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Code Generation

Houdini’s Vite Plugin is responsible for generating the code necessary to power its GraphQL APIs.

The plugin is primarily responsible for a few tasks:

  • transforming graphql tags into store references
  • generating the hidden load functions for our routes
  • watching your project source for changes to validate and process your project
  • watching for changes in your APIs schema

Configuration

The plugin can be optionally configured with an object containing any of the config values as well as the configFile key which can be used to provide an absolute path to your houdini.config.js (useful in monorepos).

Adapters

Deployment of your application is handled by an “adapter” - a simple function that prepares your project for deployment. Adapters are passed to your application through the vite plugin:

vite.config.js
import houdini from 'houdini/vite'
import adapter from 'houdini-adapter-cloudflare'


/** @type {import('vite').UserConfig} */
const config = {
    plugins: [houdini( { adapter } ), ...]
}


export default config

Here is a list of the available adapters:

  • houdini-adapter-cloudflare: builds your application to run on Cloudflare Pages
  • houdini-adapter-static: builds your application to run as a single page application (no server bits). Keep in mind if you use this adapter, your +index file will be used to generate the static shell. This means that any special react components (error boundaries, etc) should be moved to the root +layout in order to preserve the behavior.
  • houdini-adapter-auto: tries to install the appropriate adapter for the current situation