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•Created by cosmo on 12/27/2024 in #support-community

Why calling an action from a client is an anti-pattern?

When then is good to use an action from client? If we need to write a mutation based on the response of a third party API, that's probably the unique case when we can call the action directly from the client? Context: A note in the docs

Note: In most cases calling an action directly from a client is an anti-pattern. Instead, have the client call a mutation which captures the user intent by writing into the database and then schedules an action:

Note: In most cases calling an action directly from a client is an anti-pattern. Instead, have the client call a mutation which captures the user intent by writing into the database and then schedules an action:

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