chrome-web-share

chrome-web-share

A lightweight React share button for mobile web with Web Share API integration, native intent support and modal fallback.

Features

1. Web Share API
2. Share Modal Fallback for browsers lacking support
3. Share via Whatsapp, FB, Twitter, E-Mail or copy to clipboard

Installation

npm install chrome-web-share --save

yarn add chrome-web-share

Basic Usage

JSX

import ShareBtn from 'chrome-web-share';

<ShareBtn
  shareUrl={url}
  disabled={['whatsApp']]
  shareText={text}
  className='my-class-name'
  buttonText='Share Profile'
/>

CSS

@import "chrome-web-share/dist/ShareBtn";

Options

<ShareBtn/> Component

prop	default	description
shouldCloseOnEscape	false	Whether or not the fallback modal should close when the user hits the escape key on desktop
disabled	[]	An array of button names to be disabled
className	''	Custom classname, you can style your button with this
fbAppId	''	Required if you are planning on sharing to Facebook
shareUrl	''	The URL you want to share
shareMessage	''	The Text before the URL (E.g. Hey checkout this awesome thing I'm sharing!!)
buttonText	Share	The text that will appear for the share button
onButtonClick	() => {}	A callback function when the share button gets clicked
onCopySuccess	() => {}	A callback function that fires when the user has copied some text, also contains the text
sharedBy	(medium) => {console.log('shared via ', medium)}	A callback function when user clicks on any share medium from share modal

Button Names

Used for disabling a button with the disabled prop.

• whatsApp
• facebook
• twitter
• gmail
• copy

Development

git clone https://github.com/martinwheeler/chrome-web-share
cd chrome-web-share
yarn install
yarn storybook

Open an issue before opening a PR.

License

MIT