@hashicorp/react-head

v3.3.2

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Create a Hashicorp branded <head> in NextJS projects.

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Hashicorp Head

The Hashicorp Head component lets you create a Hashicorp branded <head> in NextJS projects.

npm install @hashicorp/react-head

Usage

// usage in custom documents
import { Head } from 'next/document'
import HashiHead from '@hashicorp/react-head'

<HashiHead is={Head} />

// becomes
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8" />
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
  <title>About | Hashicorp</title>
  <meta http-equiv="x-ua-compatible" content="ie=edge" />
  <meta property="og:locale" content="en_US" />
  <meta property="og:type" content="website" />
  <meta property="article:publisher" content="https://www.facebook.com/HashiCorp/"/>
  <meta name="twitter:site" content="@HashiCorp" />
  <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" />
</head>

// usage in pages
import Head from 'next/head'
import HashiHead from '@hashicorp/react-head'

<HashiHead is={Head} title="About | Hashicorp" />

// becomes
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8" />
  <title>About | Hashicorp</title>
  <meta http-equiv="x-ua-compatible" content="ie=edge" />
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
  <meta property="og:locale" content="en_US" />
  <meta property="og:type" content="website" />
  <meta name="twitter:site" content="@HashiCorp" />
  <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" />
  <meta property="article:publisher" content="https://www.facebook.com/HashiCorp/"/>
</head>

Props

is

The is prop defines the Head tag being used, which might be next/head or head from custom document.

import Document, { Html, Head, Main, NextScript } from 'next/document'
import HashiHead from '@hashicorp/react-head'

class MyDocument extends Document {
  static async getInitialProps(ctx) {
    const initialProps = await Document.getInitialProps(ctx)
    return { ...initialProps }
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <Html>
        <HashiHead is={Head} />
        <body>
          <Main />
          <NextScript />
        </body>
      </Html>
    )
  }
}

export default MyDocument

title

The title property sets page name used by the browser. It may include branding such as the site name.

<HashiHead is={Head} title="Page Name | Site Name" />

// becomes
<title>Page Name | Site Name</title>

For the external page name use the pageName property, which does not include any branding such as the site name. For the site name use the siteName property.

description

The description property sets the page description used externally.

<HashiHead is={Head} description="Page Description" />

// becomes
<meta property="og:description" name="description" content="Page Description">

image

The image property sets the page image used externally.

<HashiHead is={Head} image="/img/share/share.png" />

// becomes
<meta property="og:image" content="/img/share/share.png">

See https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/webmasters/#basic for details and best practices.

pageName

The pageName property sets the page name used externally without any branding such as the site name.

<HashiHead is={Head} title="Page Title | Hashicorp" pageName="Page Title" />

// becomes
<title>Page Title | Hashicorp</title>
<meta property="og:title" content="Page Title" />

For the browser page name use the title property. For the site name use the siteName property.

See https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/webmasters/#basic for details and best practices.

siteName

The siteName property sets site name used externally.

<HashiHead is={Head} siteName="Hashicorp" />

// becomes
<meta property="og:site_name" content="Hashicorp" />

See https://ogp.me/#optional for details.

presentational props

stylesheet

The stylesheet property defines one or more <link rel="stylesheet"> tags. Use it to add global styles to the page.

<HashiHead is={Head} stylesheet={[
  { href: '/css/critical.css' },
  { href: '/css/style.css' },
  { href: '/css/print.css', media: 'print' }
]} />

// becomes
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/critical.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/style.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/print.css" media="print">

preload

The preload property defines one or more <link rel="preload"> tags. Use it when you’ll need a resource soon.

<HashiHead is={Head} preload={[{
  href: '/css/style.css', as: 'style',
  href: '/fonts/gilmer/regular.woff2', as: 'font',
  href: '/videos/short', as: 'video', type: 'video/mp4'
}]} />

// becomes
<link rel="preload" href="/css/style.css" as="style">
<link rel="preload" href="/fonts/gilmer/regular.woff2" as="font">
<link rel="preload" href="/videos/short.mp4" as="video" type="video/mp4">

icon

The icon property defines one or more <link rel="icon"> tags.

<HashiHead is={Head} icon={[
  { href: '/favicon.ico', type: 'image/x-icon' },
  { href: '/favicon.gif', type: 'image/gif' },
  { href: '/[email protected]', sizes: '32x32' },
  { href: '/[email protected]', sizes: '64x64' }
]} />

// becomes
<link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">
<link rel="icon" href="/favicon.gif" type="image/gif">
<link rel="icon" href="[email protected]" sizes="32x32">
<link rel="icon" href="[email protected]" sizes="64x64">

children

Additional children may also be appended as regular elements.

<HashiHead is={Head}>
  <meta property="article:section" content="Technology" />
</HashiHead>

// becomes
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8" />
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
  <title>About | Hashicorp</title>
  <meta http-equiv="x-ua-compatible" content="ie=edge" />
  <meta property="og:locale" content="en_US" />
  <meta property="og:type" content="website" />
  <meta property="article:publisher" content="https://www.facebook.com/HashiCorp/"/>
  <meta name="twitter:site" content="@HashiCorp" />
  <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" />
  <meta property="article:section" content="Technology" />
</head>