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Alexander McNulty
Alexander McNulty

Reputation: 890

Access/Substitute CreatePage outside of Gatsby-node.js

I am creating a forum using Gatsby

I have develop a form that users can use to create threads to add to the forum in a page called create.js which which sends the data to an external DB.

Once, the user has submitted the thread, I want to create a new page using a template, normally I would use in Gatsby-node.js; according to the Gatsby Docs Gatsby-node.js is only run once on deployment.

Is there another way that I can access CreatePage() outside of Gatsby-node.js or is there another function I am missing?

Ultimately I want the new page to available in the Gatsby application, without redeploying, after the user has created the necessary content.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 99

Answers (2)

Alexander McNulty
Alexander McNulty

Reputation: 890

I order to generate pages without using CreatePage in Gatsby-node.js, Gatsby advises to use @reach/Router and matchPage to extend the client application's router, we call this functionality (Client-only Routes)

more info here

Upvotes: 0

ehrencrona
ehrencrona

Reputation: 6982

The way Gatsby works is that all pages need to be generated at build time. You cannot add new pages without triggering a new build.

Gatsby is not a suitable platform for a forum since content changes hundreds or thousands of times a day. Gatsby is intended for content that changes infrequently such as blogs (which might update a few times a day).

Upvotes: 1

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