# Refine providers for NextGraph Data, auth and live providers that can be used in any Refine application ## Usage > For a quick overview, have a look at our [example app](./examples/antd-app/). ### 1. Define your shapes Refine relies on the concept of "resources", which are data types, to manage your application in a structured way. NextGraph identifies data types using ShEx shapes which are transformed into "shape types" using [its own tool](https://docs.nextgraph.org/en/reference/shex-orm/). Create a `/shapes` directory and, within it, create two subdirectories: `/shex` and `/orm` Within the `/shapes/shex` directory, create a ShEx file with the shape of the data you want to handle. Here's an example of a shape for an ActivityStreams Note: ````shex PREFIX as: PREFIX xsd: as:Note { a [as:Note] ; as:title xsd:string ; as:content xsd:string ? ; } ```` ### 2. Pass the shape types to the data provider Go to the `/shapes` directory and run the following command: ```bash npx rdf-orm build --input ./shex --output ./orm ``` This will generate three files in the `/orm` subdirectory: - `note.schema.ts` - `note.shapeTypes.ts` - `note.typings.ts` Now within the `shapes` directory, create a `shapeTypes.ts` like this: ```ts import { ShapeTypes } from "@ng-org/refine-providers"; import { NoteShapeType } from "./orm/note.shapeTypes"; const shapeTypes : ShapeTypes = { notes: NoteShapeType } export default shapeTypes; ``` ### 3. Add the providers to Refine ```ts import { authProvider, dataProvider, liveProvider } from "@ng-org/refine-providers"; import shapeTypes from "./shapes/shapeTypes"; const ngAuthProvider = authProvider(); const ngDataProvider = dataProvider({ shapeTypes, authProvider: ngAuthProvider }) const ngLiveProvider = liveProvider({ shapeTypes }) const App = () => ( ... ``` ### 4. Create the React pages You can now call the various hooks provided by Refine to create, read, update or delete resources. For `useForm`, `useTable`, `useShow`, you can pass the `Note` generated by NextGraph CLI. Here's an example of a simple list view: ```ts import { List, useTable } from "@refinedev/antd"; import { Table } from "antd"; import { Note } from "./shapes/orm/notes.typings"; export const PostList = () => { const { tableProps } = useTable(); return (
); }; ``` ## Commands ``` pnpm build pnpm watch ```