rare-sapphire•2y ago

Steps to use localhost as a data provider?

How to use localhost as a data provider? I have a restfull api backend running, but changing the dataProvider to "localhost:3333" didn't work. By backend is responding correclty as I can see in postman and in the browser. Can someone help? I would appreciate.

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kapa.ai•2y ago

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kapa.ai•2y ago

---------------------- To use your localhost as a data provider in refine, you need to follow these steps: 1. Install the refine-simple-rest data provider package if you haven't already, as it's suitable for communicating with RESTful APIs. You can install it using the following command:

npm install @refinedev/simple-rest

npm install @refinedev/simple-rest

2. Import the data provider in your _app.tsx or App.tsx file and configure it with your API URL:

import dataProvider from "@refinedev/simple-rest";

const API_URL = "http://localhost:3333";

import dataProvider from "@refinedev/simple-rest";

const API_URL = "http://localhost:3333";

3. Pass the data provider to the <Refine> component:

import { Refine } from "@refinedev/core";

const App: React.FC = () => {
  return (
    <Refine dataProvider={dataProvider(API_URL)}>
      {/* ... */}
    </Refine>
  );
};

import { Refine } from "@refinedev/core";

const App: React.FC = () => {
  return (
    <Refine dataProvider={dataProvider(API_URL)}>
      {/* ... */}
    </Refine>
  );
};

Make sure to replace localhost:3333 with the correct address and port where your backend is running. If you still face issues, ensure that your API follows the expected format and structure required by the refine-simple-rest data provider. You can refer to the refine-simple-rest source code (https://github.com/refinedev/refine/tree/next/packages/simple-rest) for more information. If your API doesn't follow the expected format, you might need to create a custom data provider or modify the existing one using the swizzle command. You can learn more about creating a custom data provider from scratch in the refine documentation (https://refine.dev/docs/tutorial/understanding-dataprovider/create-dataprovider). ----------------------

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kapa.ai•2y ago

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ratty-blush•2y ago

what is the error ?

rare-sapphire•2y ago

It keeps loading forever