@nacelle/react-hooks

Custom convenience hooks for use when building apps with Nacelle

Usage no npm install needed!

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README

@nacelle/react-hooks

React Hooks for Nacelle-fueled storefronts

Install

npm i @nacelle/react-hooks

Using the Hooks

useCheckout

Use a checkout provider to create and manage checkouts.

Setting Up the Provider

Because checkout data and checkout actions should exist across the app, the <CheckoutProvider /> needs to surround the root component of the application. The provider requires a checkoutClient prop, which is given an instance of a checkout client such as @nacelle/shopify-checkout. For example:

import { CheckoutProvider } from '@nacelle/react-hooks';
import createShopifyCheckoutClient from '@nacelle/shopify-checkout';

const shopifyCheckoutClient = createShopifyCheckoutClient({
  // for more info, see https://www.npmjs.com/package/@nacelle/shopify-checkout
  storefrontCheckoutToken: process.env.SHOPIFY_STOREFRONT_CHECKOUT_TOKEN,
  myshopifyDomain: process.env.MYSHOPIFY_DOMAIN,
  storefrontApiVersion: process.env.STOREFRONT_API_VERSION
});

const App = () => {
  <CheckoutProvider checkoutClient={shopifyCheckoutClient}>
    <main>...</main>
  </CheckoutProvider>;
};

You're welcome to create your own checkout client. It just needs to expose two methods:

function get(
  params: any
): Promise<{
  id: string;
  url: string;
  completed: boolean;
} | void> {
  try {
    // fetch an existing checkout
  } catch (err) {
    throw new Error(err);
  }
}

function process(
  params: any
): Promise<{
  id: string;
  url: string;
  completed: boolean;
} | void> {
  try {
    // create a new checkout or update an existing checkout
  } catch (err) {
    throw new Error(err);
  }
}

The useCheckout Hook

Importing
import { useCheckout } from '@nacelle/react-hooks';
Accepts

(None)

Returns

An array containing:

  1. checkoutData: an object containing the following properties:
  • completed (boolean) - signals whether the checkout process has successfully completed
  • id (string) - the checkout ID
  • url (string) - the URL of the checkout page
  • getCheckoutError (string) - error returned from the checkout client when fetching an existing checkout
  • processCheckoutError (string) - error returned from the checkout client when processing a checkout
  1. checkoutActions: an object containing the following properties:
  • processCheckout(params): (function) initiates checkout processing
    • Accepts parameters required by the checkout client's process method
    • Either rejects with an error message, or returns a promise which resolves to an object containing the completed, id, and url
  • getCheckout(params) (function) updates the checkoutData (note: useCheckout runs this function automatically - it is provided only to satisfy special use cases)
    • Accepts parameters required by the checkout client's get method
    • Either rejects with an error message, or returns a promise which resolves to an object containing the completed, id, and url
  • clearCheckoutData: (function) when called, resets the checkoutData and clears checkoutData values stored in browser storage
    • Accepts: N/A
    • Returns: N/A
  1. isCheckingOut: a boolean that indicates whether or not the processCheckout function is currently running
Example Usage
// Using the useCheckout hook
//
// This example assumes that you're creating a Shopify
// checkout with `@nacelle/shopify-checkout. For more info,
// see https://www.npmjs.com/package/@nacelle/shopify-checkout.
//
// If using a different checkout client, adjust the `processCheckout`
// params accordingly.

import { useCheckout } from '@nacelle/react-hooks';

const Cart = () => {
  const [checkoutData, checkoutActions, isCheckingOut] = useCheckout();
  const cartItems = [
    { variantId: 123456789, quantity: 1 },
    { variantId: 987654321, quantity: 4 }
  ];

  useEffect(() => {
    if (checkoutData.completed) {
      checkoutActions.clearCheckoutData();
      // any other post-checkout actions, such as clearing the cart
    }
  }, [checkoutData.completed, clearCheckoutData]);

  const processCheckout = async () => {
    await checkoutActions.processCheckout({ cartItems }).then(() => {
      window.location = checkoutData.url;
    });
  };

  return (
    <>
      <h2>Cart</h2>
      <button type="button" disabled={isCheckingOut} onClick={processCheckout}>
        {isLoading ? <>Loading...</> : <>Checkout</>}
      </button>
    </>
  );
};

useCart

A hook which uses items in a cart to generate a checkout via Nacelle's Hail Frequency API.

Setting Up the Provider

Because the cart should exist across the app, it needs to be setup to surround the root component of the application.

import { CartProvider } from '@nacelle/react-hooks';

const App = () => {
  <CartProvider>
    <main>...</main>
  </CartProvider>;
};
Cart Persistence

By default, the <CartProvider /> uses Local Storage to persist the cart between refreshes. If you would prefer to use Session Storage instead of Local Storage, pass storage={'session'} as a prop. If you would prefer to use Index DB Storage instead, pass storage={'idb'} as a prop. To disable cart storage entirely, pass storage={null} as a prop.

When using Local Storage or Session Storage to perist the cart, the default storage key of 'cart' can be overriden by supplying a cacheKey="my-custom-cart=key" prop.

The useCart Hook

Importing
import { useCart } from '@nacelle/react-hooks';
Accepts

(None)

Returns

An array containing:

  1. cartState: an object containing the current state of the cart. The properties of this object are:
  • cart: an array of line items in the cart
  • show: a boolean to determine if the cart should be shown
  1. cartActions: an object containing methods for interacting with the cart:
  • initCart(items) - initialize/override the cart with an array of cart items
  • addToCart(item) - add an item to the cart; if the item is already in the cart this function will increase the quantity of that item
  • updateItem(item) - modify properties of an item in the cart
  • removeFromCart(item) - remove an item from the cart
  • incrementItem(item) - increment the quantity of an item in the cart
  • decrementItem(item) - decrement the quantity of an item in the cart
  • toggleCart() - toggles the cart's show status
    • Optionally, accepts one of the following string arguments:
      • 'open' - if cartState.show was false, it will change to true; if cartState.show was true, it will remain true
      • 'closed' - if cartState.show was false, it will remain false; if cartState.show was true, it will change to false
  • clearCart() - removes all items from the cart
  1. isInCart - a helper function that determines if a line item is in the cart, via isInCart(cart, item). If a custom isInCart function is given to the <CartProvider /> via the isInCart prop, the custom function will be returned instead of the default isInCart function.
Example Usage
// Using the useCart hook

import { useCart } from '@nacelle/react-hooks';

const Cart = () => {
  const [{ cart }, { clearCart }] = useCart();

  return (
    <>
      <h2>Cart</h2>
      <button onClick={clearCart}>Clear</button>
      <ul>
        {cart.map((item) => (
          <li key={item.id}>
            <h3>{item.title}</h3>
            <span>{item.quantity}</span>
            <span>{item.price}</span>
          </li>
        ))}
      </ul>
    </>
  );
};

License

ISC © getnacelle