Nacelle Sanity Preview Connector

This package is a connector for extending the @nacelle/client-js-sdk in order to allow live previewing content updates from Sanity.

The Client JS SDK uses connectors in the data module for fetching Nacelle data. By default the SDK is fetching data from Nacelle's GraphQL.

With this package we can update the data module so that by default it will fetch data directly from Sanity's API using the Sanity JavaScript client. That way you can view edits and changes on Sanity without needing to re-index those updates with Nacelle.

NOTICE

This package is deprecated. For up-to-date information about sourcing draft/preview content in frontend projects powered by Nacelle, please see docs.nacelle.com.

Usage

import NacelleClient from '@nacelle/client-js-sdk'
import { createSanityPreviewConnector } from '@nacelle/sanity-preview-connector'

// Initialize the Nacelle Client
const client = new NacelleClient(clientOptions)

// Initialize the Sanity Preview Connector
const sanityConnector = createSanityPreviewConnector(client, {
  sanityConfig: {
    projectId: process.env.SANITY_PROJECT_ID,
    dataset: process.env.SANITY_DATASET,
    token: process.env.SANITY_TOKEN
  }
})

// Update the data module with the new connector
client.data.update({
  connector: sanityConnector
})

// Homepage data will be fetched directly from preview API
const pageData = await client.data.page({ handle: 'homepage' })

Examples

See our examples for setting up this package with our different frontend app frameworks:

Nuxt

Setting up your Nacelle Starter Project to enable Sanity previews is a straightforward process using Nuxt plugins.

1. Add sanity-previews.js into your Nuxt project

Create a file sanity-previews.js in your Nuxt's /plugins directory and paste the following code.

// ~/plugins/sanity-preview.js
import { createSanityPreviewConnector } from '@nacelle/sanity-preview-connector'

export default ({ app }) => {
  const {
    NACELLE_PREVIEW_MODE,
    SANITY_PROJECT_ID,
    SANITY_DATASET,
    SANITY_TOKEN
  } = process.env

  if (NACELLE_PREVIEW_MODE === 'true') {
    // Checks .env file for proper config variables
    if (!SANITY_PROJECT_ID) {
      throw new Error(
        "Couldn't get data from your CMS. Make sure to include SANITY_PROJECT_ID in your .env file"
      )
    }
    if (!SANITY_DATASET) {
      throw new Error(
        "Couldn't get data from your CMS. Make sure to include SANITY_DATASET in your .env file"
      )
    }
    if (!SANITY_TOKEN) {
      throw new Error(
        "Couldn't get data from your CMS. Make sure to include SANITY_TOKEN in your .env file"
      )
    }

    // Initialize the Sanity Preview Connector
    const sanityConnector = createSanityPreviewConnector(app.$nacelle.client, {
      sanityConfig: {
        projectId: SANITY_PROJECT_ID,
        dataset: SANITY_DATASET,
        token: SANITY_TOKEN
      }
    })

    // Update the Nacelle JS SDK Data module to use preview connector
    app.$nacelle.data.update({
      connector: sanityConnector
    })
  }
}

2. Update nuxt.config.js

Update your nuxt.config.js file to include the new plugin file you created.

plugins: [
  // ...other plugins,
  '~/plugins/sanity-preview'
],

And update the env object in the config.

env: {
  nacelleSpaceID: process.env.NACELLE_SPACE_ID,
  nacelleToken: process.env.NACELLE_GRAPHQL_TOKEN,
  buildMode: process.env.BUILD_MODE,
  NACELLE_PREVIEW_MODE: process.env.NACELLE_PREVIEW_MODE,
  SANITY_TOKEN: process.env.SANITY_TOKEN,
  SANITY_PROJECT_ID: process.env.SANITY_PROJECT_ID,
  SANITY_DATASET: process.env.SANITY_DATASET
},

3. Update .env

Update your Nuxt app's .env file to include variables for initializing the Sanity preview connector.

NACELLE_PREVIEW_MODE=true
SANITY_TOKEN=your-sanity-token
SANITY_PROJECT_ID=your-sanity-project-id
SANITY_DATASET=your-sanity-dataset

You're all set! Running npm run dev your Nacelle Nuxt app will now fetch data directly from Sanity. Try updating a piece of content and refreshing the page without publishing.

Security

@nacelle/sanity-preview-connector requires that you provide a Sanity token, and that token can be exposed in client-side JavaScript. We recommend that you take precautions to limit access to a site which exposes this token in its client code. Leading JAMstack hosting providers provide mechanisms for restricting access; we recommend that you consult their documentation (e.g. Vercel, Netlify). By using @nacelle/sanity-preview-connector, you assume responsibility for taking precautions to limit access to sensitive tokens used by this package.