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sanasto-app/hooks/useLocation.js
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2021-01-05 16:32:10 -06:00

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import { useEffect, useRef, useState, useCallback } from 'react';
// useEffect(() => {
// While History API does have `popstate` event, the only
// proper way to listen to changes via `push/replaceState`
// is to monkey-patch these methods.
//
// See https://stackoverflow.com/a/4585031
if (typeof history !== 'undefined') {
for (const type of [eventPushState, eventReplaceState]) {
const original = history[type];
history[type] = function () {
const result = original.apply(this, arguments);
const event = new Event(type);
event.arguments = arguments;
dispatchEvent(event);
return result;
};
}
} else {
console.log('No history API');
}
// });
/**
* History API docs @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/History
*/
const eventPopstate = 'popstate';
const eventPushState = 'pushState';
const eventReplaceState = 'replaceState';
export const events = [eventPopstate, eventPushState, eventReplaceState];
const useLocation = ({ base = '' } = {}) => {
const getCurrentPathname = useCallback(base => {
const path = typeof location === 'undefined' ? '/' : location.pathname;
return !path.toLowerCase().indexOf(base.toLowerCase())
? path.slice(base.length) || '/'
: '~' + path;
}, []);
const [path, update] = useState(() => getCurrentPathname(base)); // @see https://reactjs.org/docs/hooks-reference.html#lazy-initial-state
const prevPath = useRef(path);
useEffect(() => {
// this function checks if the location has been changed since the
// last render and updates the state only when needed.
// unfortunately, we can't rely on `path` value here, since it can be stale,
// that's why we store the last pathname in a ref.
const checkForUpdates = () => {
const pathname = getCurrentPathname(base);
prevPath.current !== pathname && update((prevPath.current = pathname));
};
events.map(e => addEventListener(e, checkForUpdates));
// it's possible that an update has occurred between render and the effect handler,
// so we run additional check on mount to catch these updates. Based on:
// https://gist.github.com/bvaughn/e25397f70e8c65b0ae0d7c90b731b189
checkForUpdates();
return () => events.map(e => removeEventListener(e, checkForUpdates));
}, [base]);
// the 2nd argument of the `useLocation` return value is a function
// that allows to perform a navigation.
//
// the function reference should stay the same between re-renders, so that
// it can be passed down as an element prop without any performance concerns.
const navigate = useCallback(
(to, { replace = false } = {}) =>
history[replace ? eventReplaceState : eventPushState](
null,
'',
// handle nested routers and absolute paths
to[0] === '~' ? to.slice(1) : base + to
),
[base]
);
return [path, navigate];
};
export default useLocation;