });

    export default client;
    ```

  2. Replace supabaseGraphQLUrl and apikey with the correct Supabase endpoint and anon key.

Step 5: Wrap Your App with ApolloProvider

  1. Open index.js or App.js and wrap your main component with ApolloProvider:
    ```javascript
    import React from 'react';
    import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
    import App from './App';
    import { ApolloProvider } from '@apollo/client';
    import client from './apolloClient';

    ReactDOM.render(

    , document.getElementById('root') ); \`\`\`

Step 6: Using Apollo Client in Your Components

  1. Inside any React component, you can use Apollo Client hooks like useQuery to interact with your Supabase GraphQL endpoint:
    ```javascript
    import React from 'react';
    import { useQuery, gql } from '@apollo/client';

    const GET_DATA = gql`
    query {
    your_table_name {
    id
    column1
    column2
    }
    }
    `;

    const YourComponent = () => {
    const { loading, error, data } = useQuery(GET_DATA);

    if (loading) return

    Loading...

    ;
    if (error) return

    Error :(

    ;

    return (


    {data.your_table_name.map(item => (

    {item.column1}


    {item.column2}



    ))}

    );
    };

    export default YourComponent;
    ```

  2. Swap out the GET_DATA query with your Supabase table and column names. Use the component as needed in your app.

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