nuxt-data

// CORRECT: Shared state (singleton pattern)
export const useAuth = () => {
  const user = useState('auth-user', () => null)
  return { user }
}
 
// WRONG: Creates new instance every call!
export const useAuth = () => {
  const user = ref(null)
  return { user }
}

// Nuxt 5: clearNuxtState resets state to its initial value, not undefined
const count = useState('counter', () => 42)
count.value = 100
 
clearNuxtState('counter')
// count.value is now 42 (the initial default), not undefined

// composables/useAuth.ts
export const useAuth = () => {
  const user = useState<User | null>('auth-user', () => null)
  const isAuthenticated = computed(() => !!user.value)
  const isLoading = useState('auth-loading', () => false)
 
  const login = async (email: string, password: string) => {
    isLoading.value = true
    try {
      const data = await $fetch('/api/auth/login', {
        method: 'POST',
        body: { email, password }
      })
      user.value = data.user
      return { success: true }
    } catch (error) {
      return { success: false, error: error.message }
    } finally {
      isLoading.value = false
    }
  }
 
  const logout = async () => {
    await $fetch('/api/auth/logout', { method: 'POST' })
    user.value = null
    navigateTo('/login')
  }
 
  const checkSession = async () => {
    if (import.meta.server) return
    try {
      const data = await $fetch('/api/auth/session')
      user.value = data.user
    } catch {
      user.value = null
    }
  }
 
  return { user, isAuthenticated, isLoading, login, logout, checkSession }
}

// composables/useLocalStorage.ts
export const useLocalStorage = <T>(key: string, defaultValue: T) => {
  const data = useState<T>(key, () => defaultValue)
 
  if (import.meta.client) {
    const stored = localStorage.getItem(key)
    if (stored) {
      data.value = JSON.parse(stored)
    }
 
    watch(data, (newValue) => {
      localStorage.setItem(key, JSON.stringify(newValue))
    }, { deep: true })
  }
 
  return data
}

const { data, error, pending, refresh } = await useFetch('/api/users')
 
const { data: users } = await useFetch('/api/users', {
  method: 'GET',
  query: { limit: 10, offset: 0 },
  headers: { 'X-Custom-Header': 'value' }
})

<script setup lang="ts">
const page = ref(1)
const search = ref('')
 
const { data: users, pending } = await useFetch('/api/users', {
  query: {
    page,
    search,
    limit: 10
  }
})
</script>

const { data: userNames } = await useFetch('/api/users', {
  transform: (users) => users.map(u => u.name)
})

const { data } = await useAsyncData('dashboard', async () => {
  const [users, posts, stats] = await Promise.all([
    $fetch('/api/users'),
    $fetch('/api/posts'),
    $fetch('/api/stats')
  ])
  return { users, posts, stats }
})

const { data, error, status } = await useFetch('/api/users')
 
if (error.value) {
  console.error('Error:', error.value.message)
  console.error('Status:', error.value.statusCode)
}
 
if (status.value === 'error') {
  showError(error.value)
}

const { data, refresh, execute } = await useFetch('/api/users', {
  immediate: false
})
 
await execute()
await refresh()
await refresh({ dedupe: true })

// Nuxt 5 default: Shallow reactivity
const { data } = await useFetch('/api/user')
data.value.name = 'New Name'  // Won't trigger reactivity!
 
// Enable deep reactivity for mutations
const { data } = await useFetch('/api/user', {
  deep: true
})
data.value.name = 'New Name'  // Now works!
 
// Or refresh instead of mutating
const { data, refresh } = await useFetch('/api/user')
await $fetch('/api/user', { method: 'PATCH', body: { name: 'New Name' } })
await refresh()

const { data } = await useFetch('/api/users', {
  key: 'users-list',
  dedupe: 'cancel',
  getCachedData: (key, nuxtApp) => {
    return nuxtApp.payload.data[key]
  }
})

const { data, pending } = useLazyFetch('/api/users')
const { data: data2, pending: pending2 } = useLazyAsyncData('users', () => $fetch('/api/users'))

const submitForm = async () => {
  const result = await $fetch('/api/submit', {
    method: 'POST',
    body: formData.value
  })
}

// composables/useCart.ts
interface CartItem {
  id: string
  name: string
  price: number
  quantity: number
}
 
export const useCart = () => {
  const items = useState<CartItem[]>('cart-items', () => [])
 
  const total = computed(() =>
    items.value.reduce((sum, item) => sum + item.price * item.quantity, 0)
  )
 
  const addItem = (product: Omit<CartItem, 'quantity'>) => {
    const existing = items.value.find(i => i.id === product.id)
    if (existing) {
      existing.quantity++
    } else {
      items.value.push({ ...product, quantity: 1 })
    }
  }
 
  const removeItem = (id: string) => {
    items.value = items.value.filter(i => i.id !== id)
  }
 
  const clearCart = () => {
    items.value = []
  }
 
  return { items, total, addItem, removeItem, clearCart }
}

bun add pinia @pinia/nuxt

// nuxt.config.ts
export default defineNuxtConfig({
  modules: ['@pinia/nuxt']
})
 
// stores/auth.ts
import { defineStore } from 'pinia'
 
export const useAuthStore = defineStore('auth', {
  state: () => ({
    user: null as User | null,
    token: null as string | null
  }),
 
  getters: {
    isAuthenticated: (state) => !!state.user,
    userName: (state) => state.user?.name ?? 'Guest'
  },
 
  actions: {
    async login(email: string, password: string) {
      const { user, token } = await $fetch('/api/auth/login', {
        method: 'POST',
        body: { email, password }
      })
      this.user = user
      this.token = token
    },
 
    logout() {
      this.user = null
      this.token = null
    }
  }
})

// WRONG
export const useAuth = () => {
  const user = ref(null)
  return { user }
}
 
// CORRECT
export const useAuth = () => {
  const user = useState('auth-user', () => null)
  return { user }
}

// WRONG - Causes hydration mismatch!
const { data } = await useFetch('/api/users', {
  transform: (users) => users.sort(() => Math.random() - 0.5)
})
 
// CORRECT
const { data } = await useFetch('/api/users', {
  transform: (users) => users.sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name))
})

// WRONG
const { data } = await useFetch('/api/user')
data.value.name = 'New Name'
 
// CORRECT - Enable deep
const { data } = await useFetch('/api/user', { deep: true })
 
// CORRECT - Replace entire value
data.value = { ...data.value, name: 'New Name' }
 
// CORRECT - Refresh after mutation
await $fetch('/api/user', { method: 'PATCH', body: { name: 'New Name' } })
await refresh()