@urql/exchange-persisted-fetch

The persistedFetchExchange is an exchange that builds on the regular fetchExchange but adds support for Persisted Queries.

Quick Start Guide

First install @urql/exchange-persisted-fetch alongside urql:

yarn add @urql/exchange-persisted-fetch
# or
npm install --save @urql/exchange-persisted-fetch

You'll then need to add the persistedFetchExchange method, that this package exposes, to your exchanges.

import { createClient, dedupExchange, fetchExchange, cacheExchange } from 'urql';
import { persistedFetchExchange } from '@urql/exchange-persisted-fetch';

const client = createClient({
  url: 'http://localhost:1234/graphql',
  exchanges: [
    dedupExchange,
    cacheExchange,
    persistedFetchExchange({
      /* optional config */
    }),
    fetchExchange,
  ],
});

The persistedQueryExchange supports three configuration options:

• preferGetForPersistedQueries: Use GET for fetches with persisted queries
• enforcePersistedQueries: This disables automatic persisted queries and disables any retry logic for how the API responds to persisted queries. Instead it's assumed that they'll always succeed.
• generateHash: A function that takes a GraphQL query and returns the hashed result. This defaults to the window.crypto API in the browser and the crypto module in node.

The persistedFetchExchange only handles queries, so for mutations we keep the fetchExchange around alongside of it.

Avoid hashing during runtime

If you want to generate hashes at build-time you can use a webpack-loader to achieve this, when using this all you need to do in this exchange is the following:

import { createClient, dedupExchange, fetchExchange, cacheExchange } from 'urql';
import { persistedFetchExchange } from '@urql/exchange-persisted-fetch';

const client = createClient({
  url: 'http://localhost:1234/graphql',
  exchanges: [
    dedupExchange,
    cacheExchange,
    persistedFetchExchange({
      generateHash: (_, document) => document.documentId,
    }),
    fetchExchange,
  ],
});