---
title: 'Use Supabase with Refine'
subtitle: 'Learn how to create a Supabase project, add some sample data to your database, and query the data from a Refine app.'
breadcrumb: 'Framework Quickstarts'
hideToc: true
---

<StepHikeCompact>

  <StepHikeCompact.Step step={1}>

    <$Partial path="quickstart_db_setup.mdx" />

  </StepHikeCompact.Step>

  <StepHikeCompact.Step step={2}>

    <StepHikeCompact.Details title="Create a Refine app">

    Create a [Refine](https://github.com/refinedev/refine) app using the [create refine-app](https://refine.dev/docs/getting-started/quickstart/).

    The `refine-supabase` preset adds `@refinedev/supabase` supplementary package that supports Supabase in a Refine app. `@refinedev/supabase` out-of-the-box includes the Supabase dependency: [supabase-js](https://github.com/supabase/supabase-js).

    </StepHikeCompact.Details>

    <StepHikeCompact.Code>

      ```bash name=Terminal
      npm create refine-app@latest -- --preset refine-supabase my-app
      ```

    </StepHikeCompact.Code>

  </StepHikeCompact.Step>

  <StepHikeCompact.Step step={3}>
    <StepHikeCompact.Details title="Open your Refine app in VS Code">

    You will develop your app, connect to the Supabase backend and run the Refine app in VS Code.

    </StepHikeCompact.Details>

    <StepHikeCompact.Code>

      ```bash name=Terminal
      cd my-app
      code .
      ```

    </StepHikeCompact.Code>

  </StepHikeCompact.Step>

  <StepHikeCompact.Step step={4}>
    <StepHikeCompact.Details title="Start the app">

    Start the app, go to http://localhost:5173 in a browser, and you should be greeted with the Refine Welcome page.

    </StepHikeCompact.Details>

    <StepHikeCompact.Code>

      ```bash name=Terminal
      npm run dev
      ```

<StepHikeCompact.Code>
  ![Refine welcome page](/docs/img/refine-qs-welcome-page.png)
</StepHikeCompact.Code>

    </StepHikeCompact.Code>

  </StepHikeCompact.Step>

<StepHikeCompact.Step step={5}>
    <StepHikeCompact.Details title="Update `supabaseClient`">

      You now have to update the `supabaseClient` with the `SUPABASE_URL` and `SUPABASE_KEY` of your Supabase API. The `supabaseClient` is used in auth provider and data provider methods that allow the Refine app to connect to your Supabase backend.

    <ProjectConfigVariables variable="url" />
    <ProjectConfigVariables variable="publishable" />
    <ProjectConfigVariables variable="anon" />

    </StepHikeCompact.Details>

    <StepHikeCompact.Code>

      ```ts name=src/utility/supabaseClient.ts
      import { createClient } from "@refinedev/supabase";

      const SUPABASE_URL = YOUR_SUPABASE_URL;
      const SUPABASE_KEY = YOUR_SUPABASE_KEY

      export const supabaseClient = createClient(SUPABASE_URL, SUPABASE_KEY, {
        db: {
          schema: "public",
        },
        auth: {
          persistSession: true,
        },
      });
      ```
      <$Partial path="api_settings_steps.mdx" variables={{ "framework": "refine", "tab": "frameworks" }} />

    </StepHikeCompact.Code>

  </StepHikeCompact.Step>

  <StepHikeCompact.Step step={6}>
    <StepHikeCompact.Details title="Add instruments resource and pages">

      You have to then configure resources and define pages for `instruments` resource.

      Use the following command to automatically add resources and generate code for pages for `instruments` using Refine Inferencer.

      This defines pages for `list`, `create`, `show` and `edit` actions inside the `src/pages/instruments/` directory with `<HeadlessInferencer />` component.

      The `<HeadlessInferencer />` component depends on `@refinedev/react-table` and `@refinedev/react-hook-form` packages. In order to avoid errors, you should install them as dependencies with `npm install @refinedev/react-table @refinedev/react-hook-form`.

      <Admonition type="note">

        The `<HeadlessInferencer />` is a Refine Inferencer component that automatically generates necessary code for the `list`, `create`, `show` and `edit` pages.

        More on [how the Inferencer works is available in the docs here](https://refine.dev/docs/packages/documentation/inferencer/).

      </Admonition>


    </StepHikeCompact.Details>

    <StepHikeCompact.Code>

      ```bash name=Terminal
      npm run refine create-resource instruments
      ```
    </StepHikeCompact.Code>

  </StepHikeCompact.Step>

    <StepHikeCompact.Step step={7}>
    <StepHikeCompact.Details title="Add routes for instruments pages">

      Add routes for the `list`, `create`, `show`, and `edit` pages.

      <Admonition type="tip">

        You should remove the `index` route for the Welcome page presented with the `<Welcome />` component.

      </Admonition>

    </StepHikeCompact.Details>

    <StepHikeCompact.Code>
      ```tsx name=src/App.tsx
      import { Refine } from "@refinedev/core";
      import { RefineKbar, RefineKbarProvider } from "@refinedev/kbar";
      import routerProvider, {
        DocumentTitleHandler,
        NavigateToResource,
        UnsavedChangesNotifier,
      } from "@refinedev/react-router";
      import { dataProvider, liveProvider } from "@refinedev/supabase";
      import { BrowserRouter, Route, Routes } from "react-router-dom";

      import "./App.css";
      import authProvider from "./authProvider";
      import { supabaseClient } from "./utility";
      import { InstrumentsCreate, InstrumentsEdit, InstrumentsList, InstrumentsShow } from "./pages/instruments";

      function App() {
        return (
          <BrowserRouter>
            <RefineKbarProvider>
              <Refine
                dataProvider={dataProvider(supabaseClient)}
                liveProvider={liveProvider(supabaseClient)}
                authProvider={authProvider}
                routerProvider={routerProvider}
                options={{
                  syncWithLocation: true,
                  warnWhenUnsavedChanges: true,
                }}
                resources={[{
                  name: "instruments",
                  list: "/instruments",
                  create: "/instruments/create",
                  edit: "/instruments/edit/:id",
                  show: "/instruments/show/:id"
                }]}>
                <Routes>
                  <Route index
                    element={<NavigateToResource resource="instruments" />}
                  />
                  <Route path="/instruments">
                    <Route index element={<InstrumentsList />} />
                    <Route path="create" element={<InstrumentsCreate />} />
                    <Route path="edit/:id" element={<InstrumentsEdit />} />
                    <Route path="show/:id" element={<InstrumentsShow />} />
                  </Route>
                </Routes>
                <RefineKbar />
                <UnsavedChangesNotifier />
                <DocumentTitleHandler />
              </Refine>
            </RefineKbarProvider>
          </BrowserRouter>
        );
      }

      export default App;
      ```
    </StepHikeCompact.Code>

  </StepHikeCompact.Step>

  <StepHikeCompact.Step step={8}>
    <StepHikeCompact.Details title="View instruments pages">

      Now you should be able to see the instruments pages along the `/instruments` routes. You may now edit and add new instruments using the Inferencer generated UI.

      The Inferencer auto-generated code gives you a good starting point on which to keep building your `list`, `create`, `show` and `edit` pages. They can be obtained by clicking the `Show the auto-generated code` buttons in their respective pages.
    </StepHikeCompact.Details>

  </StepHikeCompact.Step>
</StepHikeCompact>