Purpose
Allow a ReactJS app to be dynamically loaded as a plugin. Also provide a ReactJS component to load the plugin.
Usage
Preparing the ReactJS App Plugin
Add the following lines to your src/index.js file. The purpose of these lines is to create an entry point to render and unmount the ReactJS app. Once added you may notice that npm start will render a blank instead. Follow the next section to restore the behavior of npm start to allow running the ReactJS app locally.
src/index.js
import {bootstrap} from 'plugin-loader-react';
bootstrap('PLUGIN_NAME', App);Allow npm start to launch the app
The previous section would have moved the app entry point to a JavaScript function. To launch the app when we run npm start, we need to call the JavaScript when the app loads the first time. Add the following code to the public/index.html. Here we add a script section to call the entry point when the window loads.
public/index.html
Only needed if you wish to be able to run the web app when calling npm start
<body>
<div id="entry" style="width: 100vw;height: 100vh;"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = () => {
window.PLUGIN_NAME.render('entry');
};
</script>
</body>Loading a plugin
Once we have prepare the ReactJS app as a plugin, other ReactJS app can now load them dynamically. The following code shows how we can load another plugin dynamically. You may pass in custom data in the detail property. The detail property will appear in the plugin. If no value is passed into the detail prop, it will be undefined.
Loading Another Plugin
import Loader from 'plugin-loader-react';
class AppView {
render = () => {
return (
<Loader
history={this.props.history}
host={'https://www.plugin.location.com'}
name={'PLUGIN_NAME'}
detail={{key1: 'value1'}}
onError={this._handleLoadError}
/>
);
};
}