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TanStack•6mo ago•
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non serializable objects in Route Context

I have an API client that is required on the client and on the server. All examples I see for tanstack just initializes these things in a global way, but that doesn't work when you need to pass arguments.

I have a few config variables that I fetch from the server and with that I can initialize the client.
I do this in the root route beforeLoad

    beforeLoad: async ({context: {queryClient}}) => {
        const data = await queryClient.fetchQuery({
            queryKey: [QueryKey.CONFIG],
            queryFn: fetchConfigFromServer,
        });
        const fetchClient = createOpenApiFetchClient<paths>({baseUrl: data.CONTENT_API_BASE_URL});
        return {
            $contentApi: createOpenApiClient(fetchClient),
            cfg: data,
        };
    },


Now any route can use that client like so: 

    loader: ({context: {$contentApi, queryClient}, params: {csin}}) => {
        return queryClient.ensureQueryData($contentApi.queryOptions("get", "/product-detail/v2/{csins}", {params: {path: {csins: csin}}}));
    },


Now I wanna use that in component. 

    const {$contentApi} = RootRoute.useRouteContext();
    const {data, isError, isLoading} = useQuery($contentApi.queryOptions("get", "/customer-review"));

Problem is this won't work, because $contentApi is no longer the real client, it has been serialized/deserialized I think.

(intermediate value)().queryOptions is not a function

My hack around this currently is re-creating the api client in a context and using the context in the component instead.
But loaders now use the route context and components need to use the context, that's odd to me. Is there a better way?

    const fetchClient = createOpenApiFetchClient<paths>({baseUrl: config.CONTENT_API_BASE_URL});
    const $contentApi = createOpenApiClient(fetchClient);
    const contextValue: ApiContextType = {
        $contentApi,
    };

    return <ApiContext.Provider value={contextValue}>{children}</ApiContext.Provider>;
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