import { useCallback, useState } from "react" /** * Hook which fetches data from the backend on the first render of a component. * * @param fetchData - The function to use when fetching data, usually created by GlobalServer or GlobalUser. * @param method - The HTTP method to use. * @param path - The HTTP path to fetch the data at. * @param body - The body of the HTTP request (it will be JSONified before being sent). * @param init - Additional `init` parameters to pass to `fetch`. */ export default function useBackend(fetchData, method, path, body, init) { const [error, setError] = useState(null) const [data, setData] = useState(null) const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false) /** * Load data from the API. */ const load = useCallback( async () => { console.debug(`Loading ${method} ${path}...`) setLoading(true) console.debug(`Fetching ${method} ${path}...`) try { const _data = await fetchData(method, path, body, init) console.debug(`Displaying data of ${method} ${path}: `, _data) setData(_data) } catch(e) { console.debug(`Displaying error of ${method} ${path}: `, e) setError(e) } finally { console.debug(`Stopping loading of ${method} ${path}...`) setLoading(false) } }, [fetchData, method, path, body, init], ) /** * Invalidate the data loaded from the API and try to load it again. */ const fetchNow = useCallback( async () => { console.debug("Clearing data...") setData(null) console.debug("Clearing error...") setError(null) await load() }, [load], ) return { data, error, loading, fetchNow } }