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# React Composer
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Compose [render prop](https://reactjs.org/docs/render-props.html) components.
## Motivation
Render props are great. Using a component with a render prop looks like the following:
```jsx
<RenderPropComponent {...config}>
{result => <MyComponent result={result} />}
</RenderPropComponent>
```
Sometimes you need the result of multiple render prop components inside of `MyComponent`. This
can get messy.
```jsx
<RenderPropComponent {...config}>
{resultOne => (
<RenderPropComponent {...configTwo}>
{resultTwo => (
<RenderPropComponent {...configThree}>
{resultThree => (
<MyComponent results={{ resultOne, resultTwo, resultThree }} />
)}
</RenderPropComponent>
)}
</RenderPropComponent>
)}
</RenderPropComponent>
```
Nesting render prop components leads to rightward drift of your code. Use React Composer to
prevent that drift.
```jsx
import Composer from 'react-composer';
<Composer
components={[
<RenderPropComponent {...configOne} />,
<RenderPropComponent {...configTwo} />,
<RenderPropComponent {...configThree} />
]}>
{([resultOne, resultTwo, resultThree]) => (
<MyComponent results={{ resultOne, resultTwo, resultThree }} />
)}
</Composer>;
```
## Installation
Install using [npm](https://www.npmjs.com):
```
npm install react-composer
```
or [yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/):
```
yarn add react-composer
```
## API
This library has one, default export: `Composer`.
### `<Composer />`
Compose multiple render prop components together. The props are as
follows:
### `props.children`
A render function that is called with an array of results accumulated from the render prop components.
```jsx
<Composer components={[]}>
{results => {
/* Do something with results... Return a valid React element. */
}}
</Composer>
```
### `props.components`
The render prop components to compose. This is an array of [React elements](https://reactjs.org/docs/glossary.html#elements) and/or render functions that are invoked with a render function and the currently accumulated results.
```jsx
<Composer
components={[
// React elements may be passed for basic use cases
// props.children will be provided via React.cloneElement
<Outer />,
// Render functions may be passed for added flexibility and control
({ results, render }) => (
<Middle previousResults={results} children={render} />
)
]}>
{([outerResult, middleResult]) => {
/* Do something with results... Return a valid React element. */
}}
</Composer>
```
> **Note:** You do not need to provide `props.children` to the React element entries in `props.components`. If you do provide `props.children` to these elements, it will be ignored and overwritten.
#### `props.components` as render functions
A render function may be passed instead of a React element for added flexibility.
Render functions provided must return a valid React element. Render functions will be invoked with an object containing 2 properties:
1. `results`: The currently accumulated results. You can use this for render prop components which depend on the results of other render prop components.
2. `render`: The render function for the component to invoke with the value produced. Plug this into your render prop component. This will typically be plugged in as `props.children` or `props.render`.
```jsx
<Composer
components={[
// props.components may contain both elements and render functions
<Outer />,
({ /* results, */ render }) => <SomeComponent children={render} />
]}>
{results => {
/* Do something with results... */
}}
</Composer>
```
## Examples and Guides
### Example: Render prop component(s) depending on the result of other render prop component(s)
```jsx
<Composer
components={[
<Outer />,
({ results: [outerResult], render }) => (
<Middle fromOuter={outerResult} children={render} />
),
({ results, render }) => (
<Inner fromOuterAndMiddle={results} children={render} />
)
// ...
]}>
{([outerResult, middleResult, innerResult]) => {
/* Do something with results... */
}}
</Composer>
```
### Example: Render props named other than `props.children`.
By default, `<Composer />` will enhance your React elements with `props.children`.
Render prop components typically use `props.children` or `props.render` as their render prop. Some even accept both. For cases when your render prop component's render prop is not `props.children` you can plug `render` in directly yourself. Example:
```jsx
<Composer
components={[
// Support varying named render props
<RenderAsChildren />,
({ render }) => <RenderAsChildren children={render} />,
({ render }) => <RenderAsRender render={render} />,
({ render }) => <CustomRenderPropName renderItem={render} />
// ...
]}>
{results => {
/* Do something with results... */
}}
</Composer>
```
### Example: Render prop component(s) that produce multiple arguments
Example of how to handle cases when a component passes multiple arguments to its render prop rather than a single argument.
```jsx
<Composer
components={[
<Outer />,
// Differing render prop signature (multi-arg producers)
({ render }) => (
<ProducesMultipleArgs>
{(one, two) => render([one, two])}
</ProducesMultipleArgs>
),
<Inner />
]}>
{([outerResult, [one, two], innerResult]) => {
/* Do something with results... */
}}
</Composer>
```
### Limitations
This library only works for render prop components that have a single render
prop. So, for instance, this library will not work if your component has an API like the following:
```jsx
<RenderPropComponent onSuccess={onSuccess} onError={onError} />
```
### Render Order
The first item in the `components` array will be the outermost component that is rendered. So, for instance,
if you pass
```jsx
<Composer components={[<A/>, <B/>, <C/>]}>
```
then your tree will render like so:
```
- A
- B
- C
```
### Console Warnings
Render prop components often specify with [PropTypes](https://reactjs.org/docs/typechecking-with-proptypes.html)
that the render prop is required. When using these components with React Composer, you may get a warning in the
console.
One way to eliminate the warnings is to define the render prop as an empty function knowning that `Composer` will
overwrite it with the real render function.
```jsx
<Composer
components={[
<RenderPropComponent {...props} children={() => null} />
]}
// ...
>
```
Alternatively, you can leverage the flexibility of the `props.components` as functions API and plug the render function in directly yourself.
```jsx
<Composer
components={[
({render}) => <RenderPropComponent {...props} children={render} />
]}
// ...
>
```
### Example Usage
Here are some examples of render prop components that benefit from React Composer:
* React's [Context API](https://reactjs.org/docs/context.html). See [this example](https://codesandbox.io/s/92pj14134y) by [Kent Dodds](https://twitter.com/kentcdodds).
* [React Request](https://github.com/jamesplease/react-request)
* Apollo's [Query component](https://www.apollographql.com/docs/react/essentials/queries.html#basic)
Do you know of a component that you think benefits from React Composer? Open a Pull Request and add it to the list!
## Contributing
Are you interested in helping out with this project? That's awesome – thank you! Head on over to
[the contributing guide](./CONTRIBUTING.md) to get started.

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