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Wave your hands in the air and shout hooray because React Query comes with dedicated devtools! 🥳
When you begin your React Query journey, you'll want these devtools by your side. They help visualize all of the inner workings of React Query and will likely save you hours of debugging if you find yourself in a pinch!
Please note that for now, the devtools do not support React Native. If you would like to help us make the devtools platform agnostic, please let us know!
Also note that you can use these devtools to observe queries, but not mutations
Install and Import the Devtools
-------------------------------
The devtools are a separate package that you need to install.
The major version of all the packages must be in sync.
bash
npm i @tanstack/react-query-devtools@4
npm i @tanstack/react-query-devtools@4
or
bash
pnpm add @tanstack/react-query-devtools@4
pnpm add @tanstack/react-query-devtools@4
or
bash
yarn add @tanstack/react-query-devtools@4
yarn add @tanstack/react-query-devtools@4
You can import the devtools like this:
tsx
import { ReactQueryDevtools } from '@tanstack/react-query-devtools'
import { ReactQueryDevtools } from '@tanstack/react-query-devtools'
By default, React Query Devtools are only included in bundles when process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development', so you don't need to worry about excluding them during a production build.
Floating Mode will mount the devtools as a fixed, floating element in your app and provide a toggle in the corner of the screen to show and hide the devtools. This toggle state will be stored and remembered in localStorage across reloads.
Place the following code as high in your React app as you can. The closer it is to the root of the page, the better it will work!
tsx
import { ReactQueryDevtools } from '@tanstack/react-query-devtools'
function App() {
return (
<QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>
{/* The rest of your application */}
<ReactQueryDevtools initialIsOpen={false} />
</QueryClientProvider>
)
}
import { ReactQueryDevtools } from '@tanstack/react-query-devtools'
function App() {
return (
<QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>
{/* The rest of your application */}
<ReactQueryDevtools initialIsOpen={false} />
</QueryClientProvider>
)
}
Embedded Mode will embed the devtools as a regular component in your application. You can style it however you'd like after that!
tsx
import { ReactQueryDevtoolsPanel } from '@tanstack/react-query-devtools'
function App() {
return (
<QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>
{/* The rest of your application */}
<ReactQueryDevtoolsPanel style={styles} className={className} />
</QueryClientProvider>
)
}
import { ReactQueryDevtoolsPanel } from '@tanstack/react-query-devtools'
function App() {
return (
<QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>
{/* The rest of your application */}
<ReactQueryDevtoolsPanel style={styles} className={className} />
</QueryClientProvider>
)
}
Use these options to style the dev tools.
Devtools in production
----------------------
Devtools are excluded in production builds. However, it might be desirable to lazy load the devtools in production:
tsx
import * as React from 'react'
import { QueryClient, QueryClientProvider } from '@tanstack/react-query'
import { ReactQueryDevtools } from '@tanstack/react-query-devtools'
import { Example } from './Example'
const queryClient = new QueryClient()
const ReactQueryDevtoolsProduction = React.lazy(() =>
import('@tanstack/react-query-devtools/build/lib/index.prod.js').then(
(d) => ({
default: d.ReactQueryDevtools,
}),
),
)
function App() {
const [showDevtools, setShowDevtools] = React.useState(false)
React.useEffect(() => {
// @ts-ignore
window.toggleDevtools = () => setShowDevtools((old) => !old)
}, [])
return (
<QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>
<Example />
<ReactQueryDevtools initialIsOpen />
{showDevtools && (
<React.Suspense fallback={null}>
<ReactQueryDevtoolsProduction />
</React.Suspense>
)}
</QueryClientProvider>
)
}
export default App
import * as React from 'react'
import { QueryClient, QueryClientProvider } from '@tanstack/react-query'
import { ReactQueryDevtools } from '@tanstack/react-query-devtools'
import { Example } from './Example'
const queryClient = new QueryClient()
const ReactQueryDevtoolsProduction = React.lazy(() =>
import('@tanstack/react-query-devtools/build/lib/index.prod.js').then(
(d) => ({
default: d.ReactQueryDevtools,
}),
),
)
function App() {
const [showDevtools, setShowDevtools] = React.useState(false)
React.useEffect(() => {
// @ts-ignore
window.toggleDevtools = () => setShowDevtools((old) => !old)
}, [])
return (
<QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>
<Example />
<ReactQueryDevtools initialIsOpen />
{showDevtools && (
<React.Suspense fallback={null}>
<ReactQueryDevtoolsProduction />
</React.Suspense>
)}
</QueryClientProvider>
)
}
export default App
With this, calling window.toggleDevtools() will download the devtools bundle and show them.
If your bundler supports package exports, you can use the following import path:
tsx
const ReactQueryDevtoolsProduction = React.lazy(() =>
import('@tanstack/react-query-devtools/production').then((d) => ({
default: d.ReactQueryDevtools,
})),
)
const ReactQueryDevtoolsProduction = React.lazy(() =>
import('@tanstack/react-query-devtools/production').then((d) => ({
default: d.ReactQueryDevtools,
})),
)
For TypeScript, you would need to set moduleResolution: 'nodenext' in your tsconfig, which requires at least TypeScript v4.7.
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