React Example: Infinite Scroll

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import React from 'react'
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client'
import {
  QueryClient,
  QueryClientProvider,
  useInfiniteQuery,
} from '@tanstack/react-query'

import './index.css'

import { useVirtualizer } from '@tanstack/react-virtual'

const queryClient = new QueryClient()

async function fetchServerPage(
  limit: number,
  offset: number = 0,
): Promise<{ rows: Array<string>; nextOffset: number }> {
  const rows = new Array(limit)
    .fill(0)
    .map((_, i) => `Async loaded row #${i + offset * limit}`)

  await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 500))

  return { rows, nextOffset: offset + 1 }
}

function App() {
  const {
    status,
    data,
    error,
    isFetching,
    isFetchingNextPage,
    fetchNextPage,
    hasNextPage,
  } = useInfiniteQuery({
    queryKey: ['projects'],
    queryFn: (ctx) => fetchServerPage(10, ctx.pageParam),
    getNextPageParam: (lastGroup) => lastGroup.nextOffset,
    initialPageParam: 0,
  })

  const allRows = data ? data.pages.flatMap((d) => d.rows) : []

  const parentRef = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)

  const rowVirtualizer = useVirtualizer({
    count: hasNextPage ? allRows.length + 1 : allRows.length,
    getScrollElement: () => parentRef.current,
    estimateSize: () => 100,
    overscan: 5,
  })

  React.useEffect(() => {
    const [lastItem] = [...rowVirtualizer.getVirtualItems()].reverse()

    if (!lastItem) {
      return
    }

    if (
      lastItem.index >= allRows.length - 1 &&
      hasNextPage &&
      !isFetchingNextPage
    ) {
      fetchNextPage()
    }
  }, [
    hasNextPage,
    fetchNextPage,
    allRows.length,
    isFetchingNextPage,
    rowVirtualizer.getVirtualItems(),
  ])

  return (
    <div>
      <p>
        This infinite scroll example uses React Query's useInfiniteScroll hook
        to fetch infinite data from a posts endpoint and then a rowVirtualizer
        is used along with a loader-row placed at the bottom of the list to
        trigger the next page to load.
      </p>

      <br />
      <br />

      {status === 'pending' ? (
        <p>Loading...</p>
      ) : status === 'error' ? (
        <span>Error: {error.message}</span>
      ) : (
        <div
          ref={parentRef}
          className="List"
          style={{
            height: `500px`,
            width: `100%`,
            overflow: 'auto',
          }}
        >
          <div
            style={{
              height: `${rowVirtualizer.getTotalSize()}px`,
              width: '100%',
              position: 'relative',
            }}
          >
            {rowVirtualizer.getVirtualItems().map((virtualRow) => {
              const isLoaderRow = virtualRow.index > allRows.length - 1
              const post = allRows[virtualRow.index]

              return (
                <div
                  key={virtualRow.index}
                  className={
                    virtualRow.index % 2 ? 'ListItemOdd' : 'ListItemEven'
                  }
                  style={{
                    position: 'absolute',
                    top: 0,
                    left: 0,
                    width: '100%',
                    height: `${virtualRow.size}px`,
                    transform: `translateY(${virtualRow.start}px)`,
                  }}
                >
                  {isLoaderRow
                    ? hasNextPage
                      ? 'Loading more...'
                      : 'Nothing more to load'
                    : post}
                </div>
              )
            })}
          </div>
        </div>
      )}
      <div>
        {isFetching && !isFetchingNextPage ? 'Background Updating...' : null}
      </div>
      <br />
      <br />
      {process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' ? (
        <p>
          <strong>Notice:</strong> You are currently running React in
          development mode. Rendering performance will be slightly degraded
          until this application is built for production.
        </p>
      ) : null}
    </div>
  )
}

ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('root')!).render(
  <React.StrictMode>
    <QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>
      <App />
    </QueryClientProvider>
  </React.StrictMode>,
)