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leebyron committed Nov 13, 2019
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Create loaders by providing a batch loading function.

```js
var DataLoader = require('dataloader')
const DataLoader = require('dataloader')

var userLoader = new DataLoader(keys => myBatchGetUsers(keys));
const userLoader = new DataLoader(keys => myBatchGetUsers(keys))
```

A batch loading function accepts an Array of keys, and returns a Promise which
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of the event loop) and then call your batch function with all requested keys.

```js
userLoader.load(1)
.then(user => userLoader.load(user.invitedByID))
.then(invitedBy => console.log(`User 1 was invited by ${invitedBy}`));
const user = await userLoader.load(1)
const invitedBy = await userLoader.load(user.invitedByID)
console.log(`User 1 was invited by ${invitedBy}`)

// Elsewhere in your application
userLoader.load(2)
.then(user => userLoader.load(user.lastInvitedID))
.then(lastInvited => console.log(`User 2 last invited ${lastInvited}`));
const user = await userLoader.load(2)
const lastInvited = await userLoader.load(user.lastInvitedID)
console.log(`User 2 last invited ${lastInvited}`)
```

A naive application may have issued four round-trips to a backend for the
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ In addition to relieving pressure on your data storage, caching results per-requ
also creates fewer objects which may relieve memory pressure on your application:

```js
var userLoader = new DataLoader(...)
var promise1A = userLoader.load(1)
var promise1B = userLoader.load(1)
const userLoader = new DataLoader(...)
const promise1A = userLoader.load(1)
const promise1B = userLoader.load(1)
assert(promise1A === promise1B)
```

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}
}

var app = express()
const app = express()

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
var authToken = authenticateUser(req)
var loaders = createLoaders(authToken)
const authToken = authenticateUser(req)
const loaders = createLoaders(authToken)
res.send(renderPage(req, loaders))
})

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```js
// Request begins...
var userLoader = new DataLoader(...)
const userLoader = new DataLoader(...)

// And a value happens to be loaded (and cached).
userLoader.load(4).then(...)
const user = await userLoader.load(4)

// A mutation occurs, invalidating what might be in cache.
sqlRun('UPDATE users WHERE id=4 SET username="zuck"').then(
() => userLoader.clear(4)
)
await sqlRun('UPDATE users WHERE id=4 SET username="zuck"')
userLoader.clear(4)

// Later the value load is loaded again so the mutated data appears.
userLoader.load(4).then(...)
const user = await userLoader.load(4)

// Request completes.
```
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In some circumstances you may wish to clear the cache for these individual Errors:

```js
userLoader.load(1).catch(error => {
if (/* determine if should clear error */) {
userLoader.clear(1);
try {
const user = await userLoader.load(1)
} catch (error) {
if (/* determine if the error should not be cached */) {
userLoader.clear(1)
}
throw error;
});
throw error
}
```

#### Disabling Cache
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For example:

```js
var myLoader = new DataLoader(keys => {
const myLoader = new DataLoader(keys => {
console.log(keys)
return someBatchLoadFn(keys)
}, { cache: false })
Expand All @@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ enabled, but will immediately clear its cache when the batch function is called
so later requests will load new values.

```js
var myLoader = new DataLoader(keys => {
const myLoader = new DataLoader(keys => {
identityLoader.clearAll()
return someBatchLoadFn(keys)
})
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Loads multiple keys, promising an array of values:

```js
var [ a, b ] = await myLoader.loadMany([ 'a', 'b' ]);
const [ a, b ] = await myLoader.loadMany([ 'a', 'b' ])
```

This is equivalent to the more verbose:

```js
var [ a, b ] = await Promise.all([
const [ a, b ] = await Promise.all([
myLoader.load('a'),
myLoader.load('b')
]);
])
```

- *keys*: An array of key values to load.
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and possibly fewer if there are cache hits.

```js
var UserType = new GraphQLObjectType({
const UserType = new GraphQLObjectType({
name: 'User',
fields: () => ({
name: { type: GraphQLString },
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first: { type: GraphQLInt }
},
type: new GraphQLList(UserType),
resolve: (user, { first }) => queryLoader.load([
'SELECT toID FROM friends WHERE fromID=? LIMIT ?', user.id, first
]).then(rows => rows.map(row => userLoader.load(row.toID)))
resolve: async (user, { first }) => {
const rows = await queryLoader.load([
'SELECT toID FROM friends WHERE fromID=? LIMIT ?', user.id, first
])
return rows.map(row => userLoader.load(row.toID))
}
}
})
})
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users: new DataLoader(ids => genUsers(authToken, ids)),
cdnUrls: new DataLoader(rawUrls => genCdnUrls(authToken, rawUrls)),
stories: new DataLoader(keys => genStories(authToken, keys)),
};
}
}

// When handling an incoming web request:
var loaders = createLoaders(request.query.authToken);
const loaders = createLoaders(request.query.authToken)

// Then, within application logic:
var user = await loaders.users.load(4);
var pic = await loaders.cdnUrls.load(user.rawPicUrl);
const user = await loaders.users.load(4)
const pic = await loaders.cdnUrls.load(user.rawPicUrl)
```

Creating an object where each key is a `DataLoader` is one common pattern which
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both caches when a user is loaded from either source:

```js
let userByIDLoader = new DataLoader(ids => genUsersByID(ids).then(users => {
const userByIDLoader = new DataLoader(async ids => {
const users = await genUsersByID(ids)
for (let user of users) {
usernameLoader.prime(user.username, user);
usernameLoader.prime(user.username, user)
}
return users;
}));
return users
})

let usernameLoader = new DataLoader(names => genUsernames(names).then(users => {
const usernameLoader = new DataLoader(async names => {
const users = await genUsernames(names)
for (let user of users) {
userByIDLoader.prime(user.id, user);
userByIDLoader.prime(user.id, user)
}
return users;
}));
return users
})
```


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