Getting Started

Use Supabase with SvelteKit

Learn how to create a Supabase project, add some sample data to your database, and query the data from a SvelteKit app.

1

Create a Supabase project

Go to database.new and create a new Supabase project.

When your project is up and running, go to the Table Editor, create a new table and insert some data.

Alternatively, you can run the following snippet in your project's SQL Editor. This will create a countries table with some sample data.

SQL_EDITOR

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-- Create the table
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create table countries (
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id bigint primary key generated always as identity,
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name text not null
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);
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-- Insert some sample data into the table
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insert into countries (name)
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values
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('Canada'),
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('United States'),
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('Mexico');
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alter table countries enable row level security;

Make the data in your table publicly readable by adding an RLS policy:

SQL_EDITOR

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create policy "public can read countries"
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on public.countries
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for select to anon
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using (true);

2

Create a SvelteKit app

Create a SvelteKit app using the npm create command.

Terminal

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npm create svelte@latest myapp

3

Install the Supabase client library

The fastest way to get started is to use the supabase-js client library which provides a convenient interface for working with Supabase from a SvelteKit app.

Navigate to the SvelteKit app and install supabase-js.

Terminal

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cd myapp && npm install @supabase/supabase-js

4

Create the Supabase client

Create a /src/lib directory in your SvelteKit app, create a file called supabaseClient.js and add the following code to initialize the Supabase client with your project URL and public API (anon) key:

Project URL
Anon key
src/lib/supabaseClient.js

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import { createClient } from '@supabase/supabase-js'
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export const supabase = createClient('https://<project>.supabase.co', '<your-anon-key>')

5

Query data from the app

Use load method to fetch the data server-side and display the query results as a simple list.

Create +page.server.js file in the routes directory with the following code.

src/routes/+page.server.js

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import { supabase } from "$lib/supabaseClient";
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export async function load() {
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const { data } = await supabase.from("countries").select();
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return {
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countries: data ?? [],
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};
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}

Replace the existing content in your +page.svelte file in the routes directory with the following code.

src/routes/+page.svelte

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<script>
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export let data;
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</script>
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<ul>
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{#each data.countries as country}
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<li>{country.name}</li>
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{/each}
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</ul>

6

Start the app

Start the app and go to http://localhost:5173 in a browser and you should see the list of countries.

Terminal

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npm run dev

Next steps