Luke
Luke8mo ago

tRPC useQuery with skipToken

I am trying to implement a useQuery which only happens once. I haven't been happy with setting enabled so something like enabled: !!foo as it'll still refetch, etc (and yes I know you can disable certain refetches, but that's not the goal here). I found a supported, type-safe solution on the tRPC docs (https://trpc.io/docs/client/react/disabling-queries).
But... following their example nearly identically doesn't work for me. Broken Example
import { skipToken } from '@tanstack/react-query';
import { api } from '~/utils/trpc';

const ViewExample = () => {
const [exampleId, setExampleId] = useState<number | undefined>();
const exampleQuery = api.examples.getOne.useQuery(exampleId ? { exampleId: exampleId } : skipToken);

...
}
import { skipToken } from '@tanstack/react-query';
import { api } from '~/utils/trpc';

const ViewExample = () => {
const [exampleId, setExampleId] = useState<number | undefined>();
const exampleQuery = api.examples.getOne.useQuery(exampleId ? { exampleId: exampleId } : skipToken);

...
}
Router
getOne: protectedProcedure
.input(
z.object({
exampleId: z.number(),
}),
)
.query(async ({ ctx, input }) => {
return await ctx.apis.redacted.get<Example>(`/v1/example/${input.exampleId}`);
}),
getOne: protectedProcedure
.input(
z.object({
exampleId: z.number(),
}),
)
.query(async ({ ctx, input }) => {
return await ctx.apis.redacted.get<Example>(`/v1/example/${input.exampleId}`);
}),
And my error:
Argument of type 'unique symbol | { exampleId: number; }' is not assignable to parameter of type '{ exampleId: number; }'.
Type 'typeof skipToken' is not assignable to type '{ exampleId: number; }'.ts(2345)
Argument of type 'unique symbol | { exampleId: number; }' is not assignable to parameter of type '{ exampleId: number; }'.
Type 'typeof skipToken' is not assignable to type '{ exampleId: number; }'.ts(2345)
Am I meant to define the skipToken in the zod input? It seems counter-intuitive to have to define skipToken in the zod input every single time this needs to be used on a route. P.S. I have a feeling this is a bug on tRPC itself given how little documentation and conversation surrounds the usage of skipToken on Discord and GitHub.
Solution:
Nevermind, this idiot wasn't on tRPC v11. Just did the upgrade, was pretty painless. Shoutout to the tRPC team. I'll leave this up incase anyone else experiences a similar issue and goes down the rabbithole. UPGRADE TO V11 TO GET SKIPTOKEN TO WORK!...
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Luke
Luke8mo ago
Nevermind, this idiot wasn't on tRPC v11. Just did the upgrade, was pretty painless. Shoutout to the tRPC team. I'll leave this up incase anyone else experiences a similar issue and goes down the rabbithole. UPGRADE TO V11 TO GET SKIPTOKEN TO WORK!

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