I am creating a game in VueJS, where, when the page loads, I want a method to fire, make an ajax call to an external API and create a bunch of data properties. When the player wins the round, I want to them to be able to see a button that allows them to restart the game. I am using a mounted()
hook to fire the method on page load.
My question is I am not sure how to implement the restart functionality if the game setup and API call are within the mounted()
function. Is there a way to run the mounted()
function again?
Abstract your initialization into a method, and call the method from mounted
and wherever else you want.
new Vue({
methods:{
init(){
//call API
//Setup game
}
},
mounted(){
this.init()
}
})
Then possibly have a button in your template to start over.
<button v-if="playerWon" @click="init">Play Again</button>
In this button, playerWon
represents a boolean value in your data that you would set when the player wins the game so the button appears. You would set it back to false in init
.
You can also move mounted
out of the Vue instance and make it a function in the top-level scope. This is also a useful trick for server side rendering in Vue.
function init() {
// Use `this` normally
}
new Vue({
methods:{
init
},
mounted(){
init.call(this)
}
})