@unleashit/async-handler

Async Handler

HOC that takes an async function and returns views for loading, no-data and error states. It accepts an optional method to check a cache before the async function is run.

Install

npm install @unleashit/async-handler

Required peer dependencies: react.

Example with render prop

import React from 'react';
import AsyncHandler from '@unleashit/async-handler';
 
class ColorList extends React.Component {
  request() {
    return new Promise(resolve => {
      setTimeout(() => {
        resolve(['red', 'green', 'blue', 'yellow', 'orange', 'black', 'white']);
      }, 1500);
    });
  }
 
  render() {
    return (
      <AsyncHandler request={this.request}>
        {data => <div>{data.join(', ')}</div>}
      </AsyncHandler>
    );
  }
}
 
export default ColorList;

This will display default messages for loading, error or no results* as needed. Note that request should return a promise with just the data part of the response so AsyncHandler can know when to display the no results component.

* no results meaning when an object with no keys or a zero length array is returned.

HOC example using cache and optional components

import { withAsyncHandler } from '@unleashit/async-handler';
import MySpinner from './spinner';
 
// data to fetch asynchronously, here for demo reasons
const users = [
  {
    id: 1,
    name: 'joe',
    age: 30,
  },
  {
    id: 2,
    name: 'judy',
    age: 27,
  },
];
 
// for demonstration, normally you might use
// Redux or another decoupled place to store the cache.
let userCache = null;
 
const UserList = ({ data }) => {
  return (
    <ul>
      {data.map(item => (
        <li key={item.id}>
          {item.name} is {item.age} years old.
        </li>
      ))}
    </ul>
  );
};
 
export default withAsyncHandler({
  request: () => {
    return new Promise(resolve => {
      setTimeout(() => {
        userCache = { users, cacheDate: new Date() };
        resolve(users);
      }, 1500);
    });
  },
  cache: () => {
    return userCache && new Date() - userCache.cacheDate <= 5 * 1000
      ? userCache.users
      : null;
  },
  loaderComponent: <MySpinner foo={'bar'} />,
  noResultsComponent: <div>No user{"'"}s found.</div>,
  errorComponent: ({ error }) => (
    <div>Oops, there was a problem: {JSON.stringify(error)}</div>
  ),
})(UserList);

CSS

Basic namespaced (BEM) css can be imported: import '@unleashit/async-handler/dist/async-handler.css'. CSS Module support is baked in. If you use CSS Modules you can import '@unleashit/async-handler/dist/async-handler.module.css' or import your own custom module targeting the internal classes and pass to the cssModuleStyles prop. Please see CSS in the main readme of the repo for more info.

API and Props

interface DefaultComponentProps {
  cssModuleStyle?: {
    [key: string]: string;
  };
  error?: any;
}
type DefaultComponent = (props?: DefaultComponentProps) => React.ReactNode;
interface Props {
  request: () => Promise<any>;
  cache: () => object | any[] | false | null;
  loaderComponent: DefaultComponent;
  noResultsComponent: DefaultComponent;
  errorComponent: DefaultComponent;
  cssModuleStyles?: { [key: string]: string };
  children: (data: any) => any;
}

Name	Type	Description	default
request	() => Promise	Called if cache function exists and doesn't return a falsy value	required
cache	() => object \| any[] \| false \| null	Optional function that should return a cache object or null (calls the request)	n/a
noResultsComponent	() => React.ReactNode	React component to override default no results message	Nothing found.
errorComponent	({ error }: {error: any} ) => React.ReactNode	React component to override default error message	default message with error displayed
loaderComponent	() => React.ReactNode	React component to override the default loader	Loading...
cssModuleStyles	{ [key: string]: string }	CSS Module object that optionally replaces default. Class names need to match expected names.	BEM CSS
children	(data: any) => any;	Function to be called with data if request returns with results (AsyncHandler only)	n/a

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