nuxt-seomatic-meta  

If you're using Nuxt.js with Craft CMS headless then there's a good chance you'll be aiming for some decent SEO. A custom solution would take too much time, so a great alternative is to request the SEO data from SEOmatic via GraphQL.

This module grabs the SEOmatic data and converts it to a format that Nuxt.js expects in it's head property.

Getting started

Before starting, I'll assume you've installed Craft (>=3.3), SEOmatic (>=3.2.28) and enabled Crafts GraphQL API.

⚠️ Note: Craft can't be in headlessMode - Headless mode won't work with SEOmatic as we need to match the URI which gets turned off when headlessMode is enabled.

⚠️ Note: Within Craft > GraphQL > Schemas, be sure to adjust the scope to the right entries in the GraphQL schema - I find it easy to forget that.

1. Install nuxt-seomatic-meta via yarn or npm:

   yarn add nuxt-seomatic-meta
   # or: npm install nuxt-seomatic-meta

2. Add the seomatic-meta and axios plugins to your modules section in nuxt.config.js:

   /*
    ** Nuxt.js modules
    */
   modules: [
     'nuxt-seomatic-meta',
     '@nuxtjs/axios',
     // '@nuxtjs/dotenv',
   ],

   '@nuxtjs/axios': Axios is used to connect to the Craft CMS API - it's automatically installed as a dependency of nuxt-seomatic-meta so you'll just need to add it to the array.

   '@nuxtjs/dotenv' (optional): To specify your GraphQL connection variables in a .env file then install the nuxt dotenv module.

3. Now specify the GraphQL connection settings - you have two options:

   a) Add the connection settings to an .env file in your project root (if you're using the @nuxtjs/dotenv module):

   # Craft installation url
   BACKEND_URL=https://YOUR_DOMAIN
   
   # GraphQL api path
   GRAPHQL_PATH=/api
   
   # GraphQL bearer token (Not required if API is public)
   GRAPHQL_TOKEN=ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET

   b) Or add the connection settings to a new seomaticMeta object in nuxt.config.js:

   /*
    ** Seomatic meta config
    */
   seomaticMeta: {
     backendUrl: 'http://YOUR_DOMAIN',
     graphqlPath: '/api',
     graphqlToken: 'ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET',
   },

4. Lastly, add some code to start the API request and supply the result to Nuxt's head property. This is added to your pages in pages/*.vue:

   <script>
   export default {
     //...
   
     // Get Seomatic data from Craft by route
     async asyncData({ app, route }) {
       const siteId = 1 // For multi-site installs
       return {
         headData: await app.seomaticMeta(route, siteId)
       };
     },
   
     // Supply the data to the Nuxt head property
     head() {
       return this.headData;
     }
   };
   </script>

Configuration

Options can be supplied in a seomaticMeta object in nuxt.config.js:

seomaticMeta: {
  debug: true,
  routeRemap: [
    {
      path: '/',
      getFrom: 'homepage',
    },
    {
      path: 'another-route',
      getFrom: 'gets-meta-from-this-route-instead',
    },
  ],
  backendUrl: 'http://YOUR_DOMAIN',
  graphqlPath: '/api',
  graphqlToken: 'ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET',
},

Name	Type	Default	Description
debug	boolean	false	Display the GraphQL data and other useful feedback in your console when using npm run generate.
routeRemap	array	[]	Custom remapping of route data so you can grab the SEOmatic data from another page. Eg: Your Nuxt homepage has a route of / but you want data from a page in Craft with a slug of homepage.
backendUrl	string	``	The url for your Craft installation. This can also be defined in your .env under the key BACKEND_URL.
graphqlPath	string	``	The path to your GraphQL API. This can also be defined in your .env under the key GRAPHQL_PATH.
graphqlToken	string	``	The token for your secured GraphQL endpoint. This can also be defined in your .env under the key GRAPHQL_TOKEN.

Note: .env variables require the dotenv module.

🤝 Contributing

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Feel free to check the issues page.

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