How to call an apollo client query from a redux action

Question

If I'm using redux and the apollo client in my app, what's the best way to trigger a query from an action outside of a component.

For example, if I have a standard app, with redux and apollo client configured, how should I trigger a "refresh" list. I can trigger a function on the component itself which has the gql, but how would I do it from an action which would be more in line with flux.

import React, { Component, PropTypes } from 'react';
import { graphql } from 'react-apollo';
import gql from 'graphql-tag';
import { connect } from 'react-redux';
import { refreshProfile } from './actions';

class Profile extends Component { ... }
Profile.propTypes = {
  data: PropTypes.shape({
    loading: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
    user: PropTypes.object,
  }).isRequired,
};

const UserQuery = gql`
  query getUser {
    user {
      id
      name
    }
  }
`;

const ProfileWithData = graphql(UserQuery)(Profile); 
const ProfileWithDataAndState = connect(
 (state) => ({ user: state.user })),
 )(ProfileWithData);

And, say I want to trigger an action to refresh that user data? Since the logic is in the component itself, I'm not sure how I would trigger that gql query from the action itself.

Answer 1

I would need to use the ApolloClient in my actions.js. e.g.

import ApolloClient, { createNetworkInterface } from 'apollo-client';
const networkInterface = createNetworkInterface({
  uri: config.graphCoolUri,
});

const client = new ApolloClient({
  networkInterface,
  dataIdFromObject: r => r.id,
});

const { data } = await client.query({
   query: UserQuery
});