CreateResource does not update as expected

I'm new to Solid, please forgive me if that is a total dummy question. I'm using solid router and I have this code:

// this is the fetcher func
const fetchData = async (id: string) => {
  const response = await fetch(`/api/xyz/${id}`);
  return response.json();
};

export const Page = () => {
  const params = useParams();

  // A: this does not update on route change
  const [data] = createResource(params.id, fetchData);

  // B: this works
  const [data] = createResource(() => params.id, fetchData);
  ...

  return <SomeDataComponent data={data()} />

}

// this is the fetcher func
const fetchData = async (id: string) => {
  const response = await fetch(`/api/xyz/${id}`);
  return response.json();
};

export const Page = () => {
  const params = useParams();

  // A: this does not update on route change
  const [data] = createResource(params.id, fetchData);

  // B: this works
  const [data] = createResource(() => params.id, fetchData);
  ...

  return <SomeDataComponent data={data()} />

}

According to the docs, useParams "retrieves a reactive object containing the current route path paramteres as defined in the Route". I'd like to understand why version A does not cause <SomeDataComponent> to update when the route changes, but version B does.

2 Replies

Brendonovich•3mo ago

You're right about useParams, the problem is createResource. From the docs:

you can additionally pass a source signal as the first argument. The source signal will retrigger the fetcher whenever it changes, and its value will be passed to the fetcher.

you can additionally pass a source signal as the first argument. The source signal will retrigger the fetcher whenever it changes, and its value will be passed to the fetcher.

Version A just retrieves the value of id once and passes it to createResource - remember that components in solid only run once, so that params.id access only runs once. Version B provides a signal that the createResource is able to track, since accessing params.id happens inside the resource rather than outside it

markus•3mo ago

ah, that makes complete sense, thank you @Brendonovich!

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CreateResource does not update as expected