useAsyncData · Nuxt Composables

Within your pages, components, and plugins you can use useAsyncData to get access to data that resolves asynchronously.

useAsyncData is a composable meant to be called directly in a setup function, plugin, or route middleware. It returns reactive composables and handles adding responses to the Nuxt payload so they can be passed from server to client without re-fetching the data on client side when the page hydrates.

Usage

pages/index.vue

<script setup>
const { data, pending, error, refresh } = await useAsyncData(
  'mountains',
  () => $fetch('https://api.nuxtjs.dev/mountains')
)
</script>

data, pending, status and error are Vue refs and they should be accessed with .value when used within the <script setup>, while refresh/execute is a plain function for refetching data.

Watch Params

The built-in watch option allows automatically rerunning the fetcher function when any changes are detected.

pages/index.vue

<script setup>
const page = ref(1)
const { data: posts } = await useAsyncData(
  'posts',
  () => $fetch('https://fakeApi.com/posts', {
    params: {
      page: page.value
    }
  }), {
    watch: [page]
  }
)
</script>

useAsyncData is a reserved function name transformed by the compiler, so you should not name your own function useAsyncData .

Read more in Docs > Getting Started > Data Fetching#useasyncdata.

Params

key: a unique key to ensure that data fetching can be properly de-duplicated across requests. If you do not provide a key, then a key that is unique to the file name and line number of the instance of useAsyncData will be generated for you.
handler: an asynchronous function that must return a truthy value (for example, it should not be undefined or null) or the request may be duplicated on the client side
options:
- server: whether to fetch the data on the server (defaults to true)
- lazy: whether to resolve the async function after loading the route, instead of blocking client-side navigation (defaults to false)
- immediate: when set to false, will prevent the request from firing immediately. (defaults to true)
- default: a factory function to set the default value of the data, before the async function resolves - useful with the lazy: true or immediate: false option
- transform: a function that can be used to alter handler function result after resolving
- getCachedData: Provide a function which returns cached data. A null or undefined return value will trigger a fetch. By default, this is: key => nuxt.isHydrating ? nuxt.payload.data[key] : nuxt.static.data[key], which only caches data when payloadExtraction is enabled.
- pick: only pick specified keys in this array from the handler function result
- watch: watch reactive sources to auto-refresh
- deep: return data in a deep ref object (it is true by default). It can be set to false to return data in a shallow ref object, which can improve performance if your data does not need to be deeply reactive.
- dedupe: avoid fetching same key more than once at a time (defaults to cancel). Possible options:
  - cancel - cancels existing requests when a new one is made
  - defer - does not make new requests at all if there is a pending request

Under the hood, lazy: false uses <Suspense> to block the loading of the route before the data has been fetched. Consider using lazy: true and implementing a loading state instead for a snappier user experience.

You can use useLazyAsyncData to have the same behavior as lazy: true with useAsyncData.

Learn how to use transform and getCachedData to avoid superfluous calls to an API and cache data for visitors on the client.

Return Values

data: the result of the asynchronous function that is passed in.
pending: a boolean indicating whether the data is still being fetched.
refresh/execute: a function that can be used to refresh the data returned by the handler function.
error: an error object if the data fetching failed.
status: a string indicating the status of the data request ("idle", "pending", "success", "error").

By default, Nuxt waits until a refresh is finished before it can be executed again.

If you have not fetched data on the server (for example, with server: false), then the data will not be fetched until hydration completes. This means even if you await useAsyncData on the client side, data will remain null within <script setup>.

Type

Signature

function useAsyncData<DataT, DataE>(
  handler: (nuxtApp?: NuxtApp) => Promise<DataT>,
  options?: AsyncDataOptions<DataT>
): AsyncData<DataT, DataE>
function useAsyncData<DataT, DataE>(
  key: string,
  handler: (nuxtApp?: NuxtApp) => Promise<DataT>,
  options?: AsyncDataOptions<DataT>
): Promise<AsyncData<DataT, DataE>

type AsyncDataOptions<DataT> = {
  server?: boolean
  lazy?: boolean
  immediate?: boolean
  deep?: boolean
  dedupe?: 'cancel' | 'defer'
  default?: () => DataT | Ref<DataT> | null
  transform?: (input: DataT) => DataT
  pick?: string[]
  watch?: WatchSource[]
  getCachedData?: (key: string) => DataT
}

type AsyncData<DataT, ErrorT> = {
  data: Ref<DataT | null>
  pending: Ref<boolean>
  refresh: (opts?: AsyncDataExecuteOptions) => Promise<void>
  execute: (opts?: AsyncDataExecuteOptions) => Promise<void>
  error: Ref<ErrorT | null>
  status: Ref<AsyncDataRequestStatus>
};

interface AsyncDataExecuteOptions {
  dedupe?: 'cancel' | 'defer'
}

type AsyncDataRequestStatus = 'idle' | 'pending' | 'success' | 'error'

Read more in Docs > Getting Started > Data Fetching.

useAppConfig

Access the reactive app config defined in the project.

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