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import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
// Usage
function App() {
const status = useScript(
'https://pm28k14qlj.codesandbox.io/test-external-script.js'
);
return (
<div>
<div>
Script status: <b>{status}</b>
</div>
{status === "ready" && (
<div>
Script function call response: <b>{TEST_SCRIPT.start()}</b>
</div>
)}
</div>
);
}
// Hook
function useScript(src) {
// Keep track of script status ("idle", "loading", "ready", "error")
const [status, setStatus] = useState(src ? "loading" : "idle");
useEffect(
() => {
// Allow falsy src value if waiting on other data needed for
// constructing the script URL passed to this hook.
if (!src) {
setStatus("idle");
return;
}
// Fetch existing script element by src
// It may have been added by another intance of this hook
let script = document.querySelector(`script[src="${src}"]`);
if (!script) {
// Create script
script = document.createElement("script");
script.src = src;
script.async = true;
script.setAttribute("data-status", "loading");
// Add script to document body
document.body.appendChild(script);
// Store status in attribute on script
// This can be read by other instances of this hook
const setAttributeFromEvent = (event) => {
script.setAttribute(
"data-status",
event.type === "load" ? "ready" : "error"
);
};
script.addEventListener("load", setAttributeFromEvent);
script.addEventListener("error", setAttributeFromEvent);
} else {
// Grab existing script status from attribute and set to state.
setStatus(script.getAttribute("data-status"));
}
// Script event handler to update status in state
// Note: Even if the script already exists we still need to add
// event handlers to update the state for *this* hook instance.
const setStateFromEvent = (event) => {
setStatus(event.type === "load" ? "ready" : "error");
};
// Add event listeners
script.addEventListener("load", setStateFromEvent);
script.addEventListener("error", setStateFromEvent);
// Remove event listeners on cleanup
return () => {
if (script) {
script.removeEventListener("load", setStateFromEvent);
script.removeEventListener("error", setStateFromEvent);
}
};
},
[src] // Only re-run effect if script src changes
);
return status;
}
@harishkotagiri
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used this code https://usehooks.com/useScript/ in my application, but am getting below error:
'TEST_SCRIPT' is not defined no-undef
Am getting above error here:
{status === "ready" && (
<div style={{marginTop: 20, fontSize: 20}}>
Script function call response: {TEST_SCRIPT.start()}

)}

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