Accessing Vuex Store Before Page Load NuxtJS - google-maps

Question

Context: I am trying to get Google Maps place data via the place_id on the beforeEnter() route guard. Essentially, I want the data to load when someone enters the url exactly www.example.com/place/{place_id}. Currently, everything works directly when I use my autocomplete input and then enter the route but it does not work when I directly access the url from a fresh tab. I've been able to solve this using the beforeEnter() route guard in traditional Vue, but cannot solve for this using Nuxt. Please help!
Question: How can I access the Vuex Store before a page loads in Nuxt?
Error: Any solution I try (see below) I either end up with a blank page or the page will not load (I think it is stuck in a loop and cannot resolve the Promise).
Attempted Solutions:
Using Middleware like below:
middleware({ store, params }) {
return store.dispatch('myModule/fetchLocation', params.id)
}
Using asyncData like below:
data(){
return{
filteredLocation: {}
}
}
// snip
async asyncData({ store, params }) {
const { data } = await store.dispatch('myModule/fetchLocation', params.id)
return filteredLocation = data
}
I tried looking into fetch, but apparently you no longer have access to context
Example Code:
In one of my store modules:
/* global google */
import Vue from 'vue'
import * as VueGoogleMaps from '~/node_modules/vue2-google-maps/src/main'
Vue.use(VueGoogleMaps, {
load: {
key: process.env.VUE_APP_GMAP_KEY,
libraries: 'geometry,drawing,places'
}
})
export const state = () => ({
selectedLocation: {}
})
export const actions = {
fetchLocation({ commit }, params) {
return new Promise((resolve) => {
Vue.$gmapApiPromiseLazy().then(() => {
const request = {
placeId: params,
fields: [
'name',
'rating',
'formatted_phone_number',
'geometry',
'place_id',
'website',
'review',
'user_ratings_total',
'photo',
'vicinity',
'price_level'
]
}
const service = new google.maps.places.PlacesService(
document.createElement('div')
)
service.getDetails(request, function(place, status) {
if (status === 'OK') {
commit('SET_PLACE', place)
resolve()
}
})
})
})
}
}
export const mutations = {
SET_PLACE: (state, selection) => {
state.selectedInstructor = selection
}
}
EDIT: I already have it in a plugin named google-maps.js and in my nuxt.config.js file I have:
plugins: [
{ src: '~/plugins/google-maps.js' }
]
//
//
build: {
transpile: [/^vue2-google-maps.js($|\/)/],
extend(config, ctx) {}
}

Answer 1

Using Middleware is how we can access Vuex before page loads. try putting the configuration part in a custom Nuxt plugin.
Create a file in Plugins folder (you can name it global.js).
Put this
import Vue from 'vue'
import * as VueGoogleMaps from '~/node_modules/vue2-google-maps/src/main'
Vue.use(VueGoogleMaps, {
load: {
key: process.env.VUE_APP_GMAP_KEY,
libraries: 'geometry,drawing,places'
}
})
in global.js.
Then add the plugin in nuxt.config.js like this.
plugins: [
'~/plugins/global.js'
]
Also, make sure you're using underscore before 'page_id' name in your folder structure.