appwrite/sdk-for-react-native

Appwrite React Native SDK

This SDK targets Appwrite server version 2.0.x as shipped on Appwrite Cloud. Self-hosted releases can lag behind Cloud — if you run an older self-hosted build, use a matching older SDK from previous releases when APIs differ.

Appwrite is an open-source backend as a service server that abstracts and simplifies complex and repetitive development tasks behind a very simple to use REST API. Appwrite aims to help you develop your apps faster and in a more secure way. Use the React Native SDK to integrate your app with the Appwrite server to easily start interacting with all of Appwrite backend APIs and tools. For full API documentation and tutorials go to https://appwrite.io/docs

Installation

To install

npx expo install react-native-appwrite react-native-url-polyfill

Getting Started

Add your Platform

If this is your first time using Appwrite, create an account and create your first project.

Then, under Add a platform, add a Android app or a Apple app. You can skip optional steps.

iOS steps

Add your app name and Bundle ID. You can find your Bundle Identifier in the General tab for your app's primary target in XCode. For Expo projects you can set or find it on app.json file at your project's root directory.

Android steps

Add your app's name and package name, Your package name is generally the applicationId in your app-level build.gradle file. For Expo projects you can set or find it on app.json file at your project's root directory.

Setup

On index.js add import for react-native-url-polyfill

import 'react-native-url-polyfill/auto'

If you are building for iOS, don't forget to install pods cd ios && pod install && cd ..

Init your SDK

Initialize your SDK with your Appwrite server API endpoint and project ID which can be found in your project settings page.

import { Client } from 'react-native-appwrite';
// Init your React Native SDK
const client = new Client();

client
    .setEndpoint('http://localhost/v1') // Your Appwrite Endpoint
    .setProject('455x34dfkj') // Your project ID
    .setPlatform('com.example.myappwriteapp') // Your application ID or bundle ID.
;

Make Your First Request

Once your SDK object is set, access any of the Appwrite services and choose any request to send. Full documentation for any service method you would like to use can be found in your SDK documentation or in the API References section.

const account = new Account(client);

// Register User
account.create(ID.unique(), '[email protected]', 'password', 'Jane Doe')
    .then(function (response) {
        console.log(response);
    }, function (error) {
        console.log(error);
    });

Full Example

import { Client, Account } from 'react-native-appwrite';
// Init your React Native SDK
const client = new Client();

client
    .setEndpoint('http://localhost/v1') // Your Appwrite Endpoint
    .setProject('455x34dfkj')
    .setPlatform('com.example.myappwriteapp') // YOUR application ID
;

const account = new Account(client);

// Register User
account.create(ID.unique(), '[email protected]', 'password', 'Jane Doe')
    .then(function (response) {
        console.log(response);
    }, function (error) {
        console.log(error);
    });

Type Safety with Models

The Appwrite React Native SDK provides type safety when working with database documents through generic methods. Methods like listDocuments, getDocument, and others accept a generic type parameter that allows you to specify your custom model type for full type safety.

TypeScript:

interface Book {
    name: string;
    author: string;
    releaseYear?: string;
    category?: string;
    genre?: string[];
    isCheckedOut: boolean;
}

const databases = new Databases(client);

try {
    const documents = await databases.listDocuments<Book>(
        'your-database-id',
        'your-collection-id'
    );
    
    documents.documents.forEach(book => {
        console.log(`Book: ${book.name} by ${book.author}`); // Now you have full type safety
    });
} catch (error) {
    console.error('Appwrite error:', error);
}

JavaScript (with JSDoc for type hints):

/**
 * @typedef {Object} Book
 * @property {string} name
 * @property {string} author
 * @property {string} [releaseYear]
 * @property {string} [category]
 * @property {string[]} [genre]
 * @property {boolean} isCheckedOut
 */

const databases = new Databases(client);

try {
    /** @type {Models.DocumentList<Book>} */
    const documents = await databases.listDocuments(
        'your-database-id',
        'your-collection-id'
    );
    
    documents.documents.forEach(book => {
        console.log(`Book: ${book.name} by ${book.author}`); // Type hints available in IDE
    });
} catch (error) {
    console.error('Appwrite error:', error);
}

Tip: You can use the appwrite types command to automatically generate TypeScript interfaces based on your Appwrite database schema. Learn more about type generation.

Error Handling

The Appwrite React Native SDK raises an AppwriteException object with message, code and response properties. You can handle any errors by catching the exception and present the message to the user or handle it yourself based on the provided error information. Below is an example.

try {
    const user = await account.create(ID.unique(), "[email protected]", "password", "Walter O'Brien");
    console.log('User created:', user);
} catch (error) {
    console.error('Appwrite error:', error.message);
}

Learn more

You can use the following resources to learn more and get help

• 🚀 Getting Started Tutorial
• 📜 Appwrite Docs
• 💬 Discord Community
• 🚂 Appwrite React Native Playground

Contribution

This library is auto-generated by Appwrite custom SDK Generator. To learn more about how you can help us improve this SDK, please check the contribution guide before sending a pull-request.

License

Please see the BSD-3-Clause license file for more information.