use-suspender

Wraps asynchronous function allowing to use it with React.Suspense.

Installation

Using pnpm:

pnpm add use-suspender

or yarn:

yarn add use-suspender

Or npm:

npm i use-suspender

API

createSuspender(implementation[, ctx])

Creates a new useSuspender hook for given function.

Takes following argmuents:

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
implementation	SuspenderImplementation	Yes	–	A function to create useSuspender hook for
ctx	unknown	No	undefined	thisArg to use with each useSuspender hook call

Returns a function implementing SuspenderHook<TResult, TArgs> interface.

interface SuspenderImplementation<TResult, TArgs>

Implements arbitary function. For TypeScript users this will help to narrow types for implementation's result and its arguments.

Takes following type parameters:

Name	Extends	Required	Default	Description
TResult	–	Yes	–	The result returned by suspender implementation
TArgs	readonly unknown[]	Yes	–	A list of implementation's arguments

For example, if you create a function that returns a User type, the useSuspender hook will expect the same exact arguments your function is taking and return the same type of the result:

import {createSuspender} from "use-suspender"
import type {FC} from "react"

interface User {
  id: string
  fullName: string
  role: string
  age: number
}

async function getUserFromSomewhereById(userId: string): Promise<User> {
  const response = await fetch(`https://example.com/api/v1/json/users/${userId}`)

  return response.json()
}

// This will create a function implementing UseSuspenderHook<TResult, TArgs> interface.
const useGetUser = createSuspender(getUserFromSomewhereById)
// => UseSuspenderHook<User, [userId: string]>

const Profile: FC = () => {
  // This function will expect the same arguments with the same types as getUserFromSomewhereById
  // In this example, if you call it with just a number - you will get an error from TypeScript.
  const user = useGetUser("42")

  return (
    <div>
      {/* It will also return the same type as getUserFromSomewhereById, so you'll have autocompletions */}
      Welcome, {user.fullName}!
    </div>
  )
}

export default Profile

interface UseSuspenderHook<TResult, TArgs>

Implements suspender hook, returned by createSuspender function.

This interface is a function with additional properties.

When called, it executes suspender implementation with given arguments. This function will throw a Promise to notify React.Suspense and resolve a result from suspender.

When called with the same argments, it will find pending operation by comparing cached arguments using fast-deep-equal and re-throw a promise to notify React.Suspense if matched any.

Takes following type parameters:

Name	Extends	Required	Default	Description
TResult	–	Yes	–	The result returned by suspender implementation
TArgs	readonly unknown[]	Yes	–	A list of implementation's arguments

UseSuspenderHook.useSuspender(...args: TArgs): TResult

Executes suspender implementation with given arguments. This function will throw a Promise to notify React.Suspense and resolve a result from suspender.

When called with the same argments, it will find pending operation by comparing cached arguments using fast-deep-equal and re-throw a promise to notify React.Suspense if matched any.

This function should be called inside of your React function component.

• args – arguments to call the suspender with

UseSuspenderHook.callEarly(...args: TArgs): void

Calls useSuspense early without throwing a Promise needed to notify React.Suspense.

• args – arguments to call the suspender with

Usage

Minimal example:

import {createSuspender} from "use-suspender"
import {createRoot} from "react-dom/client"
import {Suspense} from "react"

type Nationalities =
  | "br"
  | "ca"
  | "ch"
  | "de"
  | "dk"
  | "es"
  | "fi"
  | "fr"
  | "gb"
  | "ie"
  | "in"
  | "ir"
  | "mx"
  | "nl"
  | "no"
  | "nz"
  | "rs"
  | "tr"
  | "ua"
  | "us"

const useGetRandomUser = createSuspender((nationality: Nationalities) => (
  fetch(`https://randomuser.me/api?results=1&nat=${nationality}`)
    .then(response => response.json())
    .then(([result]) => result)
))

function User() {
  const user = useGetRandomUser("ua")

  return (
    <div>
      <div>
        Name: {user.name.first} {user.name.last}
      </div>

      <div>
        Email: {user.email}
      </div>
    </div>
  )
}

const App = () => (
  <Suspense fallback={<div>Loading...</div>}>
    <User />
  </Suspense>
)

const root = document.querySelector("#root")

createRoot(root).render(<App />)

The useSuspender hook can take arguments to use in each suspender function call. Imagine you have some API method, called getUserByLogin. It takes a user login as the only argument. Here's an example of how you can apply this argument to the method:

import {createSuspender} from "use-suspender"
import {useParams} from "react-router-dom"

import {getUserByLogin} from "./api/user"

// Alternative way to get useSuspender hook
const {useSuspender: useGetUserByLogin} = createSuspender(getUserByLogin)

function User() {
  const {login} = useParams()

  // Will execute getUserByLogin method with user taken from react-router-dom
  const user = useGetUserByLogin(login)

  return (
    <div>
      <div>
        Name: {user.name.first} {user.name.last}
      </div>

      <div>
        Email: {user.email}
      </div>
    </div>
  )
}

export default User