/socket-react-client

Unopinionated lightweight component using Socket.io for React for the client.

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socket-react-client

Unopinionated, lightweight React components for managing socket.io events on the client.

Installation

  1. Fork from https://github.com/socket-react-client/socket-react-client
  2. npm install

Usage

Three components are made available, SocketProvider, SocketEmit, SocketOn.

To use these, simply import the component/components you want to your file.

import { SocketProvider, SocketEmit, SocketOn } from 'socket-react-client'; 

const Button = ({ emit }) => {
  return <button onClick={emit}>Click me</button>;
}

class App extends Component {
  constructor() {
    super();
    this.update = this.update.bind(this);
    this.state = { bool: false }
  }

  update() {
    this.setState({ bool: !this.state.bool });
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <div>
        <SocketEmit emit='hello' with={{ hello: 'world' }}>
          <Button />
          <Button />
        </SocketEmit>
        <SocketOn on='world' do={this.update} />
      </div>
    );
  }
}

#SocketProvider

props: socket(Socket), [uri(String)]

  • socket: The Socket object provided upon instantiation
  • uri: The uri in which the socket connection is made

#SocketEmit

props: emit(String), [with(any)]

  • emit: The name of the event to emit
  • with: The data to pass to listeners

child props: emit(func)

  • emit: Callback to emit message

#SocketOn

props: name(String), [callback(func)]

  • on: The name of the event to listen to
  • do: The function to run upon receiving event

Running in Development

npm start will start a webpack developement server with pre-built starter code

Testing

npm test

Contributing

  1. Fork it!
  2. Create your feature branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature
  3. Commit your changes: git commit -am 'Add some feature'
  4. Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature
  5. Submit a pull request :D

Contributors

License

MIT