use-api

useApi React Hook

Custom hook for React Components to fetch data from an API. Read more about it..

Example over here.

Installation

npm install use-api

Usage

Accepts as first argument an endpoint URL and as second argument an initial state for data. It returns as first item in an array an object which holds the data, isLoading and isError states, and the actual function to fetch the data (e.g. on a button click).

import React from 'react';

import useApi from 'use-api';

const AnyComponent = props => {
  const [{ data, isLoading, isError }, doFetch] = use-api(
    'http://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/search?query=redux',
    null,
  );

  ...
};

Contribute

• git clone
• cd use-api
• npm install
• npm run test

More

• Publishing a Node Package to NPM
• Node.js Testing Setup
• React Testing Setup