@storybook/client-api

What is @storybook/client-api?

The @storybook/client-api package is part of the Storybook ecosystem, which is a tool for developing UI components in isolation for React, Vue, Angular, and more. This package provides APIs to configure and manage stories in the Storybook environment programmatically. It allows developers to add stories, decorators, and parameters, and to interact with Storybook's client-side application.

What are @storybook/client-api's main functionalities?

Add stories

This feature allows developers to add stories to Storybook. Each story represents a single visual state of a component. The 'storiesOf' function is used to define a new set of stories.

import { storiesOf } from '@storybook/client-api';

storiesOf('Button', module)
  .add('with text', () => '<button>Click me</button>')
  .add('with emoji', () => '<button>😀 😎 👍 💯</button>');

Add decorators

Decorators are a way to provide custom rendering and add functionality to stories. The 'addDecorator' function is used to globally add decorators to all stories.

import { addDecorator } from '@storybook/client-api';
import { withKnobs } from '@storybook/addon-knobs';

addDecorator(withKnobs);

Set global parameters

Parameters are a set of static, named metadata about a story, typically used to control the behavior of Storybook's addons. The 'addParameters' function is used to set global parameters for all stories.

import { addParameters } from '@storybook/client-api';

addParameters({
  backgrounds: [
    { name: 'light', value: '#eeeeee', default: true },
    { name: 'dark', value: '#222222' }
  ]
});

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README

The contents of this package have moved to @storybook/preview-api. Please update your import.

This package will no longer be released as part of the 8.0 release of storybook.