Vue-apollo doesn't populate data object - vue.js

Question

I am experimenting using vue-apollo with nuxt by implementing the #nuxtjs/apollo module. I have a working GraphQL server running on localhost:4000. I wrote the following code :
<template>
<div>
<p v-for = "item in stuff" :key="item.id">item.name</p>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import stuff from '~/apollo/queries/stuff'
export default {
apollo: {
stuff: {
query: stuff,
variables: {
limit: 10
}
}
},
data () {
return {
stuff: []
}
}
}
</script>
stuff.gql :
{
stuff {
id
name
}
}
client-config :
import { ApolloLink } from 'apollo-link'
import { HttpLink } from 'apollo-link-http'
import { InMemoryCache } from 'apollo-cache-inmemory'
export default (ctx) => {
const httpLink = new HttpLink({ uri: 'http://localhost:4000' })
// middleware
const middlewareLink = new ApolloLink((operation, forward) => {
const token = process.server ? ctx.req.session : window.__NUXT__.state.session
operation.setContext({
headers: { authorization: `Bearer ${token}` }
})
return forward(operation)
})
const link = middlewareLink.concat(httpLink)
return {
link,
cache: new InMemoryCache()
}
}
The observant reader will see that I basically copied the example code from the docs. What I expected to happen was that the data object of my vue component would get updated with the first 10 results of stuff from my backend. However, I see everything in an $apolloData object which is not accessible from the component. Also, the data is not limited to the first 10 entries. Could someone point out what I am doing wrong? Because I don't see it.
I also tried :
apollo: {
products: {
query: stuff,
variables () {
return {
limit: 10
}
}
}
}
And with all variations on the prefetch option.

Answer 1

OK, so I installed a fresh version of the nuxt starter template today and migrated only the essentials to get apollo working. It worked immediately. I have no clue what was causing the error and due to the fact that I already had a dozen packages installed we probably will never know.