Getters

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Getters are exactly the equivalent of computed values for the state of a Store. They can be defined with the getters property in defineStore(). They receive the state as the first parameter to encourage the usage of arrow function:

export const useCounterStore = defineStore('counter', {
  state: () => ({
    count: 0,
  }),
  getters: {
    doubleCount: (state) => state.count * 2,
  },
})

Most of the time, getters will only rely on the state. However, they might need to use other getters. Because of this, we can get access to the whole store instance through this when defining a regular function but it is necessary to define the type of the return type (in TypeScript). This is due to a known limitation in TypeScript and doesn't affect getters defined with an arrow function nor getters not using this:

export const useCounterStore = defineStore('counter', {
  state: () => ({
    count: 0,
  }),
  getters: {
    // automatically infers the return type as a number
    doubleCount(state) {
      return state.count * 2
    },
    // the return type **must** be explicitly set
    doublePlusOne(): number {
      // autocompletion and typings for the whole store ✨
      return this.doubleCount + 1
    },
  },
})

Then you can access the getter directly on the store instance:

<script setup>
import { useCounterStore } from './counterStore'

const store = useCounterStore()
</script>

<template>
  <p>Double count is {{ store.doubleCount }}</p>
</template>

Accessing other getters

As with computed properties, you can combine multiple getters. Access any other getter via this. In this scenario, you will need to specify a return type for the getter.

counterStore.ts

export const useCounterStore = defineStore('counter', {
  state: () => ({
    count: 0,
  }),
  getters: {
    doubleCount(state) {
      return state.count * 2
    },
    doubleCountPlusOne(): number {
      return this.doubleCount + 1
    },
  },
})

counterStore.js

// You can use JSDoc (https://jsdoc.app/tags-returns.html) in JavaScript
export const useCounterStore = defineStore('counter', {
  state: () => ({
    count: 0,
  }),
  getters: {
    // type is automatically inferred because we are not using `this`
    doubleCount: (state) => state.count * 2,
    // here we need to add the type ourselves (using JSDoc in JS). We can also
    // use this to document the getter
    /**
     * Returns the count value times two plus one.
     *
     * @returns {number}
     */
    doubleCountPlusOne() {
      // autocompletion ✨
      return this.doubleCount + 1
    },
  },
})

Passing arguments to getters

Getters are just computed properties behind the scenes, so it's not possible to pass any parameters to them. However, you can return a function from the getter to accept any arguments:

export const useStore = defineStore('main', {
  getters: {
    getUserById: (state) => {
      return (userId) => state.users.find((user) => user.id === userId)
    },
  },
})

and use in component:

<script setup>
import { storeToRefs } from 'pinia'
import { useUserListStore } from './store'

const userList = useUserListStore()
const { getUserById } = storeToRefs(userList)
// note you will have to use `getUserById.value` to access
// the function within the <script setup>
</script>

<template>
  <p>User 2: {{ getUserById(2) }}</p>
</template>

Note that when doing this, getters are not cached anymore. They are simply functions you invoke. You can, however, cache some results inside of the getter itself, which is uncommon but should prove more performant:

export const useStore = defineStore('main', {
  getters: {
    getActiveUserById(state) {
      const activeUsers = state.users.filter((user) => user.active)
      return (userId) => activeUsers.find((user) => user.id === userId)
    },
  },
})

Accessing other stores getters

To use another store's getters, you can directly use it inside of the getter:

import { useOtherStore } from './other-store'

export const useStore = defineStore('main', {
  state: () => ({
    // ...
  }),
  getters: {
    otherGetter(state) {
      const otherStore = useOtherStore()
      return state.localData + otherStore.data
    },
  },
})

Usage with setup()

You can directly access any getter as a property of the store (exactly like state properties):

<script setup>
const store = useCounterStore()

store.count = 3
store.doubleCount // 6
</script>

Usage with the Options API

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For the following examples, you can assume the following store was created:

// Example File Path:
// ./src/stores/counter.js

import { defineStore } from 'pinia'

export const useCounterStore = defineStore('counter', {
  state: () => ({
    count: 0,
  }),
  getters: {
    doubleCount(state) {
      return state.count * 2
    },
  },
})

With setup()

While Composition API is not for everyone, the setup() hook can make using Pinia easier to work with in the Options API. No extra map helper functions needed!

<script>
import { useCounterStore } from '../stores/counter'

export default defineComponent({
  setup() {
    const counterStore = useCounterStore()

    // **only return the whole store** instead of destructuring
    return { counterStore }
  },
  computed: {
    quadrupleCounter() {
      return this.counterStore.doubleCount * 2
    },
  },
})
</script>

This is useful while migrating a component from the Options API to the Composition API but should only be a migration step. Always try not to mix both API styles within the same component.

Without setup()

You can use the same mapState() function used in the previous section of state to map to getters:

import { mapState } from 'pinia'
import { useCounterStore } from '../stores/counter'

export default {
  computed: {
    // gives access to this.doubleCount inside the component
    // same as reading from store.doubleCount
    ...mapState(useCounterStore, ['doubleCount']),
    // same as above but registers it as this.myOwnName
    ...mapState(useCounterStore, {
      myOwnName: 'doubleCount',
      // you can also write a function that gets access to the store
      double: (store) => store.doubleCount,
    }),
  },
}