feat: refreshNuxtData function and app:data:refresh hook (#3929)

Co-authored-by: Sébastien Chopin <seb@nuxtjs.com>
Co-authored-by: Pooya Parsa <pyapar@gmail.com>

docs/content/3.docs/1.usage/1.data-fetching.md

@@ -168,6 +168,39 @@ watch(posts, (newPosts) => {
 </script>
 ```
 
+## `refreshNuxtData`
+
+Invalidate the cache of `useAsyncData`, `useLazyAsyncData`, `useFetch` and `useLazyFetch` and trigger the refetch.
+
+This method is useful if you want to refresh all the data fetching for a current page.
+
+### Usage
+
+```ts
+refreshNuxtData(keys?: string | string[])
+```
+
+Available options:
+
+* `keys`: Provides an array of keys that used in `useAsyncData` to refetch. When it's not specified, all `useAsyncData` and `useFetch` will be refetched.
+
+### Example
+
+```vue
+<template>
+  <div>
+    {{ pending ? 'Loading' : count }}
+  </div>
+  <button @click="refresh">Refresh</button>
+</template>
+
+<script setup>
+const { pending, data: count } = useLazyAsyncData('count', () => $fetch('/api/count'))
+
+const refresh = () => refreshNuxtData('count')
+</script>
+```
+
 ## Isomorphic fetch
 
 When we call `fetch` in the browser, user headers like `cookie` will be directly sent to the API. But during server-side-rendering, since the `fetch` request takes place 'internally' within the server, it doesn't include the user's browser cookies, nor does it pass on cookies from the fetch response.

examples/use-async-data/app.vue

@@ -1,19 +1,36 @@
 <script setup>
-const ctr = ref(0)
+const showMountain = ref(false)
-const { data, refresh, pending } = await useAsyncData('/api/hello', () => $fetch(`/api/hello/${ctr.value}`), { watch: [ctr] })
+
+const refreshing = ref(false)
+const refreshAll = async () => {
+  refreshing.value = true
+  try {
+    await refreshNuxtData()
+  } finally {
+    refreshing.value = false
+  }
+}
 </script>
 
 <template>
   <NuxtExampleLayout example="use-async-data" show-tips>
-    <div>{{ data }}</div>
     <div>
-      <NButton :disabled="pending" @click="refresh">
+      <div class="flex justify-center gap-2">
-        Refresh Data
+        <NButton @click="showMountain = !showMountain">
+          {{ showMountain ? 'Hide' : 'Show' }} Mountain
         </NButton>
-      <NButton :disabled="pending" @click="ctr++">
+        <NButton :disabled="refreshing" @click="refreshAll">
-        +
+          Refetch All Data
         </NButton>
       </div>
+
+      <div class="flex justify-center gap-2">
+        <CounterExample />
+      </div>
+      <div class="flex justify-center gap-2">
+        <MountainExample v-if="showMountain" />
+      </div>
+    </div>
     <template #tips>
       <div>
         <p>

examples/use-async-data/components/CounterExample.vue

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<script setup>
+const ctr = ref(0)
+const { data, pending, refresh } = await useAsyncData('/api/hello', () => $fetch(`/api/hello/${ctr.value}`), { watch: [ctr] })
+
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <div>
+    {{ data }}
+    <div class="flex justify-center gap-2">
+      <NButton :disabled="pending" @click="ctr++">
+        +
+      </NButton>
+      <NButton :disabled="pending" @click="refresh">
+        ⟳
+      </NButton>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</template>

examples/use-async-data/components/MountainExample.vue

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<script setup>
+const { data: mountain } = await useFetch(
+  'https://api.nuxtjs.dev/mountains/mount-everest'
+)
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <pre class="text-sm text-left overflow-auto">{{ mountain }}</pre>
+</template>

packages/bridge/src/runtime/composables.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { sendRedirect } from 'h3'
 import defu from 'defu'
 import { useNuxtApp } from './app'
 
-export { useLazyAsyncData } from './asyncData'
+export { useLazyAsyncData, refreshNuxtData } from './asyncData'
 export { useLazyFetch } from './fetch'
 export { useCookie } from './cookie'
 export { useRequestHeaders } from './ssr'

packages/nuxt3/src/app/composables/asyncData.ts

@@ -137,12 +137,15 @@ export function useAsyncData<
       asyncData.refresh()
     }
     if (options.watch) {
-      const unwatch = watch(options.watch, () => {
+      watch(options.watch, () => asyncData.refresh())
-        asyncData.refresh()
+    }
+    const off = nuxt.hook('app:data:refresh', (keys) => {
+      if (!keys || keys.includes(key)) {
+        return asyncData.refresh()
+      }
     })
     if (instance) {
-        onUnmounted(() => unwatch())
+      onUnmounted(off)
-      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -166,6 +169,14 @@ export function useLazyAsyncData<
   return useAsyncData(key, handler, { ...options, lazy: true })
 }
 
+export function refreshNuxtData (keys?: string | string[]): Promise<void> {
+  if (process.server) {
+    return Promise.resolve()
+  }
+  const _keys = keys ? Array.isArray(keys) ? keys : [keys] : undefined
+  return useNuxtApp().callHook('app:data:refresh', _keys)
+}
+
 function pick (obj: Record<string, any>, keys: string[]) {
   const newObj = {}
   for (const key of keys) {

packages/nuxt3/src/app/composables/index.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export { defineNuxtComponent } from './component'
-export { useAsyncData, useLazyAsyncData } from './asyncData'
+export { useAsyncData, useLazyAsyncData, refreshNuxtData } from './asyncData'
 export type { AsyncDataOptions, AsyncData } from './asyncData'
 export { useHydration } from './hydrate'
 export { useState } from './state'

packages/nuxt3/src/app/nuxt.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export interface RuntimeNuxtHooks {
   'app:suspense:resolve': (Component?: VNode) => HookResult
   'app:error': (err: any) => HookResult
   'app:error:cleared': (options: { redirect?: string }) => HookResult
+  'app:data:refresh': (keys?: string[]) => HookResult
   'page:start': (Component?: VNode) => HookResult
   'page:finish': (Component?: VNode) => HookResult
   'meta:register': (metaRenderers: Array<(nuxt: NuxtApp) => NuxtMeta | Promise<NuxtMeta>>) => HookResult

packages/nuxt3/src/auto-imports/presets.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export const appPreset = defineUnimportPreset({
   imports: [
     'useAsyncData',
     'useLazyAsyncData',
+    'refreshNuxtData',
     'defineNuxtComponent',
     'useNuxtApp',
     'defineNuxtPlugin',