getServerState()

Signature

const serverState = await getServerState(children: ReactNode)

Import

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import { getServerState } from 'react-instantsearch-hooks-server';

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About this function

getServerState() is the function that retrieves the server state to pass to <InstantSearchSSRProvider>.

This function is available from the companion react-instantsearch-hooks-server package.

Guide Server-side rendering with React InstantSearch Hooks

Examples

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import { getServerState } from 'react-instantsearch-hooks-server';

const serverState = await getServerState(<App />);

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import {
  InstantSearch,
  InstantSearchSSRProvider
} from 'react-instantsearch-hooks-web';

function App({ serverState }) {
  return (
    <InstantSearchSSRProvider {...serverState}>
      <InstantSearch indexName="instant_search" searchClient={searchClient}>
        {/* Widgets */}
      </InstantSearch>
    </InstantSearchSSRProvider>
  );
}

Check the server-side rendering example for full markup.

Parameters


            children

type: React.ReactNode

The part of the app that renders <InstantSearch>.

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const serverState = await getServerState(<App />);

Returns

Promise


            serverState

type: InstantSearchServerState

The server state to pass to <InstantSearchSSRProvider>.

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type InitialResult = {
  state: SearchParameters;
  results: SearchResults;
};

type InitialResults = Record<string, InitialResult>;

type InstantSearchServerState = {
  initialResults: InitialResults;
};

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getServerState()

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Examples

Parameters

Returns Promise

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Returns

Promise