Vue import component within functional component - vue.js

Question

I have a component called SpotifyButton in the components directory that looks like this:
<template functional>
<b-button pill size="sm" :href="props.spotifyUri" class="spotify-green">
<b-img-lazy
src="~/assets/Spotify_Icon_RGB_White.png"
height="20"
width="20"
/>
View on Spotify
</b-button>
</template>
<script lang="ts">
import Vue from 'vue';
export default Vue.extend({
name: 'SpotifyButton',
props: {
spotifyUri: {
type: String,
required: true
}
}
});
</script>
I'm able to import and use this in a component in the pages directory like so without any problem:
<template>
<spotify-button :spotify-uri="artist.uri"/>
</template>
<script lang="ts">
import Vue from 'vue';
import { Context } from '#nuxt/types';
import FullArtist from '#/types/FullArtist';
import SpotifyButton from '#/components/SpotifyButton.vue';
export default Vue.extend({
name: 'ArtistPage',
components: {
SpotifyButton
},
async asyncData({ $axios, params, error }: Context) {
try {
const artist: FullArtist = await $axios.$get(`/api/artists/${params.id}`);
return { artist };
} catch (e) {
error({ statusCode: 404, message: 'Artist not found' });
}
},
data() {
return {
artist: {
name: ''
} as FullArtist
};
}
});
</script>
However if I try to import SpotifyButton into another component in the components directory in the same way, I get the following error.
Here is the ArtistPreview component, which is in the components directory:
<template functional>
<spotify-button :spotify-uri="props.artist.uri"/>
</template>
<script lang="ts">
import Vue, { PropType } from 'vue';
import SpotifyButton from '#/components/SpotifyButton.vue';
import SimpleArtist from '#/types/SimpleArtist';
export default Vue.extend({
name: 'ArtistPreview',
components: {
SpotifyButton
},
props: {
artist: {
type: Object as PropType<SimpleArtist>,
required: true
}
}
});
</script>
Am I missing something? Why does an import that works perfectly fine in a pages directory component not work in a components directory component?

Answer 1

This was happening because I'm using functional components. It turns out you can't nest functional components without doing some funky workarounds. Here's the GitHub issue with a few solutions.
I went with the first solution, so my ArtistPreview component now looks something like this:
<template functional>
<spotify-button :spotify-uri="props.artist.uri"/>
</template>
<script lang="ts">
import Vue, { PropType } from 'vue';
import SpotifyButton from '#/components/SpotifyButton.vue';
import SimpleArtist from '#/types/SimpleArtist';
Vue.component("spotify-button", SpotifyButton);
export default Vue.extend({
name: 'ArtistPreview',
props: {
artist: {
type: Object as PropType<SimpleArtist>,
required: true
}
}
});
</script>

Answer 2

Go with:
import SpotifyButton from '~/components/SpotifyButton.vue'
With Typescript is better use another approach: Add 'nuxt-property-decorator' and follow his flow.
So, you define your component as follow:
<script lang="ts">
import { Component, Vue } from 'nuxt-property-decorator'
import SpotifyButton from '~/components/SpotifyButton.vue'
#Component({
components: {
SpotifyButton
},
})
class AnotherComponent extends Vue {
...
}
export default AnotherComponent
</script>
[Nuxt Property Decorator on Github][1]
I think is important to read the official [Nuxt Typescript documentation][2] to a proper setup.
I hope it helps!
[1]: https://github.com/nuxt-community/nuxt-property-decorator
[2]: https://typescript.nuxtjs.org/