useAsyncEffect Hook

Introduction

useAsyncEffect is a React hook, similar to useEffect, that will help you handle async effects easily and safely. It provides a convenient way to handle cleanup and lifecycle status checks for asynchronous operations such as API requests, data subscriptions, or other side effects.

Installation

npm install async-effect-hook

or

yarn add async-effect-hook

Usage

Basic Example

import { useAsyncEffect } from "async-effect-hook";

function MyComponent() {
  useAsyncEffect(async status => {
    const data = await fetchData();
    if (status.active) {
      // Perform actions if the cycle is still active
    }
  }, []);

  // Component rendering logic goes here
}

Advanced Example with Cleanup

This example demonstrates how to use useAsyncEffect with a cleanup function that will be executed before the effect is re-run or when the component unmounts:

import { useAsyncEffect } from "async-effect-hook";

function MyComponent() {
  useAsyncEffect(
    async status => {
      const data = await fetchData();

      // Cleanup logic
      status.cleanup = () => {
        // Cleanup operations, e.g., canceling a subscription or aborting a fetch request
      };

      if (status.active) {
        // Update state or perform actions if the component is still active
      }
    },
    [] // Dependencies
  );

  // Component rendering logic
}

API

useAsyncEffect(effect, deps)

• effect: A function that returns a promise. The function receives an AsyncEffectStatus object.
• deps: An optional array of dependencies, just like with useEffect.

AsyncEffectStatus

An object with the following properties:

• active: A boolean indicating if the cycle the effect was run in is still active (false if the component unmounted or if the effect is re-running).
• cleanup: An optional function that you can assign inside the effect for cleanup logic.

Best Practices

• Always check status.active before updating the state or performing actions in asynchronous tasks.
• Define cleanup logic inside the async effect by setting status.cleanup.
• Be cautious with dependencies to avoid unnecessary reruns of the effect.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

For more information, issues, or contributions, please visit the GitHub repository.