Get up and running with Nhost and React

Get up and running with Nhost and React

1. Create Project

   If you haven’t, please create a project through the Nhost Dashboard.

2. Setup Database

   Navigate to the SQL Editor of the database and run the following SQL to create a new table movies with some great movies.

   SQL Editor

   CREATE TABLE movies (
     id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
     title VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
     director VARCHAR(255),
     release_year INTEGER,
     genre VARCHAR(100),
     rating FLOAT
   );
   
   INSERT INTO movies (title, director, release_year, genre, rating) VALUES
     ('Inception', 'Christopher Nolan', 2010, 'Sci-Fi', 8.8),
     ('The Godfather', 'Francis Ford Coppola', 1972, 'Crime', 9.2),
     ('Forrest Gump', 'Robert Zemeckis', 1994, 'Drama', 8.8),
     ('The Matrix', 'Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski', 1999, 'Action', 8.7);
   

   Make sure the option Track this is enabled

   
3. Permissions

   Select the new table movies just created, and click in Edit Permissions to set the following permissions for the public role and select action.

   
4. Setup the Application

   Create the application using standard tooling:

   Terminal

   npm create vite@latest my-react-app -- --template react
   cd my-react-app
   
5. Install the Nhost package

   Navigate to the application and install @nhost/nhost-js.

   Terminal

   npm install @nhost/nhost-js
   
6. Configure the Nhost client and fetch the list of movies

   ./src/lib/nhost.js

   import { NhostClient } from "@nhost/nhost-js";
   
   // Replace <subdomain> and <region> with your project's values
   export const nhost = new NhostClient({
     subdomain: "<subdomain>",
     region: "<region>",
   })
   
7. The end

   Run your project with npm run dev and navigate to http://localhost:5173 in your browser.