Web Monetization in Vue ⚡
Robert
Posted on May 10, 2020
There is an awesome post for getting started with web monetization in React and was inspired to recreate it with Vue 3.
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Emma Goto 🍙 ・ May 9 '20 ・ 2 min read
We're going to use a no-bundle dev server for Vue 3 called vite which allows us to develop Vue apps with Single-File Components without any bundling during development.
Create a vite app
Open up your terminal and do the following:
$ npx create-vite-app <project-name>
$ cd <project-name>
$ npm install
$ npm run dev
Creating a hook to see if a user is web monetized
In the root of your project folder, create a file named use-web-monetization.js
and paste the code below.
import { ref, onMounted } from "vue";
export const useWebMonetization = () => {
const isMonetized = ref(false);
const isLoading = ref(true);
onMounted(() => {
if (!document.monetization) {
// No web monetization polyfill is installed (e.g. Coil).
isLoading.value = false;
isMonetized.value = false;
return;
}
// Check the value of document.monetization.state
// to see if a user is web monetized.
const { state } = document.monetization;
if (state === "stopped") {
// Not currently sending micropayments, nor trying to.
isLoading.value = false;
isMonetized.value = false;
}
// Determine when Web Monetization has started actively paying
document.monetization.addEventListener("monetizationstart", (event) => {
isLoading.value = false;
isMonetized.value = true;
});
});
return {
isMonetized,
isLoading,
};
}
We created a file that has a reusable hook named useWebMonetization
that returns isMonetized
and isLoading
states.
And now we can use it inside any .vue
file like below.
<template>
<div>
<div v-if="isLoading">
Loading...
</div>
<div v-else-if="isMonetized">
Some exclusive content!
</div>
<div v-else>
Show ads here!
</div>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import { useWebMonetization } from "./use-web-monetization";
export default {
setup() {
const { isLoading, isMonetized } = useWebMonetization();
return {
isLoading,
isMonetized,
};
}
};
</script>
Testing Web Monetization
test-web-monetization is a website that provides a bookmarklet that we can use to test our projects without signing up for a Coil account.
Sample App
Here's a sample simulator app to get you started.
Good luck to everyone who's joining the #gftwhackathon!
Posted on May 10, 2020
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