API Reference

Vuex.Store

import Vuex from 'vuex'

const store = new Vuex.Store({ ...options })

Vuex.Store Constructor Options

• state

  • type: Object | Function

    The root state object for the Vuex store. Details

    If you pass a function that returns an object, the returned object is used as the root state. This is useful when you want to reuse the state object especially for module reuse. Details

• mutations

  • type: { [type: string]: Function }

    Register mutations on the store. The handler function always receives state as the first argument (will be module local state if defined in a module), and receives a second payload argument if there is one.

    Details

• actions

  • type: { [type: string]: Function }

    Register actions on the store. The handler function receives a context object that exposes the following properties:

    {
      state,      // same as `store.state`, or local state if in modules
      rootState,  // same as `store.state`, only in modules
      commit,     // same as `store.commit`
      dispatch,   // same as `store.dispatch`
      getters,    // same as `store.getters`, or local getters if in modules
      rootGetters // same as `store.getters`, only in modules
    }
    

    Details

• getters

  • type: { [key: string]: Function }

    Register getters on the store. The getter function receives the following arguments:

    state,     // will be module local state if defined in a module.
    getters    // same as store.getters
    

    Specific when defined in a module

    state,       // will be module local state if defined in a module.
    getters,     // module local getters of the current module
    rootState,   // global state
    rootGetters  // all getters
    

    Registered getters are exposed on store.getters.

    Details

• modules

  • type: Object

    An object containing sub modules to be merged into the store, in the shape of:

    {
      key: {
        state,
        namespaced?,
        mutations?,
        actions?,
        getters?,
        modules?
      },
      ...
    }
    

    Each module can contain state and mutations similar to the root options. A module's state will be attached to the store's root state using the module's key. A module's mutations and getters will only receives the module's local state as the first argument instead of the root state, and module actions' context.state will also point to the local state.

    Details

• plugins

  • type: Array<Function>

    An array of plugin functions to be applied to the store. The plugin simply receives the store as the only argument and can either listen to mutations (for outbound data persistence, logging, or debugging) or dispatch mutations (for inbound data e.g. websockets or observables).

    Details

• strict

  • type: Boolean

  • default: false

    Force the Vuex store into strict mode. In strict mode any mutations to Vuex state outside of mutation handlers will throw an Error.

    Details

Vuex.Store Instance Properties

• state

  • type: Object

    The root state. Read only.

• getters

  • type: Object

    Exposes registered getters. Read only.

Vuex.Store Instance Methods

• commit(type: string, payload?: any, options?: Object) | commit(mutation: Object, options?: Object)

  Commit a mutation. options can have root: true that allows to commit root mutations in namespaced modules. Details

• dispatch(type: string, payload?: any, options?: Object) | dispatch(action: Object, options?: Object)

  Dispatch an action. options can have root: true that allows to dispatch root actions in namespaced modules. Returns a Promise that resolves all triggered action handlers. Details

• replaceState(state: Object)

  Replace the store's root state. Use this only for state hydration / time-travel purposes.

• watch(getter: Function, cb: Function, options?: Object)

  Reactively watch a getter function's return value, and call the callback when the value changes. The getter receives the store's state as the first argument, and getters as the second argument. Accepts an optional options object that takes the same options as Vue's vm.$watch method.

  To stop watching, call the returned handle function.

• subscribe(handler: Function)

  Subscribe to store mutations. The handler is called after every mutation and receives the mutation descriptor and post-mutation state as arguments:

  store.subscribe((mutation, state) => {
    console.log(mutation.type)
    console.log(mutation.payload)
  })
  

  Most commonly used in plugins. Details

• subscribeAction(handler: Function)

  New in 2.5.0

  Subscribe to store actions. The handler is called for every dispatched action and receives the action descriptor and current store state as arguments:

  store.subscribeAction((action, state) => {
    console.log(action.type)
    console.log(action.payload)
  })
  

  Most commonly used in plugins. Details

• registerModule(path: string | Array<string>, module: Module, options?: Object)

  Register a dynamic module. Details

  options can have preserveState: true that allows to preserve the previous state. Useful with Server Side Rendering.

• unregisterModule(path: string | Array<string>)

  Unregister a dynamic module. Details

• hotUpdate(newOptions: Object)

  Hot swap new actions and mutations. Details

Component Binding Helpers

• mapState(namespace?: string, map: Array<string> | Object): Object

  Create component computed options that return the sub tree of the Vuex store. Details

  The first argument can optionally be a namespace string. Details

• mapGetters(namespace?: string, map: Array<string> | Object): Object

  Create component computed options that return the evaluated value of a getter. Details

  The first argument can optionally be a namespace string. Details

• mapActions(namespace?: string, map: Array<string> | Object): Object

  Create component methods options that dispatch an action. Details

  The first argument can optionally be a namespace string. Details

• mapMutations(namespace?: string, map: Array<string> | Object): Object

  Create component methods options that commit a mutation. Details

  The first argument can optionally be a namespace string. Details

• createNamespacedHelpers(namespace: string): Object

  Create namespaced component binding helpers. The returned object contains mapState, mapGetters, mapActions and mapMutations that are bound with the given namespace. Details