react-request-hook-client

A helper react component to make HTTP requests, powered by React Hooks, insipred by Apollo GraphQL Query component. It supports both declarative and hooks ways.

Installing

npm

$ npm install --save react-request-hook-client

or Yarn

$ yarn add react-request-hook-client

Requirements

React >= 16.8.0

Get Started

See live example on CodeSandBox:

use <Request /> component

GET

import { Request, useRequest } from "react-request-hook-client";

function App() {
  return (
      <Request url="https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1">
        {({ data }) => {
          return <div>Get using declarative way: {JSON.stringify(data || {})}</div>;
        }}
      </Request>
  );
}

POST and others

function PostDemo() {
  return (
    <>
      <div>declarative post: </div>
      <Request
        method="POST"
        url="https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts"
        variables={{ userId: 2, title: "foo", body: "bar" }}
      >
        {(doRequest, { loading, error, data }) => {
          return (
            <>
              <div>loading: {`${loading}`}</div>
              <div>data: {JSON.stringify(data || {})}</div>
              <div>error: {JSON.stringify(error || {})}</div>
              <button
                onClick={() => {
                  doRequest();
                }}
              >
                Send request
              </button>
            </>
          );
        }}
      </Request>
    </>
  );
}

Use Hooks

GET

function GetHooksDemo() {
  const { error, loading, data } = useRequest({
    url: "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/2"
  });

  if (loading) return <div>loading...</div>;
  if (error) return null;
  return <div>hooks way: {JSON.stringify(data)}</div>;
}

POST and others

function PostDemoHooks() {
  const { doRequest, error, loading, data } = useRequest({
    url: "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts",
    method: "POST",
    variables: {
      userId: 1
    }
  });

  return (
    <>
      <div>Post Hook</div>
      <div>loading: {`${loading}`}</div>
      <div>data: {JSON.stringify(data || {})}</div>
      <div>error: {JSON.stringify(error || {})}</div>
      <button
        onClick={() => {
          doRequest({ title: "foo", body: "bar" });
        }}
      >
        Send request
      </button>
    </>
  );
}

API

Request component

Props

Props	Type	Default Value	Description
url	String		The HTTP request url
method	String	GET	The HTTP request method, supports GET, POST, PUT, DELETE
variables	Object		Variables for the request. If it is a GET request, variables will be converted to query strings. If it is a POST/PUT/DELETE request, variables will be the request body.
headers	Object	{"Content-Type": "application/json"}	Additional headers
fire	Boolean	TRUE	Whether to fire the request immediately, used to finely control the time when the request will fire.
onSuccess	(data) => Void		Called on request successfully returned
onError	(error) => Void		Called on error ocurred during the request
onComplete	() => Void		Called on request finished, whether it succeeded or failed

The children passed to the <Request/> component must be a function, it has the following signature when the request method is GET:

({loading, error, data, doRequest}) => {

  return // a react component

}

POST and others:

(doRequest, {loading, error, data}) => {

  return // a react component

}

Arguments explanation:

• loading - Whether the request is pending.
• error - Error details when request encounters HTTP errors.
• data - Data returned by the server.

The function MUST return a single React component according to JSX rules, or null if no component will be returned.

useRequest hook

The useRequest hook takes the same props/arguments as the <Request/> component does, and returns the following object upon using:

  const { loading, error, data, doRequest } = useRequest({url:, variables:, ...})

In addition to specify variables at the declaration time, the doRequest function also takes an additional variables object as its argument:

<button
  onClick={() => {
    doRequest({ title: "foo", body: "bar" });
  }}
>
  Send request
</button>

It also has return values, which are:

• { success: true, response } - when the HTTP request succeeds.
• { success: false, error } - when the HTTP request fails.

These values can help users to deal with response data at the time when the event triggers.

Issues

If you have any questions or find a bug of this library, please feel free to open an issue.

License

MIT