I state “You will love it – React Query”.

🚀 āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāϰ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ utility: React Query

React Query use āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇ API fetch, cache, update āϏāĻŦ āϏāĻšāϜāĨ¤ RTK Query āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ complex scenario-āĻ clumsy āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤

👉 API Fetching āϏāĻšāϜ

const { data, isLoading, error } = useQuery([…


This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Golam Mostafa

🚀 āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāϰ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ utility: React Query

React Query use āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇ API fetch, cache, update āϏāĻŦ āϏāĻšāϜāĨ¤ RTK Query āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ complex scenario-āĻ clumsy āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤

👉 API Fetching āϏāĻšāϜ

const { data, isLoading, error } = useQuery(['todos'], fetchTodos)

āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ useQuery āĻŦāĻž useMutation call āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
Background-āĻ fetch, retry, error handling autoāĨ¤

RTK Query: Multiple queries āĻŦāĻž complex retry verboseāĨ¤

👉 Caching & Stale Data

const { data } = useQuery(['projects', page], fetchProjects, {
  staleTime: 5000,
  keepPreviousData: true
})

Flicker āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧ, pagination smoothāĨ¤

RTK Query: Cache Redux store-āĻ → File, FormData, Date support āύ⧇āχāĨ¤

👉 Updating & Mutations

const mutation = useMutation(updateTodo, {
  onSuccess: () => queryClient.invalidateQueries(['todos'])
})

onSuccess, onError, onSettled āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ cache automatically invalidateāĨ¤

RTK Query: Tag system use āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ verboseāĨ¤

👉 Offline / Window Focus Handling

  • refetchOnWindowFocus → user active āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇ fresh dataāĨ¤
  • Retry automatically network fail āĻšāϞ⧇āĨ¤

RTK Query: Manual setup āĻĻāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰāĨ¤

👉 File Uploads & Non-serializable Data

React Query supports File, FormData direct useāĨ¤

RTK Query: ❌ serializable restriction → trickyāĨ¤

👉 Multiple Queries & Dependent Queries

const { data: user } = useQuery(['user', userId], getUser)
const { data: projects } = useQuery(
  ['projects', user?.id],
  getProjects,
  { enabled: !!user?.id }
)

āĻāĻ•āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ multiple query handle āĻ•āϰāĻž āϏāĻšāϜāĨ¤

RTK Query: conditional skip āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ → āĻ•āĻŽ intuitiveāĨ¤

👉 API Error Handling & Conditional Invalidate

useMutation(updateData, {
  onSuccess: () => queryClient.invalidateQueries(['todos']),
  onSettled: () => queryClient.invalidateQueries(['todos']) // success/error āωāĻ­āϝāĻŧ⧇āχ
})

Default: error āĻšāϞ⧇ invalidate āĻšāϝāĻŧ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϚāĻžāχāϞ⧇ onSettled use āĻ•āϰ⧇ success āĻŦāĻž error āωāĻ­āϝāĻŧ⧇āχ invalidate āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

RTK Query: conditional invalidate āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ extra code āϞāĻžāϗ⧇ → beginner-unfriendlyāĨ¤

👉 Optimistic Updates

useMutation(updateTodo, {
  onMutate: async (newTodo) => {
    await queryClient.cancelQueries(['todos'])
    const previousTodos = queryClient.getQueryData(['todos'])
    queryClient.setQueryData(['todos'], old => [...old, newTodo])
    return { previousTodos }
  },
  onError: (err, newTodo, context) => {
    queryClient.setQueryData(['todos'], context.previousTodos)
  }
})

UI instantly update, error āĻšāϞ⧇ rollbackāĨ¤

RTK Query: onQueryStarted + updateQueryData → more complexāĨ¤

👉 Infinite Queries (Infinite Scroll)

const { data, fetchNextPage, hasNextPage } = useInfiniteQuery(
  ['projects'],
  fetchProjects,
  { getNextPageParam: (lastPage) => lastPage.nextCursor }
)

Next page automatic trackāĨ¤

RTK Query: Manual setup āĻŦāĻž complex patternāĨ¤

⭐ Awesome Devtools

React Query devtools āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻŦ status (fetching, stale, active, etc.) āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤ Debugging āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āϏāĻšāϜāĨ¤

💡 Conclusion:
I have used both RTK and React Query. But find that React Query is much simpler than RTK 😊.

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