@tomas2387/use-socketio
v3.0.1
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React hooks for https://socket.io/
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Use socket.io v4 with React, in hooks (React v16.8+).
Usage
Installation
$ yarn add @tomas2387/use-socketio
In your code
useSocket hook
Listen to a specific event and trigger the according callback every time there's one. This hooks doesn't trigger a re-render. You have to manage it yourself.
import { SocketIOProvider, useSocket } from "use-socketio";
const Twitter = () => {
const [tweets, setTweet] = useState([]);
const { socket, subscribe, unsubscribe } = useSocket("tweet", (newTweet) =>
setTweet([newTweet, ...tweets])
);
return tweets.length ? (
<ul>
{tweets.map((tweet) => (
<li key={tweet.id}>{tweet.text}</li>
))}
</ul>
) : (
<p>Actually waiting for the websocket server...</p>
);
};
const App = () => (
<SocketIOProvider url="http://localhost:3000" opts={socketIoOptions}>
<Twitter />
</SocketIOProvider>
);
The socketio options to pass to the provider are available here: https://socket.io/docs/client-api/#new-Manager-url-options.
useLastMessage hook
Listen to the latest message received on a specific event name. This hook triggers a re-render so you don't have to.
import { SocketIOProvider, useLastMessage } from "use-socketio";
const Twitter = () => {
const { data: lastMessage, socket, subscribe, unsubscribe } = useLastMessage(
"tweet"
);
return <p>{lastMessage || "Waiting for some tweets"}</p>;
};
const App = () => (
<SocketIOProvider url="http://localhost:3000">
<Twitter />
</SocketIOProvider>
);
Notes
For example on how to implement a Socket.io server, you can take a look at the socket.io the example folder.