I would like to use jQuery and some other third party libraries not native to React. How can I use them in my React projects? I read componentDidMount is a good place to invoke third party libraries.
Unfortunately, I am unable to use the libraries as I keep getting " is not defined" errors even though I have properly linked script tags to those libraries in my index.html file.
I needed to use the third party libraries as well as custom written javascript files inside of a React Component without loading them across other routes.
Kindly note am use a React Hook i.e. useEffect() thus you need a version of react which supports them.
Below is what worked for me.
import React, { useEffect } from "react";
const Airstrip = props => {
useEffect(() => {
// Now Attach All Third Party Scripts.
let threeJsScript = document.createElement("script");
let orbitJsScript = document.createElement("script");
let guiJsScript = document.createElement("script");
let mainJsScript = document.createElement("script");
// Hook Sources.
threeJsScript.src = `${process.env.PUBLIC_URL}/js/three.js`;
orbitJsScript.src = `${process.env.PUBLIC_URL}/js/orbit.js`;
guiJsScript.src = `${process.env.PUBLIC_URL}/js/gui.js`;
mainJsScript.src = `${process.env.PUBLIC_URL}/js/main.js`;
// Persist order of Loading.
threeJsScript.async = false;
orbitJsScript.async = false;
guiJsScript.async = false;
mainJsScript.async = false;
// Append to index.html
document.body.appendChild(threeJsScript);
document.body.appendChild(orbitJsScript);
document.body.appendChild(guiJsScript);
document.body.appendChild(mainJsScript);
// Do Clean ups
return () => {
document.body.removeChild(threeJsScript);
document.body.removeChild(orbitJsScript);
document.body.removeChild(guiJsScript);
document.body.removeChild(mainJsScript);
};
}, []);
return (
<div id="airstrip">
<canvas
id="canvas"
onClick={() => {
alert("Yeah");
}}
></canvas>
</div>
);
};
export default Airstrip;