Spaces

A space is an instance of an ECHO database which can be replicated by a number of peers.

This section describes how to create, join, and invite peers to ECHO Spaces in react.

Creating spaces

To create a space, call the client.echo.createSpace() API:

createSpace([meta])

Creates a new space.

Returns: Promise<Space>

Arguments:

meta: PropertiesProps

import React from 'react';
import { createRoot } from 'react-dom/client';
import { ClientProvider, useClient } from '@dxos/react-client';

export const App = () => {
  const client = useClient();
  return (
    <button
      onClick={async () => {
        const space = await client.spaces.create();
      }}
    ></button>
  );
};

const root = createRoot(document.getElementById('root')!);
root.render(
  <ClientProvider>
    <App />
  </ClientProvider>
);

Obtaining a Space reactively

These hooks are available from package @dxos/react-client and re-render reactively.

useSpace([spaceKey])

Get a specific Space using its key. The space is not guaranteed to be in the ready state. Returns the default space if no key is provided. Requires a ClientProvider somewhere in the parent tree.

Returns: undefined | Space

Arguments:

spaceKey: PublicKeyLike

useSpaces(options)

Get all Spaces available to current user. Requires a ClientProvider somewhere in the parent tree. By default, only ready spaces are returned.

Returns: Space[]

Arguments:

options: UseSpacesParams

Example

import React from 'react';
import { createRoot } from 'react-dom/client';
import { ClientProvider } from '@dxos/react-client';
import {
  Space,
  useQuery,
  useSpace,
  useSpaces
} from '@dxos/react-client/echo';

export const App = () => {
  // Usually space IDs are in the URL like in params.spaceKey.
  const space1 = useSpace('<space_key_goes_here>');
  
  // Get all spaces.
  const spaces = useSpaces();
  const space2: Space | undefined = spaces[0]; // Spaces may be an empty list.
  
  // Get objects from the space as an array of JS objects.
  const objects = useQuery(space2);

  return <>{objects.length}</>;
};

const root = createRoot(document.getElementById('root')!);
root.render(
  <ClientProvider>
    <App />
  </ClientProvider>
);

Default Space

Whenever an Identity is created, a Space is automatically created and marked as the default Space. In order to get the default space, simply call useSpace without any parameters:

import React from 'react';
import {
  useQuery,
  useSpace,
} from '@dxos/react-client/echo';

export const App = () => {

  const defaultSpace = useSpace();

  // Get objects from the space as an array of JS objects.
  const objects = useQuery(defaultSpace);

  return <>{objects.length}</>;
};

Joining spaces

See the platform overview describing the general process of joining peers to a space.

Now that you have a space, you can invite people to it using our Sharing UI flows.

Tip

To implement invitation flows manually, see the TypeScript API about joining spaces.

See a more detailed example in the Tasks application sample.