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useFetchFollowStatus

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Overview

The useFetchFollowStatus hook allows you to check whether the current logged-in user is following a specific user. It returns detailed follow information including the follow relationship status, follow ID, and when the follow occurred.

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Usage Example

import { useFetchFollowStatus } from "@replyke/react-js";

function FollowStatusChecker({ targetUserId }: { targetUserId: string }) {
  const fetchFollowStatus = useFetchFollowStatus();

  const checkFollowStatus = async () => {
    try {
      const status = await fetchFollowStatus({ userId: targetUserId });
      if (status.isFollowing) {
        console.log(`Following since ${status.followedAt}`);
        console.log(`Follow ID: ${status.followId}`);
      } else {
        console.log("Not following this user");
      }
    } catch (error) {
      console.error("Failed to fetch follow status:", error.message);
    }
  };

  return <button onClick={checkFollowStatus}>Check Follow Status</button>;
}

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Parameters & Returns

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Parameters

The hook returns a function that accepts an object with the following field:
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userId
string
required
The ID of the user to check follow status for.

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Returns

The function returns a Promise that resolves to an object containing:
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isFollowing
boolean
Whether the current user is following the target user
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followId
string?
The ID of the follow relationship (if following)
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followedAt
string?
ISO date string of when the follow occurred

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Error Handling

The hook will throw errors in the following cases:
  • No project is specified
  • No user is logged in
  • No user ID is provided
  • Attempting to check follow status for yourself
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