beautiful-react-hooks/esm/useInterval.js

A collection of beautiful (and hopefully useful) React hooks to speed-up your components and hooks development

import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
import isFunction from './shared/isFunction';
const defaultOptions = {
    cancelOnUnmount: true
};
/**
 * An async-utility hook that accepts a callback function and a delay time (in milliseconds), then repeats the
 * execution of the given function by the defined milliseconds.
 */
const useInterval = (fn, milliseconds, options = defaultOptions) => {
    const opts = Object.assign(Object.assign({}, defaultOptions), (options || {}));
    const timeout = useRef();
    const callback = useRef(fn);
    const [isCleared, setIsCleared] = useState(false);
    // the clear method
    const clear = useCallback(() => {
        if (timeout.current) {
            setIsCleared(true);
            clearInterval(timeout.current);
        }
    }, []);
    // if the provided function changes, change its reference
    useEffect(() => {
        if (isFunction(fn)) {
            callback.current = fn;
        }
    }, [fn]);
    // when the milliseconds change, reset the timeout
    useEffect(() => {
        if (typeof milliseconds === 'number') {
            timeout.current = setInterval(() => {
                callback.current();
            }, milliseconds);
        }
        // cleanup previous interval
        return clear;
    }, [milliseconds]);
    // when component unmount clear the timeout
    useEffect(() => () => {
        if (opts.cancelOnUnmount) {
            clear();
        }
    }, []);
    return [isCleared, clear];
};
export default useInterval;