Mock content

Use synthetic communities and posts while developing your interface.

Install the node module

yarn add @bitsocial/bitsocial-react-hooks

If you are developing in this repo, run corepack enable once first so yarn uses the pinned Yarn 4 release.

Add env variable for mocking

The mock client reads these process.env values at import time. In setups that expose REACT_APP_* variables to the browser bundle, add them to your React app’s .env file:

REACT_APP_BITSOCIAL_REACT_HOOKS_MOCK_CONTENT=1
REACT_APP_BITSOCIAL_REACT_HOOKS_MOCK_CONTENT_LOADING_TIME=1000

Your bundler must substitute these exact process.env keys. Adding a .env file alone is not sufficient in every React setup. Restart the development server after changing them.

Get a mock feed

import { useFeed } from "@bitsocial/bitsocial-react-hooks";

function App() {
  const { feed, hasMore, loadMore } = useFeed({
    communities: [{ name: "news.eth" }],
    sortType: "new",
  });
  console.log({ feed });
  return <div className="App"></div>;
}

Disable caching (warning: extremely slow loading)

• Add to your .env file:

REACT_APP_BITSOCIAL_REACT_HOOKS_NO_CACHE=1

Delete databases and caches

import { deleteCaches, deleteDatabases } from "@bitsocial/bitsocial-react-hooks";

// delete all databases, including all caches and accounts data
await deleteDatabases();

// delete the cached comments, cached communities and cached pages only, no accounts data
await deleteCaches();