@flatfile/react

The Flatfile Component - @flatfile/react

We've made it really simple for you to get started with Flatfile with our new Flatfile Component. Here's what you'll need to know to get started.

Getting started with Embed

First, create an Embed in the Flatfile dashboard. Next, install the dependency via npm:

npm install @flatfile/react --save

The FlatfileButton usage

import { FlatfileButton } from '@flatfile/react'

<FlatfileButton
  token={'YOUR_JWT'}
  onInit={({ batchId }) => console.log(`Flatfile importer is launched with batchId: ${batchId}`)}
  onComplete={async (payload) => {
    const SAMPLE_DATA = true
    console.log(JSON.stringify(await payload.data(SAMPLE_DATA), null, 4))
  }}
  onError={(err) => console.error(err)}
/>

Getting started with Portal

Important note: While the below info is a basic way to get up and running, we recommend reading the developer docs → https://flatfile.io/developers/react/getting-started

First, install the dependency via npm:

npm install @flatfile/react@^0 --save

This will give you access to the <FlatfileButton /> component as well as the same basic functionality as our Adapter. Note that this installs the latest 0.x version which supports Portal importers. The 3.x version is intended for Embeds.

The FlatfileButton usage

import { FlatfileButton } from '@flatfile/react'

FlatfileButton Props	Info	Example
settings - This is where you will pass your Flatfile settings/options.	**Required. ** object	settings={{ type: "Customers", fields: [ {key: "name", label: "Name"}, {key: "email", label: "Email"} ]}}
customer - Refers to the setCustomer function.	Required. object - CustomerObject	customer={{ usedId: "1234", companyId: "12", companyName: "ABC", email: "[e-mail]", name: "John Doe" }}
licenseKey - Your Flatfile license key can be found in your dashboard when you login here.	Required. string	licenseKey={'ah12-alksjs2738-shdkaj123'}
onCancel - An optional callback for handling a user cancelling.	Optional. function - callback	onCancel={() => { // do something }}
onInteractionEvent - An optional way to use registerInteractionEventCallback to receive user interaction events. By default, the onInteractionEvent function will be called every 5 seconds, as long as there is user activity inside of Flatfile Portal.	Optional. function	onInteractionEvent={({mousemove, mousedown, keydown}) => // do something}
onData- An optional way to use FlatfileResults to return a new Promise.	Optional. function	onData={async results => // do something}
onRecordChange- An optional way to use registerRecordHook when a record changes.	Optional. function	onRecordChange={(data, index) => IDataHookResponse | Promise<IDataHookResponse>}
onRecordInit- An optional way to use registerRecordHook on initialization.	Optional. function	onRecordInit={(data, index) => IDataHookResponse | Promise<IDataHookResponse>}
fieldHooks- An optional way to pass in one or more callback functions to use with registerFieldHook.	Optional. object function(s) - callback(s)	fieldHooks={ fieldName: (values) => { return // [IDataHookRecord, index][]}
render- An optional way to pass in your own elements to render inside the FlatfileButton Component.	Optional. function	render={ (FlatfileImporter, launch) => return ReactElement}
preload- An optional flag that can be set to false to delay loading the importer until the button is clicked. Useful in situations where there is more than one <FlatfileButton/> instance on a single page or minimizing page load size is important. Default is true.	Optional. boolean	preload={false}

Try our example in CodeSandbox.