How to use Liveblocks with Astro

When adding Liveblocks to Astro apps, it's recommended to use client:only with your components. This is recommended because Liveblocks only needs on the client, and in Astro, you may run into bundling issues if the app is rendered on both the server and client.

Example

Here's an example of client:only used with various frameworks:

---import SvelteInput from "../components/SvelteInput.svelte";import ReactInput from "../components/ReactInput.tsx";import VueInput from "../components/VueInput.vue";---
<main>  <ReactInput client:only="react" />  <SvelteInput client:only="svelte" />  <VueInput client:only="vue" /></main>

Not required with .astro components

Note that when using .astro components and the <script> tag, client:only is not necessary, because it always runs on the client:

---import VanillaInput from "../components/VanillaInput.astro";---
<main>  <VanillaInput /></main>

<script>  import { room, myLiveObject } from "../liveblocksSetup.js";
  const input = document.querySelector("#vanilla");
  room.subscribe(myLiveObject, (updatedLiveObject) => {    input.value = updatedLiveObject.get("text");  });
  room.addEventListener("input", (e) => {    myLiveObject.set("text", e.target.value);  });</script>
<input id="vanilla" type="text" onClick="this.select()" />

Using @liveblocks/react with Astro

Note that when using our React package with Astro, RoomProvider does not work in nested .astro files, as each component is a separate "island", and cannot see the context in another island. Each React root in .astro files is like a new React app, and will need its own RoomProvider.