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## The re-frame API
Orientation:
1. The API is provided by `re-frame.core`:
- at some point, it would be worth your time [to browse it](/src/re_frame/core.cljc)
- to use re-frame, you'll need to `require` it, perhaps like this ...
```clj
(ns my.namespace
(:require [re-frame.core :as rf]))
... now use rf/reg-event-fx or rf/subscribe
```
2. The API is small. Writing an app, you use less than 10 API functions. Maybe just 5.
3. There's no auto-generated docs [because of this problem](/src/re_frame/core.cljc#L23-L36)
but, as a substitute,
the links below take you to the doc-strings of often-used API functions.
## Doc Strings For The Significant API Functions
The core API consists of:
- [dispatch](/src/re_frame/router.cljc#L229-L239) or [dispatch-sync](/src/re_frame/router.cljc#L247-L259).
- [reg-event-db](/src/re_frame/core.cljc#L71-L80) or [reg-event-fx](/src/re_frame/core.cljc#L87-L97)
- [reg-sub](/src/re_frame/subs.cljc#L176-L261) and [subscribe](/src/re_frame/subs.cljc#L67-L107) working together
Occasionally, you'll need to use:
- [reg-fx](/src/re_frame/fx.cljc#L17-L40)
- [reg-cofx](/src/re_frame/cofx.cljc#L14-L22) and [inject-cofx](/src/re_frame/cofx.cljc#L29-L80) working together
And, finally, there are the builtin Interceptors:
- [path](/src/re_frame/std_interceptors.cljc#L152-L176)
- [after](/src/re_frame/std_interceptors.cljc#L264-L274)
- [debug](/src/re_frame/std_interceptors.cljc#L13-L38)
- and browse [the others](/src/re_frame/std_interceptors.cljc)
## Built-in Effect Handlers
The following built-in effects are also a part of the API:
#### :dispatch-later
`dispatch` one or more events after given delays. Expects a collection
of maps with two keys: `:ms` and `:dispatch`
usage:
```clj
{:dispatch-later [{:ms 200 :dispatch [:event-id "param"]}
{:ms 100 :dispatch [:also :this :in :100ms]}]}
```
Which means: in 200ms do this: `(dispatch [:event-id "param"])` and in 100ms ...
***
#### :dispatch
`dispatch` one event. Expects a single vector.
usage:
```clj
{:dispatch [:event-id "param"] }
```
***
#### :dispatch-n
`dispatch` more than one event. Expects a collection events.
usage:
```clj
{:dispatch-n (list [:do :all] [:three :of] [:these])}
```
Note 1: The events supplied will be dispatched in the order provided.
Note 2: nil events are ignored which means events can be added
conditionally:
```clj
{:dispatch-n (list (when (> 3 5) [:conditioned-out])
[:another-one])}
```
***
#### :deregister-event-handler
removes a previously registered event handler. Expects either a single id
(typically a keyword), or a seq of ids.
usage:
```clj
{:deregister-event-handler :my-id)}
```
or:
```clj
{:deregister-event-handler [:one-id :another-id]}
```
***
#### :db
reset! app-db with a new value. Expects a map.
usage:
```clj
{:db {:key1 value1 :key2 value2}}
```
***
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