Supabase in Vue Made Simple
Supabase has become one of the most popular choices for building modern web applications. It gives you: PostgreSQL database Authentication Realtime subscriptions Storage Edge Functions TypeScript support The official Supabase JavaScript client already makes it relatively easy to use these features from a Vue application. But integrating Supabase into a Vue application usually means creating a client and then making it available throughout your application. This is where the new @supabase-community/vue-supabase package comes in. The package provides a Vue-friendly integration for Supabase, allowing you to access your Supabase client through useSupabaseClient() while keeping the familiar Supabase API. You can check out the package on GitHub here: https://github.com/supabase-community/vue-supabase In this article, we'll explore: What @supabase-community/vue-supabase is How to install and configure it How to query your database How to use TypeScript with it How to handle authentication How to use Supabase Realtime How to structure Supabase logic using Vue composables What security considerations you need to remember Let's dive in. 🤔 What Is @supabase-community/vue-supabase ? @supabase-community/vue-supabase is a Vue integration for Supabase that provides a convenient way to access the Supabase client inside your Vue application. The main API you'll use is: import { useSupabaseClient } from ' @supabase-community/vue-supabase ' const supabase = useSupabaseClient () Once you have the client, you can use the standard Supabase API: const { data , error } = await supabase . from ( ' profiles ' ) . select ( ' * ' ) This is important because the package doesn't introduce a completely new way of working with Supabase. You still use the APIs you're familiar with: supabase . from () supabase . auth supabase . channel () supabase . storage The package mainly provides the Vue integration layer around them. 🟢 Installing and Configuring the Package The package can be installed with: n