Part 4 / Advanced loading / Custom dependencies

Calling fetch(url) inside a load function registers url as a dependency. Sometimes it's not appropriate to use fetch, in which case you can specify a dependency manually with the depends(url) function.

Since any string that begins with an [a-z]+: pattern is a valid URL, we can create custom invalidation keys like data:now.

Update src/routes/+layout.js to return a value directly rather than making a fetch call, and add the depends:

export async function load({ depends }) {
	depends('data:now');

	return {
		now: Date.now()
	};
}

Now, update the invalidate call in src/routes/[...timezone]/+page.svelte:

<script>
	import { onMount } from 'svelte';
	import { invalidate } from '$app/navigation';

	export let data;

	onMount(() => {
		const interval = setInterval(() => {
			invalidate('data:now');
		}, 1000);

		return () => {
			clearInterval(interval);
		};
	});
</script>