How to determine mutation loading state with react-apollo graphql

Question

2018 Update: Apollo Client 2.1 added a new Mutation component that adds the loading property back. See @robin-wieruch's answer below and the announcement here https://dev-blog.apollodata.com/introducing-react-apollo-2-1-c837cc23d926 Read on for the original question which now only applies to earlier versions of Apollo.

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Using the current version of the graphql higher-order-component in react-apollo (v0.5.2), I don't see a documented way to inform my UI that a mutation is awaiting server response. I can see that earlier versions of the package would send a property indicating loading.

Queries still receive a loading property as documented here: http://dev.apollodata.com/react/queries.html#default-result-props

My application is also using redux, so I think one way to do it is to connect my component to redux and pass down a function property that will put my UI into a loading state. Then when rewriting my graphql mutation to a property, I can make calls to update the redux store.

Something roughly like this:

function Form({ handleSubmit, loading, handleChange, value }) {
  return (
    <form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
      <input
        name="something"
        value={value}
        onChange={handleChange}
        disabled={loading}
      />
      <button type="submit" disabled={loading}>
        {loading ? 'Loading...' : 'Submit'}
      </button>
    </form>
  );
}

const withSubmit = graphql(
  gql`
    mutation submit($something : String) {
      submit(something : $something) {
        id
        something
      }
    }
  `, 
  {
    props: ({ ownProps, mutate }) => ({
      async handleSubmit() {
        ownProps.setLoading(true);
        try {
          const result = await mutate();
        } catch (err) {
          // @todo handle error here
        }
        ownProps.setLoading(false);
      },
    }),
  }
);

const withLoading = connect(
  (state) => ({ loading: state.loading }),
  (dispatch) => ({
    setLoading(loading) {
      dispatch(loadingAction(loading));
    },
  })
);

export default withLoading(withSubmit(Form));

I'm curious if there is a more idiomatic approach to informing the UI that the mutation is "in-flight." Thanks.

Answer 1

Anyone who stumbles across this question, since Apollo Client 2.1 you have access to those properties in the Query and Mutation component's render props function.

import React from "react";
import { Mutation } from "react-apollo";
import gql from "graphql-tag";

const TOGGLE_TODO = gql`
  mutation ToggleTodo($id: Int!) {
    toggleTodo(id: $id) {
      id
      completed
    }
  }
`;

const Todo = ({ id, text }) => (
  <Mutation mutation={TOGGLE_TODO} variables={{ id }}>
    {(toggleTodo, { loading, error, data }) => (
      <div>
        <p onClick={toggleTodo}>
          {text}
        </p>
        {loading && <p>Loading...</p>}
        {error && <p>Error :( Please try again</p>}
      </div>
    )}
  </Mutation>
);

Note: Example code taken from the Apollo Client 2.1 release blog post.