Render Menu from the backend

Render menu via backend

Able Pro is already rendering the menu from the backend. The dashboard menus (Default, Analytics) are rendered via the back end.

You can check the Fack backend API here that we used to render the menu:

GitHub - phoenixcoded20/mock-data-api-nextjsGitHub

NEXT (TS)

To add a menu from the backend, you can follow the steps below:

1. Open the file menu.ts (src/api/menu.ts), and edit the API URL in the useGetMenu function

src/api/menu.ts

const endpoints = {
  key: 'api/menu',
  dashboard: '/dashboard' // server URL
};

export function useGetMenu() {
  const { data, isLoading, error, isValidating } = useSWR(endpoints.key + endpoints.dashboard, fetcher, {
    revalidateIfStale: false,
    revalidateOnFocus: false,
    revalidateOnReconnect: false
  });

  const memoizedValue = useMemo(() => {
    let updatedMenu = data?.dashboard;

    if (updatedMenu && Array.isArray(updatedMenu.children) && updatedMenu.children.length > 0) {
      updatedMenu = {
        ...updatedMenu,
        children: updatedMenu.children.map((group: NavItemType) => {
          if (Array.isArray(group.children)) {
            return {
              ...group,
              children: [...group.children, staticMenuItem]
            };
          }
          return group;
        })
      };
    }

    return {
      menu: updatedMenu as NavItemType,
      menuLoading: isLoading,
      menuError: error,
      menuValidating: isValidating,
      menuEmpty: !isLoading && !data?.length
    };
  }, [data, error, isLoading, isValidating]);

  return memoizedValue;
}

1. Add a file menu.tsx in the src/menu-items, and copy the code from dashboard.tsx (src/menu-items/). Set icons and local files according to the API response.

2. Open the file index.tsx (src/layout/Dashboard/Drawer/DrawerContent/Navigation/index.tsx), and add the code below the line.

src/layout/Dashboard/Drawer/DrawerContent/Navigation/index.tsx

import { useGetMenu } from 'api/menu';
import menuItem from 'menu-items';
import { MenuFromAPI } from 'menu-items/dashboard';

function isFound(arr: any, str: string) {
  return arr.items.some((element: any) => {
    if (element.id === str) {
      return true;
    }
    return false;
  });
}

// ==============================|| DRAWER CONTENT - NAVIGATION ||============================== //

export default function Navigation() {
  const { menuLoading } = useGetMenu();
  
  const [menuItems, setMenuItems] = useState<{ items: NavItemType[] }>({ items: [] });

  const dashboardMenu = MenuFromAPI();
  useLayoutEffect(() => {
    if (menuLoading && !isFound(menuItem, 'group-dashboard-loading')) {
      menuItem.items.splice(0, 0, dashboardMenu);
      setMenuItems({ items: [...menuItem.items] });
    } else if (!menuLoading && dashboardMenu?.id !== undefined && !isFound(menuItem, 'group-dashboard')) {
      menuItem.items.splice(0, 1, dashboardMenu);
      setMenuItems({ items: [...menuItem.items] });
    } else {
      setMenuItems({ items: [...menuItem.items] });
    }
    // eslint-disable-next-line
  }, [menuLoading]);

  ...
}

NEXT (JS)

To add a menu from the backend, you can follow the steps below:

1. Open the file menu.js (src/api/menu.js), and edit the API URL in the useGetMenu function

src/api/menu.js

const endpoints = {
  key: 'api/menu',
  dashboard: '/dashboard' // server URL
};

export function useGetMenu() {
  const { data, isLoading, error, isValidating } = useSWR(endpoints.key + endpoints.dashboard, fetcher, {
    revalidateIfStale: false,
    revalidateOnFocus: false,
    revalidateOnReconnect: false
  });

  const memoizedValue = useMemo(() => {
    let updatedMenu = data?.dashboard;

    if (updatedMenu && Array.isArray(updatedMenu.children) && updatedMenu.children.length > 0) {
      updatedMenu = {
        ...updatedMenu,
        children: updatedMenu.children.map((group) => {
          if (Array.isArray(group.children)) {
            return {
              ...group,
              children: [...group.children, staticMenuItem]
            };
          }
          return group;
        })
      };
    }

    return {
      menu: updatedMenu,
      menuLoading: isLoading,
      menuError: error,
      menuValidating: isValidating,
      menuEmpty: !isLoading && !data?.length
    };
  }, [data, error, isLoading, isValidating]);

  return memoizedValue;
}

1. Add a file menu.jsx in the src/menu-items, and copy the code from dashboard.jsx (src/menu-items/). Set icons and local files according to the API response.

2. Open the file index.jsx (src/layout/Dashboard/Drawer/DrawerContent/Navigation/index.jsx), and add the code below the line.

src/layout/Dashboard/Drawer/DrawerContent/Navigation/index.jsx

import { useGetMenu } from 'api/menu';
import menuItem from 'menu-items';
import { MenuFromAPI } from 'menu-items/dashboard';

function isFound(arr, str) {
  return arr.items.some((element) => {
    if (element.id === str) {
      return true;
    }
    return false;
  });
}

// ==============================|| DRAWER CONTENT - NAVIGATION ||============================== //

export default function Navigation() {
  const { menuLoading } = useGetMenu();
  
  const [menuItems, setMenuItems] = useState({ items: [] });

  const dashboardMenu = MenuFromAPI();
  useLayoutEffect(() => {
    if (menuLoading && !isFound(menuItem, 'group-dashboard-loading')) {
      menuItem.items.splice(0, 0, dashboardMenu);
      setMenuItems({ items: [...menuItem.items] });
    } else if (!menuLoading && dashboardMenu?.id !== undefined && !isFound(menuItem, 'group-dashboard')) {
      menuItem.items.splice(0, 1, dashboardMenu);
      setMenuItems({ items: [...menuItem.items] });
    } else {
      setMenuItems({ items: [...menuItem.items] });
    }
    // eslint-disable-next-line
  }, [menuLoading]);

  ...
}