The easiest way to fetch data using Nuxt is via asyncData, as a lot of things is handled for you (loading animation, data merging, state management, etc) and it just works.
If you need more control, you should use fetch.
- Render UI based on
$fetchState(loading, error and success) - Have access to
this/ page component. - Ability to disable
fetchOnServerforcing fetch to be called on client side only - Ability to call
this.$fetch() - Enable fetch cache
Code
<template> <div> <div v-if="$fetchState.pending">Loading ...</div> <div v-else-if="$fetchState.error">Error: {{ $fetchState.error.message }}</div> <div> {{ title }} </div> </div></template><script>export default { async fetch() { // const HOST = 'http://localhost:8080' // required for server-side fetch // const url = new URL(`/data/test.json`, HOST) const url = 'https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1' // alternatvely, you could use $axios or $http const res = await fetch(url) const data = await res.json() this.title = data.title }, data() { return { title: null } },}</script>References: