vue-horizon

The vue plugin that wraps @horizon/client APIs to the Vue object and more.

Installing

Install using NPM

npm install vue-horizon --save

Then import using webpack or browserify

main.js

import Vue from 'vue'
import VueHorizon from 'vue-horizon'

Vue.use(VueHorizon, { host: '127.0.0.1:8181' })

The use of a module loader is required in order to pass the needed Horizon contructor arguments.

Usage

When installing vue-horizon through the use of Vue.use(), make sure to pass a second argument that contains the Horizon contructor arguments. Note that these arguments are used directly with new Horizon(). Since we are using the @horizon/client module, we must at minimum specify the host of our Horizon server.

this.$horizon

Once installed, all @horizon/client APIs are exposed through this.$horizon.

Binding Horizon Models

vue-horizon provides a convenience method to easily bind models to the Vue object so that they can be used throughout the entire component tree. The primary advantage of doing this is to limit the amount of connections to the horizon server by letting the plugin set up the references in a one-shot manner. This method is recommened for smaller sized applications. Larger apps should maybe ignore this feature as models should be tied together with vuex.

Use Case

Let's say we know our database has the models messages and members, and we also know we want to access them on multiple occasions within multiple components. Let's bind items to the Vue object.

Within the Horizon contructor arguements let's pass in an array of string models and let the plugin do the rest...

main.js

  Vue.use(VueHorizon, {
    host: '127.0.0.1:8181',
    models: ['messages', 'members']
  })

Now both the messages and members models are available via this.$$messages and this.$$members. Let's use one!

Messages.vue

<template>
  <div>
    <h1>Messages</h1>
    <div v-for="msg in msgs">
      {{ msg.text }}
    </div>
  </div>
</template>

<script>
  export default {
    created () {
      this.$$messages.watch()
        .subscribe(
          docs => {
            this.msgs = docs
          }
        )
    },
    data () {
      return {
      	msgs: []
      }
    }
  }
</script>