Composition api use this

Question

I am using Vue 3 with Composition API, and I want to use a third-party package (for example @meforma/vue-toaster), and it should be used like this (in Options API):

import Toaster from '@meforma/vue-toaster';

createApp(App).use(Toaster).mount('#app')

and then in the component:

this.$toast.show(`Hey! I'm here`);
this.$toast.success(`Hey! I'm here`);
this.$toast.error(`Hey! I'm here`);
this.$toast.warning(`Hey! I'm here`);
this.$toast.info(`Hey! I'm here`);

But this is not working inside the Composition API's setup() function.

Answer 1

@meforma/vue-toaster installs $toast on the application context, which can be accessed from getCurrentInstance().appContext.globalProperties in setup():

<template>
  <button @click="showToast">Show toast</button>
</template>

<script>
import { getCurrentInstance } from 'vue'

export default {
  setup() {
    const $toast = getCurrentInstance().appContext.globalProperties.$toast
    return {
      showToast() {
        $toast.show(`Hey! I'm here`)
        $toast.success(`Hey! I'm here`)
        $toast.error(`Hey! I'm here`)
        $toast.warning(`Hey! I'm here`)
        $toast.info(`Hey! I'm here`)
        setTimeout($toast.clear, 3000)
      }
    }
  }
}
</script>

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UPDATE: getCurrentInstance() is an internal API, so it can be removed at any time. Use it with caution.