@rooks/use-worker

Worker hook for React.

Installation

npm install --save @rooks/use-worker

Importing the hook

import useWorker from "@rooks/use-worker"

Usage

function Demo() {

const [value, setValue] = useState(0);

const [error, setError] = useState(null);

const worker = useWorker("/worker.js", {

onMessage: e => {

console.log("message received from worker");

console.log(e.data);

setValue(e.data);

},

onMessageError: e => {

console.log(e);

}

});

return value;

}

const rootElement = document.getElementById("root");

ReactDOM.render(<Demo />, rootElement);

Arguments

Arguments	Type	Description	Default value
scriptPath	string	Path to the script file that a new Worker is to be created with	undefined
options	Object	Options object within which onMessage and onMessageError options can be passed to communicate with the worker	{onMessage: () => {},,onMessageError: () => {}}

Returned Object

The worker instance is returned.