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React SDK API reference

Complete API reference for the Knock React SDK.

In this section, you'll find the complete documentation for the components exposed in @knocklabs/react, including the props available.

Note: You can see a reference for the methods available for the Knock class, as well as a Feed instance under the client JS docs.

Context

KnockProvider

The top-level provider that connects to Knock with the given API key and authenticates a user.

Props

Accepts KnockProviderProps

apiKey*string
The public API key for the environment
userId*string
The ID of the user for which to retrieve a feed
userTokenstring
A JWT that identifies the authenticated user, signed with the private key provided in the Knock dashboard. Required to secure your production environment. Learn more.
onUserTokenExpiring(oldToken: string) => Promise<string | void>
A callback to provide that will fire before a user Token expires. By default will fire 30s before the token is set to expire. If a string is returned from the resolved promise, that will be used as the new user token.
timeBeforeExpirationInMsnumber
Determines the amount of time in milliseconds before the token expires that the callback should be fired.
hoststring
A custom API host for Knock
i18nI18nContent
An optional set of translations to override the default `en` translations used in the feed components

useKnockClient

The KnockProvider exposes a useKnockClient hook for all child components.

Returns: Knock, an instance of the Knock JS client.

Example:

KnockFeedProvider

The feed-specific provider that connects to a feed for that user. Must be a child of the KnockProvider.

Props

Accepts KnockFeedProviderProps:

feedId*string
The channel ID of the in-app feed to be displayed
defaultFeedOptionsFeedClientOptions
Set defaults for `tenant`, `has_tenant`, `source`, `archived` to scope all subsequent feed queries
colorModeColorMode
Sets the theme as either light or dark mode (defaults to light)

useKnockFeed

The KnockFeedProvider exposes a useKnockFeed hook for all child components.

Returns: KnockFeedProviderState

knockKnock
The instance of the Knock client
feedClientFeed
The instance of the authenticated Feed
useFeedStoreUseStore<FeedStoreState>
A zustand store containing the FeedStoreState
colorModeColorMode
The current theme color

Example:

KnockSlackProvider

The Slack-specific provider that connects to a Slack workspace for the given tenant. Must be a child of the KnockProvider.

Props

Accepts KnockSlackProviderProps

knockSlackChannelId*string
The ID of the Slack channel in the Knock dashboard that the Slack application is linked to.
tenant*string
The ID of the tenant that will be storing the Slack access token

KnockMsTeamsProvider

The Microsoft Teams-specific provider that connects to Microsoft Teams for the given tenant. Must be a child of the KnockProvider.

Props

Accepts KnockMsTeamsProviderProps

knockMsTeamsChannelId*string
The ID of the Microsoft Teams channel in the Knock dashboard that the Microsoft Teams bot is linked to.
tenantId*string
The ID of the Knock tenant that will be storing the Microsoft Entra tenant ID

useKnockSlackClient

The KnockSlackProvider exposes a useKnockSlackClient hook for all child components.

Returns:

connectionStatusConnectionStatus
The status of the auth connection to the given Slack client
setConnectionStatusfunction
A function to set the connection status
errorLabelstring
An error message about the connection status
setErrorLabelfunction
A function to set an error label
actionLabelstring
A label that gives an action for the user to take, like 'Retry' or 'Disconnect'
setActionLabelfunction
A function to set the action label

Example:

General components

Button

A generic Button component that can be used to add action buttons to items in a notification feed.

Props

variantstring
The variant of the button; either `primary` or `secondary`. Defaults to `primary`.
loadingTextstring
Text to display while the button is loading.
isLoadingboolean
When true, will display a spinner next to the `loadingText` (if present).
isDisabledboolean
When true, will mark the button as disabled.
isFullWidthboolean
When true, will make the button occupy 100% of the parent container.
onClick*function
The click handler to be invoked when the button is clicked.
childrenReactNode
The text to display inside of the button.

ButtonGroup

Used to group and space multiple Button components into a single line.

Props

children*ReactNode
One or more `Button` components

KnockI18nProvider

A provider to inject translations into components.

Props

i18nI18nContent
A set of translations and a locale to use in child components via the `useTranslations` hook
children*ReactNode
One or more `Button` components

Feed components

NotificationFeed

Props

EmptyComponent*ReactNode
The empty component to render, when not set defaults to <EmptyFeed />.
renderItemfunction
A function invoked per `FeedItem` to be rendered that should return a cell to be rendered in the feed. Useful when you want to render a custom feed cell. Defaults to rendering a `NotificationCell`.
renderHeaderfunction
A function invoked that returns a header to be rendered in the feed. Useful when you want to render a custom header. Defaults to rendering a `NotificationFeedHeader`.
onNotificationClickfunction
A custom function to be invoked when a notification cell is clicked.
onNotificationButtonClickfunction
A custom function to be invoked when an action button in a notification cell is clicked.
onMarkAllAsReadClickfunction
A custom function to be invoked when the `Mark all as read` button is clicked.
initialFilterStatusFilterStatus
The initial filter applied by the NotificationFeed (e.g., `FilterStatus.All` or `FilterStatus.Unread`). If unspecified, defaults to 'All'.

NotificationFeedPopover

Renders a NotificationFeed in a floating popover, rendered by popper-js.

Props

Accepts the same base props as NotificationFeed, and overrides with the following:

isVisible*boolean
Whether or not to show the popover.
onClose*function
The function to be invoked when the popover is closed.
onOpenfunction
A function that's invoked whenever the feed popover is opened, useful for updating any items in view and marking them as read, seen, or archived.
buttonRef*RefObject<HTMLElement>
A ref of the button to position the popover adjacent to.
closeOnClickOutsideboolean
When true, will close the popover whenever any area outside of the popover is clicked.
placementPlacement
Determines the popper-js position of the popover (defaults to `bottom-end`).

NotificationCell

Props

item*FeedItem
The feed item (notification) to render
onItemClickfunction
The function to be invoked when the notification cell is clicked
onButtonClickfunction
The function to be invoked when a button rendered in the notification cell is clicked
avatarReactNode
Render a custom avatar for the feed item
archiveButtonReactNode
Render a custom archive button for the feed item
childrenReactNode
A set of children to render inside of the cell, will be rendered under the main content in a `rnf-notification-cell__child-content` div. Useful for rendering action buttons.

NotificationIconButton

Renders a notification bell icon, with a badge showing the number of unseen items present in the notification feed.

Props

onClick*function
The function to be invoked when the IconButton is clicked
badgeCountTypeenum
One of `unseen` | `unread` | `all` to determine which count to display

Slack components

SlackAuthButton

Props

slackClientId*string
The client ID of your Slack application.
redirectUrlstring
The URL of your application to return to once Slack authorization is complete.
onAuthenticationComplete(authenticationResult: 'authComplete' | 'authFailed') => void;
An optional callback function you can pass to this component that will execute upon completion of the authentication flow. Takes one argument of the authentication result for you to handle in your callback.

SlackAuthContainer

Props

actionButton*ReactNode
Render a button, either a custom one or the SlackAuthButton, to connect to Slack

SlackChannelCombobox

Props

slackChannelsRecipientObject*RecipientObject
Object ID and collection of the Knock object that will store the channel data of the connected Slack channels.
queryOptionsSlackChannelQueryOptions
An optional map of params to control the query to the Slack API

Microsoft Teams components

MsTeamsAuthButton

Props

msTeamsBotId*string
The ID of your Microsoft Teams bot.
redirectUrlstring
The URL of your application to return to once Microsoft Teams authorization is complete.
onAuthenticationComplete(authenticationResult: 'authComplete' | 'authFailed') => void;
An optional callback function you can pass to this component that will execute upon completion of the authentication flow. Takes one argument of the authentication result for you to handle in your callback.

MsTeamsAuthContainer

Props

actionButton*ReactNode
Render a button, either a custom one or the MsTeamsAuthButton, to connect to Microsoft Teams

MsTeamsChannelCombobox

Props

msTeamsChannelsRecipientObject*RecipientObject
Object ID and collection of the Knock object that will store the channel data of the connected Microsoft Teams channels.

General hooks

useAuthenticatedKnockClient

Creates an authenticated Knock client.

Params

apiKey*string
The public API key for the Knock environment
userIdstring
The userId of the user to authenticate with Knock.
userTokenstring
Optional user token to authenticate requests for the current user with.
optionsAuthenticatedKnockClientOptions
A set of options to provide to the Knock instance.

Returns

Knock instance, authenticated against the user

Example

useTranslations

Exposed under KnockI18nProvider child components.

Returns:

localestring
The current locale code (defaults to `en`)
t(key: string) => string
A helper function to get the value of a translation from the current `Translations`.

Feed hooks

useNotifications

Creates a Feed instance for the provided Knock client which creates a stateful, real-time connection to Knock to build in-app experiences.

Params

knockKnock
The Knock instance to create the feed with
feedChannelIdstring
The in-app feed channel ID, obtained from the Knock dashboard
optionsFeedClientOptions
An optional set of feed client options to pass to the created Feed instance

Returns

Feed instance

Example

useNotificationStore

Given a Feed will return reactive access to the FeedStateStore. Can optionally accept a selector to retrieve a fine-grained slice of state from the store.

Params

feedClientFeed
The feed instance to select content from
selectorStateSelector<FeedStoreState>
An optional selector to limit the state slice returned from the store. Defaults to returning all state.

Returns

FeedStoreState

Example

Slack hooks

Exposed under KnockSlackProvider child components.

useSlackAuth

Builds a Slack authorization URL generator and a disconnect function.

Props:

slackClientIdstring
The client ID from your Slack app
redirectUrlstring
The URL to redirect back to after authorizing; should be your own application's URL

Returns:

buildSlackAuthUrlfunction
Function to build a valid Slack URL with the necessary scopes
disconnectFromSlackfunction
Function to disconnect from Slack which revokes the access token and removes it from the tenant in Knock

useSlackChannels

This hook will continually fetch partial data about Slack channels from a given workspace up to the max limit given.

Props:

queryOptionsSlackChannelQueryOptions
An optional map of params to control the query to the Slack API

Returns:

dataSlackChannel[]
List of partial data about each Slack channel
isLoadingboolean
Whether the channels are loading
refetchfunction
Function to fetch the channels again

useConnectedSlackChannels

This hook returns partial data about the Slack channels that are present on the given recipient object's channel data. These are the Slack channels that would be notified with this object as a recipient of a workflow.

Props:

slackChannelsRecipientObjectRecipientObject
The object that holds connected Slack channels as channel data

Returns:

dataSlackChannelConnection[]
List of data about the connected Slack channels
loadingboolean
Whether the channels are loading
errorstring
Error message if something went wrong; otherwise null
updateConnectedChannels(connectedChannels: SlackChannelConnection[]) => Promise<void>;
Function to set the connected channels. Updates all connected channels for the object, does not add to the current ones.
updatingboolean
Whether the channels are currently being set

Microsoft Teams hooks

Exposed under KnockMsTeamsProvider child components.

useMsTeamsAuth

Builds a Microsoft Teams authorization URL generator and a disconnect function.

Props:

msTeamsBotIdstring
The ID of your Microsoft Teams bot
redirectUrlstring
The URL to redirect back to after authorizing; should be your own application's URL

Returns:

buildMsTeamsAuthUrlfunction
Function to build a valid Microsoft Teams authorization URL
disconnectFromMsTeamsfunction
Function to disconnect from Microsoft Teams which removes the Microsoft Entra tenant ID from the tenant in Knock

useMsTeamsTeams

This hook will continually fetch partial data about Microsoft Teams teams within a given Microsoft Entra tenant up to the max limit given.

Props:

queryOptionsMsTeamsTeamQueryOptions
An optional map of params to control the query to the Microsoft Graph API

Returns:

dataMsTeamsTeam[]
List of partial data about each team
isLoadingboolean
Whether the teams are loading
refetchfunction
Function to fetch the teams again

useMsTeamsChannels

This hook will continually fetch partial data about Microsoft Teams channels within a given team.

Props:

teamIdstring
The ID of the team to fetch channels from
queryOptionsMsTeamsChannelQueryOptions
An optional map of params to control the query to the Microsoft Graph API

Returns:

dataMsTeamsChannel[]
List of partial data about each Microsoft Teams channel
isLoadingboolean
Whether the Microsoft Teams channels are loading
refetchfunction
Function to fetch the Microsoft Teams channels again

useConnectedMsTeamsChannels

This hook returns partial data about the Microsoft Teams channels that are present on the given recipient object's channel data. These are the Microsoft Teams channels that would be notified with this object as a recipient of a workflow.

Props:

msTeamsChannelsRecipientObjectRecipientObject
The object that holds connected Microsoft Teams channels as channel data

Returns:

dataMsTeamsChannelConnection[]
List of data about the connected Microsoft Teams channels
loadingboolean
Whether the Microsoft Teams channels are loading
errorstring
Error message if something went wrong; otherwise null
updateConnectedChannels(connectedChannels: MsTeamsChannelConnection[]) => Promise<void>;
Function to set the connected Microsoft Teams channels. Updates all connected channels for the object, does not add to the current ones.
updatingboolean
Whether the Microsoft Teams channels are currently being set

Types

I18nContent

Used to set translations available in the child components exposed under KnockFeedProvider, KnockSlackProvider, and KnockMsTeamsProvider. Used in the useTranslations hook.

Note: locale must be a valid locale code.

SlackChannelQueryOptions

SlackChannel

SlackChannelConnection

MsTeamsTeamQueryOptions

MsTeamsChannelQueryOptions

MsTeamsTeam

MsTeamsChannel

MsTeamsChannelConnection

RecipientObject

ConnectionStatus