useMutation

function useMutation<TData = unknown, TError = Error, TVariables = void, TOnMutateResult = unknown>(options: UseMutationOptions<TData, TError, TVariables, TOnMutateResult>, queryClient?: QueryClient): UseMutationReturnType<TData, TError, TVariables, TOnMutateResult>;

Defined in: packages/vue-query/src/useMutation.ts:237

Unlike queries, mutations are typically used to create/update/delete data or perform server side-effects. useMutation is the composable for that.

options may be a plain object, a ref, or a reactive getter (() => ({ ... })) — pass a getter if the options themselves depend on other reactive state.

Type Parameters

TData

TData = unknown

TError

TError = Error

TVariables

TVariables = void

TOnMutateResult

TOnMutateResult = unknown

Parameters

options

UseMutationOptions<TData, TError, TVariables, TOnMutateResult>

The UseMutationOptions to use — everything you can pass to useMutation.

queryClient?

QueryClient

Use this to use a custom QueryClient. Otherwise, the one provided by VueQueryPlugin will be used.

Returns

UseMutationReturnType<TData, TError, TVariables, TOnMutateResult>

mutate/mutateAsync also accept per-call onSuccess/onError/onSettled callbacks as a second argument, useful for triggering call-site side effects (e.g. navigation) without coupling them to the shared mutation definition. Hook-level callbacks (passed to options) fire for every mutation; per-call callbacks fire only for the latest call you've made.

See

mutationOptions to share these options across multiple useMutation call sites, or to look the mutation up elsewhere via its mutationKey (e.g. with useMutationState).

Examples

vue

<script setup lang="ts">
import { useMutation, useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/vue-query'

const queryClient = useQueryClient()

const addMutation = useMutation({
  mutationFn: addTodo,
  onSuccess: () => queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ['todos'] }),
})

function onAdd() {
  addMutation.mutate('Item', {
    onError: (error) => console.error('Failed to add item:', error),
  })
}
</script>

<template>
  <button @click="onAdd">Add</button>
</template>

Rendering the mutation's own state, rather than just firing it off:

vue

<script setup lang="ts">
import { useMutation, useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/vue-query'

const queryClient = useQueryClient()

const addMutation = useMutation({
  mutationFn: addTodo,
  onSuccess: () => queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ['todos'] }),
})
</script>

<template>
  <div v-if="addMutation.isPending.value">Adding todo...</div>
  <div v-else>
    <div v-if="addMutation.isError.value">An error occurred: {{ addMutation.error.value.message }}</div>
    <button @click="addMutation.mutate('Item')">Add</button>
  </div>
</template>

Optimistic update via onMutate, rolling back on onError:

vue

<script setup lang="ts">
import { useMutation, useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/vue-query'

const queryClient = useQueryClient()

const addMutation = useMutation({
  mutationFn: addTodo,
  onMutate: async (newTodo: string) => {
    await queryClient.cancelQueries({ queryKey: ['todos'] })
    const previousTodos = queryClient.getQueryData<Array<string>>(['todos'])

    queryClient.setQueryData<Array<string>>(['todos'], (old) => [
      ...(old ?? []),
      newTodo,
    ])

    // Passed to `onError` as `onMutateResult` if the mutation fails.
    return { previousTodos }
  },
  onError: (_err, _newTodo, onMutateResult) => {
    queryClient.setQueryData(['todos'], onMutateResult?.previousTodos)
  },
  onSettled: () => {
    queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ['todos'] })
  },
})
</script>

<template>
  <button @click="addMutation.mutate('Item')">Add</button>
</template>

Callbacks passed per call to mutate only fire for the last call — mutateAsync gives you a promise per call instead, so you can wait for all of them when they succeed:

vue

<script setup lang="ts">
import { useMutation, useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/vue-query'

const queryClient = useQueryClient()

const addMutation = useMutation({
  mutationFn: addTodo,
  onSuccess: () => queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ['todos'] }),
})

async function handleAddAll(todos: Array<string>) {
  try {
    await Promise.all(todos.map((todo) => addMutation.mutateAsync(todo)))
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Failed to add todos:', error)
  }
}
</script>

<template>
  <button @click="handleAddAll(['Todo 1', 'Todo 2', 'Todo 3'])">Add all</button>
</template>

If some of the mutations above can fail independently of the others, and you want to know which ones did — rather than losing that information the moment the first one rejects — swap Promise.all for Promise.allSettled:

vue

<script setup lang="ts">
import { useMutation, useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/vue-query'

const queryClient = useQueryClient()

const addMutation = useMutation({
  mutationFn: addTodo,
  onSuccess: () => queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ['todos'] }),
})

async function handleAddAll(todos: Array<string>) {
  const addResults = await Promise.allSettled(
    todos.map((todo) => addMutation.mutateAsync(todo)),
  )

  addResults.forEach((addResult, index) => {
    if (addResult.status === 'rejected') {
      console.error(`Failed to add "${todos[index]}":`, addResult.reason)
    }
  })
}
</script>

<template>
  <button @click="handleAddAll(['Todo 1', 'Todo 2', 'Todo 3'])">Add all</button>
</template>