Learn React Hooks

Using the useResource Hook

A more powerful way of dealing with requests, is using the axios and react-request-hook libraries. Using these libraries, we have access to features that can cancel a single request, or even clear all pending requests. Furthermore, using these libraries makes it easier to deal with errors and loading states.

We are now going to implement the useResource Hook in order to request themes from our server:

1. In src/ChangeTheme.js, import the useResource Hook from the react-request-hook library:

import { useResource } from 'react-request-hook'

2. Remove the previously defined State and Effect Hooks.

3. Then, we define a useResource Hook within the ChangeTheme component. The Hook returns a value and a getter function. Calling ...