Can I dispatch vuex action inside getter function? - vue.js

Question

I want to dispatch action inside getter function.
1. Is it possible and right.
2. If yes how can I do it?
I guess it will be something like this dispatch('GET_BOOKS');
const getters = {
getAllBooksDispatch: (state, getters, dispatch) => {
if (state.books === null) {
dispatch('GET_BOOKS');
}
return state.books
},
};
But it does not work.
So my store file looks like this.
const initialState = {
books: null
};
const getters = {
getAllBooksDispatch: (state, getters, dispatch) => {
if (state.books === null) {
dispatch('GET_BOOKS');
}
return state.books
},
};
const mutations = {
SET_BOOKS: (state,{data}) => {
console.log('SET_BOOKS mutations')
state.books = data;
},
};
const actions = {
GET_BOOKS: async ({ commit }) => {
let token = users.getters.getToken;
let query = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
axios.get(config.api + 'books', {token}).then(({data}) => {
if (data) {
commit('SET_BOOKS', {data: data})
resolve()
} else {
reject(data.message);
}
}).catch(() => {
reject('Error sending request to server!');
})
})
},
};

Answer 1

No, you can't. At least not the way you want to. The third argument in a getter is the rootState object when using modules, not dispatch. Even if you find a way to dispatch an action inside a getter it won't work the way you expect. Getters must be synchronous, but actions can be (and in this example are) asynchronous. In your example, GET_BOOKS would be dispatched but the getter would still return state.books as null.
I'd recommend handling this sort of lazy-loading outside of the Vuex store.