Function ClientSideRefresh

components/ClientSideRefresh.tsx:8–37

()

// It will reload the content every time the current page is focussed
// (from being not focussed).
export default function ClientSideRefresh() {
  const router = useRouter()

  useSWR(
    router.asPath,
    () => {
      // Remember, in NextJS, the `router.locale` is never including the
      // `router.asPath`. So we have to make sure it's always there
      // otherwise, after this hook runs, you lose that `/en` prefix
      // in the URL on the address bar.
      router.replace(`/${router.locale}${router.asPath}`, undefined, { scroll: false })
    },
    {
      // Implied here is that `revalidateOnFocus: true` which the default
      // and it means that the `useSWR` hook will make a listener on the
      // the Page Visibility API.
      // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Page_Visibility_API
      // It effectly means that the callback of this hook will run every
      // time the browser window is put back to being visible.

      // The `revalidateOnMount` is crucial because it means that we don't
      // bother executing the hook callback when it was first mounted
      // because, naturally, the first time you mount it, it will not
      // need to refresh because it's as fresh as it gets already.
      revalidateOnMount: false,
    }
  )

  return null
}