Next & Apollo Example

*Note: this example has been merged into the Next.js examples/ directory as an official showcase. The only difference between the two examples is the CSS-in-JS solution. This example features my preferred CSS-in-JS solution, Styletron, whereas the other example features styled-jsx (for those who prefer a more traditional CSS syntax).

Demo

https://next-with-apollo.now.sh

How to use

Install it and run

npm install
npm run dev

Deploy it to the cloud with now (download)

now

The idea behind the example

Apollo is a GraphQL client that allows you to easily query the exact data you need from a GraphQL server. In addition to fetching and mutating data, Apollo analyzes your queries and their results to construct a client-side cache of your data, which is kept up to date as further queries and mutations are run, fetching more results from the server.

In this simple example, we integrate Apollo seamlessly with Next by wrapping our pages inside a higher-order component (HOC). Using the HOC pattern we're able to pass down a central store of query result data created by Apollo into our React component hierarchy defined inside each page of our Next application.

On initial page load, while on the server and inside getInitialProps, we invoke the Apollo method, getDataFromTree. This method returns a promise; at the point in which the promise resolves, our Apollo Client store is completely initialized.

This example relies on graph.cool for its GraphQL backend and Styletron for it's CSS-in-JS solution.

Integrating Apollo with Redux

By default, Apollo Client creates its own internal Redux store to manage queries and their results. If you are already using Redux for the rest of your application, you can have the client integrate with your existing store instead. To see how this is done checkout the redux branch.

Styled Components