Alley Block Editor Tools

This package contains a set of modules used by Alley to aid in building features for the WordPress block editor.

Install

Install this package in your project:

npm install @alleyinteractive/block-editor-tools --save

Usage

To use modules from this package, import them into your files using the import declaration.

Example

import { usePostMeta } from '@alleyinteractive/block-editor-tools';

const MyComponent = () => {
  const [meta, setMeta] = usePostMeta();
  const { my_meta_key: myMetaKey } = meta;

  return (
    <TextControl
      label={__('My Meta Key', 'alley-scripts')}
      value={myMetaKey}
      onChange={(newValue) => setMeta({ ...meta, my_meta_key: newValue })}
    />
  );
};

Below is the documentation for all available components, hooks, and services.

Components

React components that can be used within the WordPress block editor.

AudioPicker

Allows a user to select or remove audio using the media modal or via direct URL entry. This component is a thin wrapper around MediaPicker and sets the allowed types for the MediaPicker to audio as well as provides a custom preview component that embeds the selected audio in the editor.

For more information on how to use this component, see MediaPicker.

Usage

<AudioPicker
  className="audio-picker"
  onReset={() => setAttributes({ audioId: 0 })}
  onUpdate={({ id }) => setAttributes({ audioId: id })}
  value={audioId}
/>

Props

Prop	Default	Required	Type	Description
className	''	No	string	Class name for the media picker container.
onReset		Yes	function	Function to reset the audio ID to 0 and/or the audio URL to an empty string.
onUpdate		Yes	function	Function to set the audio ID on audio selection/upload.
onUpdateURL	null	No	function	Function to set the audio URL on entry. If not set, the button to enter a URL manually will not display.
value		Yes	integer	The ID of the selected audio. 0 represents no selection.
valueURL	''	No	string	The URL of the audio. An empty string represents no selection.

Checkboxes

Provides a UI component that uses the Checkbox component to render the equivalent of a multi-select without needing to use the SelectControl component.

Usage

<Checkboxes
  label={__('Setting', 'alley-scripts')}
  value={setting}
  onChange={(newValue) => setAttributes({ setting: newValue })}
  options={[
    { value: 'option-1', label: __('Option 1', 'alley-scripts') },
    { value: 'option-2', label: __('Option 2', 'alley-scripts') },
  ]}
/>

Props

Prop	Required	Type	Description
label	Yes	string	The label for the component.
value	Yes	array	The current value as an array of strings.
options	Yes	array	Available options to choose from with a structure of `{ value: '', label: '' }`.
onChange	Yes	function	Function called with the selected options after the user makes an update.

CSVUploader

Allows a user to upload a CSV file, which is parsed in the browser, converted to a JSON structure, passed through a user specified callback function for further transformation, and saved to block attributes. This component is intended to be used to save the resulting JSON data to postmeta, but that is controlled in the parent block scope.

Usage

Render a CSV upload component with a callback to further process the JSON data.

  <CSVUploader
    attributeName="data"
    callback={transformData}
    setAttributes={setAttributes}
  />

Callback Function

The callback function is optional, and allows for further processing of the data returned by the parser.

The callback function accepts an array of objects as its only parameter. Each object will be a description of one row in the CSV, with keys matching the headers in the file.

Given a CSV file in the following format:

title,slug,description
Sample Title,sample-title,Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.

The array of objects passed to the callback function will take the following form:

[
  {
    title: 'Sample Title',
    slug: 'sample-title',
    description: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.',
  },
]

Under the hood, the CSV parser uses PapaParse and attempts to make intelligent choices about data formats based on data in each column. Columns of integers should come through as integers, for example.

ImagePicker

Allows a user to select or remove an image using the media modal or via direct URL entry. This component is a thin wrapper around MediaPicker and sets the allowed types for the MediaPicker to image as well as provides a custom preview component that embeds the selected image in the editor.

For more information on how to use this component, see MediaPicker.

Usage

<ImagePicker
  className="image-picker"
  imageSize="thumbnail"
  onReset={() => setAttributes({ imageId: 0 })}
  onUpdate={({ id }) => setAttributes({ imageId: id })}
  value={imageId}
/>

Props

Prop	Default	Required	Type	Description
className	''	No	string	Class name for the media picker container.
imageSize	'thumbnail'	No	string	The size to display in the preview.
displayControlsInToolbar	false	No	boolean	Determines if controls should render in the block toolbar.
onReset		Yes	function	Function to reset the image ID to 0 and/or the image URL to an empty string.
onUpdate		Yes	function	Function to set the image ID on image selection/upload.
onUpdateURL	null	No	function	Function to set the image URL on entry. If not set, the button to enter a URL manually will not display.
value		Yes	integer	The ID of the selected image. 0 represents no selection.
valueURL	''	No	string	The URL of the image. An empty string represents no selection.

MediaPicker

Allows for a simple media upload/replace/remove feature for media for blocks.

Usage

<MediaPicker
  allowedTypes={['application/pdf']}
  className="media-picker"
  onReset={() => setAttributes({ mediaId: 0 })}
  onUpdate={({ id }) => setAttributes({ mediaId: id })}
  value={mediaId}
/>

The value of mediaId is the ID of the media element, and is destructured from props.attributes.

There are additional options for the MediaPicker that can be configured via the props listed below. For example, the MediaPicker also supports URL entry as well as custom preview components, which is useful when you want to render an image or an embed instead of just a text link to the selected asset.

Props

Prop	Default	Required	Type	Description
allowedTypes	[]	No	array	Array with the types of the media to upload/select from the media library. Defaults to empty array (all types).
className	''	No	string	Class name for the media picker container.
icon	'format-aside'	No	string	The name of the Dashicon to use next to the title when no selection has been made yet.
imageSize	'thumbnail'	No	string	If the selected item is an image, the size to display in the preview.
displayControlsInToolbar	false	No	boolean	Determines if controls should render in the block toolbar.
onReset		Yes	function	Function to reset the attachment ID to 0 and/or the attachment URL to an empty string.
onUpdate		Yes	function	Function to set the attachment ID on attachment selection/upload.
onUpdateURL	null	No	function	Function to set the attachment URL on entry. If not set, the button to enter a URL manually will not display.
preview	null	No	element	An optional JSX component that accepts an `src` prop as a string to render the preview upon selection.
value		Yes	integer	The ID of the selected attachment. 0 represents no selection.
valueURL	''	No	string	The URL of the attachment. An empty string represents no selection.

PostPicker

Allows for a simple post select/replace/remove feature, similar to selecting an item from the media library.

Usage

<PostPicker
  allowedTypes={['post']}
  className="post-picker"
  onReset={() => setAttributes({ postId: 0 })}
  onUpdate={( id ) => setAttributes({ postId: id })}
  value={postId}
/>

There are additional options for the PostPicker that can be configured via the props listed below. For example, the PostPicker also supports customizing the arguments sent to the search endpoint, a custom renderer for previews, a custom renderer for search results, and a custom function for fetching post data given a post ID.

Props

Prop	Default	Required	Type	Description
allowedTypes	`[]`	No	array	Array with the post types to select from. Defaults to empty array (all types).
className	`''`	No	string	Class name for the post picker container.
getPostType		No	function	Function to retrieve the post type for a post ID. This function must return a string.
modalTitle	`Select Post`	No	string	Title of the modal that shows posts.
onReset		Yes	function	Function to reset the post ID to 0.
onUpdate		Yes	function	Function to set the post ID on post selection.
params	`{}`	No	object	Optional key value pairs to append to the search request. Ex: `{ per_page: 20 }`.
previewRender		No	function	Optional component to render the preview of the selected post. Must recieve an object similar to what is returned from the `/wp/v2/posts/<ID>` endpoint.
replaceText	`Replace`	No	string	Text shown on the button that will open the picker to replace a currently selected post.
resetText	`Reset`	No	string	Text shown on the button that will reset the picker to having no post selected.
searchEndpoint	`/wp/v2/search`	No	string	Optional search endpoint.
searchRender		No	function	Optional component to render the preview of posts in the modal window. Must recieve an object similar to what is returned from the `/wp/v2/search` endpoint.
selectText	`Select`	No	string	Text shown on the button that will open the picker to select a post.
suppressPostIds		No	array	Array of post ids to not show in the results list.
title	`''`	No	string	Optional title for the component.
value		Yes	integer	The ID of the selected post. 0 represents no selection.

SafeHTML

A lightweight, reusable component for safely creating a component that contains arbitrary HTML, such as from a REST API.

Uses dangerouslySetInnerHTML and DOMPurify under the hood.

Because of how dangerouslySetInnerHTML works, you need to provide a tag to inject the HTML into. If the HTML you want to inject is wrapped in the tag you want to use, you will need to strip that out first.

Usage

<SafeHTML
  className="some-classname"
  html="<p>some arbitrary html</p>"
  tag="div"
/>

Props

prop	required	type
className	No	string	A classname for the element.
html	Yes	string	The arbitrary HTML to sanitize and insert
tag	Yes	string	The tag name to wrap the HTML in, e.g., `div`.

Selector

Allows users to select an item or multiple items using a search query against the REST API. Optionally, accepts a list of subtypes to which to restrict the search. Utilizes the search endpoint, so items must have the appropriate visibility within the REST API to appear in the result list.

Importantly, this component does not save the selected item, it just returns it in the onSelect method. The enclosing block or component is responsible for managing the selected items in some way, and using this component as a method for picking a new one.

Usage

  <Selector
    className="custom-autocomplete-classname"
    emptyLabel="No items."
    label="Label"
    multiple
    onSelect={onSelect}
    placeholder="Placeholder..."
    subTypes={['post', 'page']}
    selected={[{
      id: 123,
      title: 'Title of Element',
    }]}
    threshold={3}
  />

Props

Prop	Default	Required	Type	Description
className		false	string	If specified, the className is prepended to the top-level container.
emptyLabel	No items found	false	string	If specified, this overrides the default language when no items are found.
label	Search for items	false	string	If specified, this overrides the default label text for the item selection search input.
multiple	false	false	boolean	If set to true the component allows for the ability to select multiple items returned through the `onSelect` callback.
onSelect	NA	true	function	Callback to receive the selected item array, as it is returned from the `search` REST endpoint. Required.
placeholder	Search for items	false	string	If specified, this overrides the default input placeholder value.
subTypes	[]	false	array	All queryable subtypes that will be included in the form of a comma-separated array. The default query is "any" subtype.
selected	[]	false	array	Optional array of objects with id and title keys to auto-hydrate selections on load.
threshold	3	false	integer	If specified, this overrides the default minimum number of characters that must be entered in order for the search to fire.

TermSelect

A component for selecting terms.

Usage See the Selector component for usage details. The type prop is preset to term.

VideoPicker

Allows a user to select or remove a video using the media modal or via direct URL entry. This component is a thin wrapper around MediaPicker and sets the allowed types for the MediaPicker to video as well as provides a custom preview component that embeds the selected video in the editor.

For more information on how to use this component, see MediaPicker.

Usage

<VideoPicker
  className="video-picker"
  onReset={() => setAttributes({ videoId: 0 })}
  onUpdate={({ id }) => setAttributes({ videoId: id })}
  value={videoId}
/>

Props

Prop	Default	Required	Type	Description
className	''	No	string	Class name for the media picker container.
onReset		Yes	function	Function to reset the video ID to 0 and/or the video URL to an empty string.
onUpdate		Yes	function	Function to set the video ID on video selection/upload.
onUpdateURL	null	No	function	Function to set the video URL on entry. If not set, the button to enter a URL manually will not display.
value		Yes	integer	The ID of the selected video. 0 represents no selection.
valueURL	''	No	string	The URL of the video. An empty string represents no selection.

Hooks

Hooks are custom React hooks that provide various functionalities within the block editor.

useBlockName

A custom React hook that returns the name of a block.

Usage

const MyBlock = ({ clientId }) => {
  const blockName = useBlockName(clientId);

  ...
};

const MyBlock = ({ clientId }) => {
  const parentBlockClientId = useParentClientId(clientId);
  const parentBlockName = useBlockName(parentBlockClientId);
  ...
};

useCurrentPostId

A custom React hook to retrieve the current post ID.

Usage

const MyBlock = () => {
  const currentPostID = useCurrentPostId();

  if (currentPostID) {
    ...
  }
};

useDebounce

A custom React hook that creates and returns a new debounced version of the passed value that will postpone its execution until after wait milliseconds have elapsed since the last time it was invoked

@see https://github.com/alleyinteractive/alley-scripts/issues/250

Usage

const MyComponent = () => {
  const [value, setValue] = useState('');
  const debouncedValue = useDebounce(value, 500);

  // This value will display after 500 miliseconds
  useEffect(() => {
    // Kickoff Function on a delay.
  }, [debouncedValue]);

  return (
    <>
      <TextControl
        label={__('Set Value', 'your-textdomain-here')}
        onChange={(next) => setValue(next)}
        value={value}
      />
    </>
  );
};

useHasInnerBlocks

A custom React hook that determines if a block has inner blocks.

Usage

const MyBlock = ({
 clientId
}) => {
  const hasInnerBlocks = useHasInnerBlocks(clientId);

  if (hasInnerBlocks) {
    ...
  } else {
    ...
  }

  ...
};

useInnerBlockIndex

A custom React hook that returns the current block's index relative to its siblings within a parent block.

Usage

const MyBlock = ({
 clientId
}) => {
  const blockIndex = useInnerBlockIndex(clientId);

  ...
};

useInnerBlocksAttributes

A custom React hook that returns the current blocks' inner block's attributes.

Usage

const MyBlock = ({
 clientId
}) => {
  const innerBlockAttributes = useInnerBlocksAttributes(clientId);

  ...
};

useInnerBlocksCount

A custom React hook that returns the current block's inner block count.

Usage

const MyBlock = ({
 clientId
}) => {
  const innerBlocksCount = useInnerBlocksCount(clientId);

  ...
};

useMedia

A custom React hook for attachment data given an ID.

Usage

const MyBlock = ({
	imageID,
}) => {
  const image = useMedia(imageID);

  ...
};

useParentBlock

A custom React hook that returns the current block's parent block.

Usage

const MyBlock = ({ clientId }) => {
  const parentBlock = useParentBlock(clientId);

  ...
};

useParentBlockAttributes

A custom React hook that returns the current block's parent block attributes.

Usage

const MyBlock = ({
 clientId
}) => {
  const parentBlockAttributes = useParentBlockAttributes(clientId);

  ...
};

useParentClientId

A custom React hook that returns the client id of the parent block of the current block.

Usage

const MyBlock = ({ clientId }) => {
  const parentBlockClientId = useParentClientId(clientId);

  ...
};

usePost

A custom React hook to retrieve post data given a post ID and post type.

Usage

const MyBlock = ({
 postID,
 postType = 'post',
 options = { context: 'view' }
}) => {
  const post = usePost(postID, postType, options);

  if (post) {
    ...
  }
};

usePostById

A custom React hook to retrieve post data given only a post ID. If you have the post type, use usePost instead.

Usage

const MyBlock = ({
 postID,
}) => {
  const post = usePostById(postID);

  if (post) {
    ...
  }
};

You can also pass a function to lookup the post type when passed the post id. This function must return a string that is the post type.

const MyBlock = ({
 postID,
}) => {
  const myCustomPostTypeLookup = (id) => (
    myCustomPostTypeMap[id]
  );

  const post = usePostById(postID, myCustomPostTypeLookup);

  if (post) {
    ...
  }
};

You are also able to pass options to the underlying API query. For example, here is how we would get a post with the Edit context.

const MyBlock = ({
 postID,
}) => {
  const post = usePostById(postID, null, { context: 'edit' });

  if (post) {
    ...
  }
};

usePostMeta

A custom React hook that wraps useEntityProp for working with postmeta. This hook is intended to reduce boilerplate code in components that need to read and write postmeta. By default, it operates on postmeta for the current post, but you can optionally pass a post type and post ID in order to get and set post meta for an arbitrary post.

Usage

Editing the Current Post's Meta

const MyComponent = () => {
  const [meta, setMeta] = usePostMeta();
  const { my_meta_key: myMetaKey } = meta;

  return (
    <TextControl
      label={__('My Meta Key', 'your-textdomain-here')}
      onChange={(next) => setMeta({ ...meta, my_meta_key: next })}
      value={myMetaKey}
    />
  );
};

Editing Another Post's Meta

const MyComponent = ({
  postId,
  postType,
}) => {
  const [meta, setMeta] = usePostMeta(postType, postId);
  const { my_meta_key: myMetaKey } = meta;

  return (
    <TextControl
      label={__('My Meta Key', 'your-textdomain-here')}
      onChange={(next) => setMeta({ ...meta, my_meta_key: next })}
      value={myMetaKey}
    />
  );
};

usePostMetaValue

A custom React hook that wraps useEntityProp for working with a specific postmeta value. It returns the value for the specified meta key as well as a setter for the meta value. This hook is intended to reduce boilerplate code in components that need to read and write postmeta. It differs from usePostMeta in that it operates on a specific meta key/value pair. By default, it operates on postmeta for the current post, but you can optionally pass a post type and post ID in order to get and set post meta for an arbitrary post.

Usage

Editing the Current Post's Meta

const MyComponent = () => {
  const [myMetaKey, setMyMetaKey] = usePostMetaValue('my_meta_key');

  return (
    <TextControl
      label={__('My Meta Key', 'your-textdomain-here')}
      onChange={setMyMetaKey}
      value={myMetaKey}
    />
  );
};

Editing Another Post's Meta

const MyComponent = ({
  postId,
  postType,
}) => {
  const [myMetaKey, setMyMetaKey] = usePostMetaValue('my_meta_key', postType, postId);

  return (
    <TextControl
      label={__('My Meta Key', 'your-textdomain-here')}
      onChange={setMyMetaKey}
      value={myMetaKey}
    />
  );
};

usePosts

A custom React hook to retrieve multiple posts' data given an array of post IDs and a single post type.

Usage

const MyBlock = ({
 postIDs,
}) => {
  const posts = usePosts(postIDs, postType);

  if (posts) {
    ...
  }
};

useTerms

A custom React hook that wraps useEntityProp for working with a post's terms. It returns an array that contains a copy of a post's terms assigned from a given taxonomy as well as a helper function that sets the terms for a given post. This hook is intended to reduce boilerplate code in components that need to update a post's terms. By default, it operates on terms for the current post, but you can optionally pass a post type and post ID in order to get and set terms for an arbitrary post.

Usage

Editing the Current Post's Terms

const MyComponent = ({
  taxonomy,
}) => {
  const [terms, setTerms] = useTerms(null, null, taxonomy);

  return (
    <SelectControl
      label={__('My Terms', 'your-textdomain-here')}
      multiple
      onChange={(next) => setTerms(next)}
      options={options}
      value={terms}
    />
  );
};

Editing Another Post's Terms

const MyComponent = ({
  postId,
  postType,
  taxonomy,
}) => {
  const [terms, setTerms] = useTerms(postType, postId, taxonomy);

  return (
    <SelectControl
      label={__('My Terms', 'your-textdomain-here')}
      multiple
      onChange={(next) => setTerms(next)}
      options={options}
      value={terms}
    />
  );
};

Services

Services are utility functions that provide additional functionalities.

parseCSVFile

Parses a CSV file and converts it into an array of objects.

Given a File object containing CSV data, parseCSVFile parses the CSV and returns an array of objects that are keyed by column names. Assumes that the first row in the CSV is the name of the column. Skips empty lines and attempts to do automatic type conversion.

Parameters

{File} file - The CSV file object.

Returns

{Promise} - A Promise that will resolve to an array of row objects.

getMediaUrl

Extracts the URL for a media item at a requested size from a media object.

Given a media object returned from the WordPress REST API, extracts the URL for the media item at the requested size if it exists, or the full size if it does not. Returns an empty string if unable to find either. Uses a superset of the same logic that the Gutenberg Image component uses for selecting the correct image size from a media REST API response.

Parameters

{object} media - A media object returned by the WordPress API.
{string} size - Media size to request. Default: full

Returns

{string} - The URL to the asset, or an empty string on failure.

Changelog

This project keeps a changelog.

Development Process

This package is developed as part of the Alley Scripts project on GitHub. The project is organized as a monorepo using npm workspaces and individual packages are published to npm under the @alleyinteractive organization.

Contributing

You can contribute to this project in several ways:

Visit the main Alley Scripts GitHub repo to Open an issue or submit PRs.

Releases

This project adheres to the Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 specification. All major, minor, and patch releases are published to npm and tagged in the repo. We will maintain separate branches for each minor release (e.g. block-editor-tools/0.1) to manage patch releases while keeping future development in the main branch.

Maintainers

This project is actively maintained by Alley Interactive. Like what you see? Come work with us.

License

This software is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.

@alleyinteractive/block-editor-tools

Alley Block Editor Tools

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AudioPicker

Checkboxes

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CSVUploader

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Callback Function

ImagePicker

MediaPicker

PostPicker

SafeHTML

Selector

TermSelect

VideoPicker

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useBlockName

useCurrentPostId

useDebounce

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useHasInnerBlocks

useInnerBlockIndex

useInnerBlocksAttributes

useInnerBlocksCount

useMedia

useParentBlock

useParentBlockAttributes

useParentClientId

usePost

usePostById

usePostMeta

usePostMetaValue

usePosts

useTerms

Services

parseCSVFile

getMediaUrl

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