How to use throttle or debounce with React Hook?

Question

I\'m trying to use the throttle method from lodash in a functional component, e.g.:

const App = () => {
  const [value, setValue         


        

Answer 1

useThrottle , useDebounce

How to use both

const App = () => {
  const [value, setValue] = useState(0);
  // called at most once per second (same API with useDebounce)
  const throttledCb = useThrottle(() => console.log(value), 1000);
  // usage with useEffect: invoke throttledCb on value change
  useEffect(throttledCb, [value]);
  // usage as event handler
  log value
  // ... other render code
};

useThrottle (Lodash)

import _ from "lodash"

function useThrottle(cb, delay) {
  const options = { leading: true, trailing: false }; // add custom lodash options
  const cbRef = useRef(cb);
  // use mutable ref to make useCallback/throttle not depend on `cb` dep
  useEffect(() => { cbRef.current = cb; });
  return useCallback(
    _.throttle((...args) => cbRef.current(...args), delay, options),
    [delay]
  );
}

const App = () => {
  const [value, setValue] = useState(0);
  const invokeDebounced = useThrottle(
    () => console.log("changed throttled value:", value),
    1000
  );
  useEffect(invokeDebounced, [value]);
  return (
    

       setValue(value + 1)}>{value}
      
value will be logged at most once per second.
    
  );
};

function useThrottle(cb, delay) {
  const options = { leading: true, trailing: false }; // pass custom lodash options
  const cbRef = useRef(cb);
  useEffect(() => {
    cbRef.current = cb;
  });
  return useCallback(
    _.throttle((...args) => cbRef.current(...args), delay, options),
    [delay]
  );
}

ReactDOM.render(, document.getElementById("root"));

useDebounce (Lodash)

import _ from "lodash"

function useDebounce(cb, delay) {
  // ...
  const inputsRef = useRef(cb); // mutable ref like with useThrottle
  useEffect(() => { inputsRef.current = { cb, delay }; }); //also track cur. delay
  return useCallback(
    _.debounce((...args) => {
        // Debounce is an async callback. Cancel it, if in the meanwhile
        // (1) component has been unmounted (see isMounted in snippet)
        // (2) delay has changed
        if (inputsRef.current.delay === delay && isMounted())
          inputsRef.current.cb(...args);
      }, delay, options
    ),
    [delay, _.debounce]
  );
}

const App = () => {
  const [value, setValue] = useState(0);
  const invokeDebounced = useDebounce(
    () => console.log("debounced", value),
    1000
  );
  useEffect(invokeDebounced, [value]);
  return (
    

       setValue(value + 1)}>{value}
      
 Logging is delayed until after 1 sec. has elapsed since the last invocation.
    
  );
};

function useDebounce(cb, delay) {
  const options = {
    leading: false,
    trailing: true
  };
  const inputsRef = useRef(cb);
  const isMounted = useIsMounted();
  useEffect(() => {
    inputsRef.current = { cb, delay };
  });

  return useCallback(
    _.debounce(
      (...args) => {
        // Don't execute callback, if (1) component in the meanwhile 
        // has been unmounted or (2) delay has changed
        if (inputsRef.current.delay === delay && isMounted())
          inputsRef.current.cb(...args);
      },
      delay,
      options
    ),
    [delay, _.debounce]
  );
}

function useIsMounted() {
  const isMountedRef = useRef(true);
  useEffect(() => {
    return () => {
      isMountedRef.current = false;
    };
  }, []);
  return () => isMountedRef.current;
}

ReactDOM.render(, document.getElementById("root"));

---

Customizations

1. You might replace Lodash with your own throttle or debounce code, like:

const debounceImpl = (cb, delay) => {
  let isDebounced = null;
  return (...args) => {
    clearTimeout(isDebounced);
    isDebounced = setTimeout(() => cb(...args), delay);
  };
};

const throttleImpl = (cb, delay) => {
  let isThrottled = false;
  return (...args) => {
    if (isThrottled) return;
    isThrottled = true;
    cb(...args);
    setTimeout(() => {
      isThrottled = false;
    }, delay);
  };
};

const App = () => {
  const [value, setValue] = useState(0);
  const invokeThrottled = useThrottle(
    () => console.log("throttled", value),
    1000
  );
  const invokeDebounced = useDebounce(
    () => console.log("debounced", value),
    1000
  );
  useEffect(invokeThrottled, [value]);
  useEffect(invokeDebounced, [value]);
  return  setValue(value + 1)}>{value};
};

function useThrottle(cb, delay) {
  const cbRef = useRef(cb);
  useEffect(() => {
    cbRef.current = cb;
  });
  return useCallback(
    throttleImpl((...args) => cbRef.current(...args), delay),
    [delay]
  );
}

function useDebounce(cb, delay) {
  const cbRef = useRef(cb);
  useEffect(() => {
    cbRef.current = cb;
  });
  return useCallback(
    debounceImpl((...args) => cbRef.current(...args), delay),
    [delay]
  );
}

ReactDOM.render(, document.getElementById("root"));

2. useThrottle can be shortened up, if always used with useEffect (same for useDebounce):

const App = () => {
  // useEffect now is contained inside useThrottle
  useThrottle(() => console.log(value), 1000, [value]);
  // ...
};

const App = () => {
  const [value, setValue] = useState(0);
  useThrottle(() => console.log(value), 1000, [value]);
  return (
    

       setValue(value + 1)}>{value}
      
value will be logged at most once per second.
    
  );
};

function useThrottle(cb, delay, additionalDeps) {
  const options = { leading: true, trailing: false }; // pass custom lodash options
  const cbRef = useRef(cb);
  const throttledCb = useCallback(
    _.throttle((...args) => cbRef.current(...args), delay, options),
    [delay]
  );
  useEffect(() => {
    cbRef.current = cb;
  });
  // set additionalDeps to execute effect, when other values change (not only on delay change)
  useEffect(throttledCb, [throttledCb, ...additionalDeps]);
}

ReactDOM.render(, document.getElementById("root"));