Overview

In modern applications, establishing relationships between users, such as the ability to follow or unfollow others, is a cornerstone of personalized and dynamic content. These relationships enable users to curate their experiences by choosing whose content they want to see, fostering community interaction and engagement. By integrating follow relationships, you can enhance your application’s functionality, tailoring content feeds to reflect user interests.

Replyke simplifies the implementation of follow relationships with three dedicated hooks. These hooks are designed for ease of use, requiring minimal setup while offering robust functionality.

How to Use Relationships

Unlike many other functionalities, relationships in Replyke do not require any context provider. You can use the following hooks directly in your components:

1. useFollowUser

This hook returns a function that allows the currently logged-in user to follow another user.

Usage

const followUser = useFollowUser();
 
const handleFollowUser = (userId: string) => {
  followUser(userId);
};
 
handleFollowUser("BBBB");

Notes

• The followUser function does not require the ID of the currently logged-in user; this is handled automatically.
• The function will not execute if the passed user ID is the same as the logged-in user’s ID.

2. useUnfollowUser

This hook provides a function to unfollow a user. The requirements and limitations are the same as for useFollowUser.

Usage

const unfollowUser = useUnfollowUser();
 
const handleUnfollowUser = (userId: string) => {
  unfollowUser(userId);
};
 
handleUnfollowUser("BBBB");

Notes

• Similar to useFollowUser, the logged-in user’s ID is automatically handled.
• The function will not execute if the passed user ID is the same as the logged-in user’s ID.

3. useFetchFollow

This hook returns a function that checks whether the currently logged-in user is following a specific user.

Usage

const fetchFollow = useFetchFollow();
 
const isFollowing = fetchFollow("BBBB");
 
console.log(isFollowing); // true or false

Notes

• Pass the user ID to the fetchFollow function to determine if the logged-in user follows that user.
• The result is a boolean value: true if the user is followed, false otherwise.

Summary

Replyke’s follow relationship hooks make it simple to integrate following functionality into your application. With useFollowUser, useUnfollowUser, and useFetchFollow, you can build personalized and dynamic content feeds, enhancing user engagement without unnecessary complexity.