Getting Started

Use Supabase with SolidJS

Learn how to create a Supabase project, add some sample data to your database, and query the data from a SolidJS app.

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Create a Supabase project

Go to database.new and create a new Supabase project.

Alternatively, you can create a project using the Management API:

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# First, get your access token from https://supabase.com/dashboard/account/tokens
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export SUPABASE_ACCESS_TOKEN="your-access-token"
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# List your organizations to get the organization ID
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curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $SUPABASE_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
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  https://api.supabase.com/v1/organizations
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# Create a new project (replace <org-id> with your organization ID)
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curl -X POST https://api.supabase.com/v1/projects \
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  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SUPABASE_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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  -d '{
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    "organization_id": "<org-id>",
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    "name": "My Project",
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    "region": "us-east-1",
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    "db_pass": "<your-secure-password>"
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  }'

When your project is up and running, go to the Table Editor section of the Dashboard, create a new table and insert some data. Then in the Integrations > Data API section of the Dashboard, expose the specific tables or functions you want to access. To automatically grant access for new tables and functions in public, enable Default privileges for new entities.

Alternatively, you can run the following snippet in your project's SQL Editor. This will create an instruments table with some sample data.

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-- Create the table
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create table instruments (
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  id bigint primary key generated always as identity,
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  name text not null
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);
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-- Insert some sample data into the table
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insert into instruments (name)
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values
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  ('violin'),
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  ('viola'),
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  ('cello');
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alter table instruments enable row level security;
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-- Enable read access for the Data API
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grant select on public.instruments to anon;

Make the data in your table publicly readable by adding an RLS policy:

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create policy "public can read instruments"
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on public.instruments
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for select to anon
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using (true);
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Create a SolidJS app

Create a SolidJS app using the degit command.

Terminal
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npx degit solidjs/templates/js my-app
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Install the Supabase client library

The fastest way to get started is to use the supabase-js client library which provides a convenient interface for working with Supabase from a SolidJS app.

Navigate to the SolidJS app and install supabase-js.

Terminal
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cd my-app && npm install @supabase/supabase-js
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Declare Supabase Environment Variables

Create a .env.local file and populate with your Supabase connection variables:

Project URL
Publishable key
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VITE_SUPABASE_URL=<SUBSTITUTE_SUPABASE_URL>
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VITE_SUPABASE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY=<SUBSTITUTE_SUPABASE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY>

You can also get the Project URL and key from the project's Connect dialog.

Get API details#

Now that you've created some database tables, you are ready to insert data using the auto-generated API.

To do this, you need to get the Project URL and key from the project Connect dialog.

Read the API keys docs for a full explanation of all key types and their uses.

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Query data from the app

In App.jsx, create a Supabase client to fetch the instruments data.

Add a getInstruments function to fetch the data and display the query result to the page.

src/App.jsx
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import { createClient } from "@supabase/supabase-js";
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import { createResource, For } from "solid-js";
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const supabase = createClient('https://<project>.supabase.co', '<sb_publishable_key>');
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async function getInstruments() {
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  const { data } = await supabase.from("instruments").select();
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  return data;
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}
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function App() {
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  const [instruments] = createResource(getInstruments);
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  return (
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    <ul>
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      <For each={instruments()}>{(instrument) => <li>{instrument.name}</li>}</For>
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    </ul>
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  );
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}
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export default App;
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Start the app

Start the app and go to http://localhost:3000 in a browser and you should see the list of instruments.

Terminal
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npm run dev