String to React

A tool to convert JSX strings into React Components

Installation:

npm install string-to-react --save-dev

Usage:

import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'
import StringToReact from 'string-to-react'
let s = `<div>hi</div>`
ReactDOM.render(StringToReact(s), document.getElementById('container'))

Customized Component

import React from 'react'
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'
import StringToReact from 'string-to-react'

class View extends React.Component {
  render() {
    return <div {...this.props}>{this.props.children}</div>
  }
}

let s = `<View style={{fontSize: '12px'}}>hi</View>`

let transform = function(tagName) {
  if (tagName === 'View') return View
  return null
}

ReactDOM.render(StringToReact(s, transform), document.getElementById('container'))

Api

function StringToReact(string, [transform])

• string: The JSX string
• transform: Function
  • input: tagName:string
  • output: FunctionComponent | ComponentClass | string | null
  • typescript declare:

    interface Transform {
      (tagName: string): FunctionComponent | ComponentClass | string | null
    }

  • example:

    import View from './View.jsx'
    let transform = function(tagName) {
      if (tagName === 'pdiv') return 'div'
      else if (tagName === 'View') return View
      return null  // must return null if no match
    }