What is @types/react-helmet?
@types/react-helmet provides TypeScript definitions for the react-helmet library, which is used to manage changes to the document head in a React application. This includes setting the title, meta tags, and other head elements dynamically.
What are @types/react-helmet's main functionalities?
Setting the Document Title
This feature allows you to set the document title dynamically within a React component.
import { Helmet } from 'react-helmet';
function MyComponent() {
return (
<div>
<Helmet>
<title>My Page Title</title>
</Helmet>
<h1>Welcome to My Page</h1>
</div>
);
}
Adding Meta Tags
This feature allows you to add meta tags to the document head dynamically within a React component.
import { Helmet } from 'react-helmet';
function MyComponent() {
return (
<div>
<Helmet>
<meta charSet="utf-8" />
<meta name="description" content="My page description" />
</Helmet>
<h1>Welcome to My Page</h1>
</div>
);
}
Link Tags
This feature allows you to add link tags, such as canonical links, to the document head dynamically within a React component.
import { Helmet } from 'react-helmet';
function MyComponent() {
return (
<div>
<Helmet>
<link rel="canonical" href="https://www.example.com/my-page" />
</Helmet>
<h1>Welcome to My Page</h1>
</div>
);
}
Other packages similar to @types/react-helmet
react-helmet-async
react-helmet-async is a drop-in replacement for react-helmet that supports asynchronous rendering. It is useful for server-side rendering (SSR) and provides a similar API to react-helmet.
react-meta-tags
react-meta-tags is another library for managing the document head in React applications. It provides a similar API to react-helmet but focuses on simplicity and ease of use.