react-insta-stories

A React component for Instagram like stories

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Install

1npm install --save react-insta-stories

Demo

The component responds to actions like tap on right side for next story, on left for previous and tap and hold for pause. Custom time duration for each story can be provided. See it in action here: https://mohitk05.github.io/react-insta-stories/

Usage

1import React, { Component } from 'react';
2
3import Stories from 'react-insta-stories';
4
5const App = () => {
6	return (
7		<Stories
8			stories={stories}
9			defaultInterval={1500}
10			width={432}
11			height={768}
12		/>
13	);
14};

Here stories is an array of story objects, which can be of various types as described below.

Props

Property	Type	Default	Description
stories	[String/Object]	required	An array of image urls or array of story objects (options described below)
renderers ⚡️	[Object]	[]	An array of renderer objects (options described below)
defaultInterval	Number	1200	Milliseconds duration for which a story persists
loader	Component	Ripple loader	A loader component as a fallback until image loads from url
header	Component	Default header as in demo	A header component which sits at the top of each story. It receives the header object from the story object. Data for header to be sent with each story object.
storyContainerStyles	Object	{}	Styles object for the outer container
width	Number/String	360	Width of the component, e.g. 600 or '100vw' or 'inherit'
height	Number/String	640	Height of the component, e.g. 1000 or '100%' or 'inherit'
storyStyles	Object	none	Override the default story styles mentioned below.
progressContainerStyles	Object	{}	Styles object for the container wrapping the progress bars
progressWrapperStyles	Object	{}	Styles object for the container wrapping each progress bar bars
progressStyles	Object	{}	Styles object for the progress bars
loop	Boolean	false	The last story loop to the first one and restart the stories.
New props	⭐️	⭐️	⭐️
isPaused	Boolean	false	Toggle story playing state
currentIndex	Number	undefined	Set the current story index
onStoryStart	Function	-	Callback when a story starts
onStoryEnd	Function	-	Callback when a story ends
onAllStoriesEnd	Function	-	Callback when all stories in the array have ended
onNext	Function	-	Callback when the user taps/press to proceed to the next story
onPrevious	Function	-	Callback when the user taps/press to go back to the previous story
keyboardNavigation	Boolean	false	Attaches arrow key listeners to navigate between stories if true. Also adds up arrow key listener for opening See More and Escape/down arrow for closing it
preventDefault	Boolean	false	Disable the default behavior when user click the component
preloadCount	number	1	Determines how many stories should be preloaded ahead of the current story index.

Story object

Instead of simple string url, a comprehensive 'story object' can also be passed in the stories array.

Property	Description
url	The url of the resource, be it image or video.
type	Optional. Type of the story. `type: 'video'
duration	Optional. Duration for which a story should persist.
header	Optional. Adds a header on the top. Object with heading, subheading and profileImage properties.
seeMore	Optional. Adds a see more icon at the bottom of the story. On clicking, opens up this component. (v2: updated to Function instead of element)
seeMoreCollapsed	Optional. Send custom component to be rendered instead of the default 'See More' text.
styles	Optional. Override the default story styles mentioned below.
preloadResource	Optional. Whether to preload the resource or not, defaults to true for images and false for videos (video preloading is experimental)

Default story styles

Following are the default story content styles. Override them by providing your own style object with each story or a global override by using the storyStyles prop.

1storyContent: {
2    width: 'auto',
3    maxWidth: '100%',
4    maxHeight: '100%',
5    margin: 'auto'
6}

Renderers

To allow reusable components to display story UI, you can pass in pre-built or custom-built components in a special manner to leverage this behavior. Each renderer object has two properties:

• renderer - This is the UI component that will be rendered whenever the object matches certain conditions.
• tester - This is a function that tests whether the renderer is suitable for the current story. It receives the current story object to render and returns an object with two properties:
  • condition - This states if the renderer matches the current story's criteria (a boolean).
  • priority - A number denoting the priority of the current renderer. E.g. priority of 2 is less than a 5, and if two renderers have condition = true, their priorities will be compared and the one with higher priority will be selected.

So essentially a simple renderer would look like this: (you may also refer the inbuilt Image renderer)

1// Renderer.js
2
3export const renderer = ({ story, action, isPaused, config }) => {
4	return <div>Hello!</div>;
5};
6
7export const tester = (story) => {
8	return {
9		// Use this renderer only when the story type is video
10		condition: story.type === 'video',
11		priority: 3,
12	};
13};

Every renderer component gets 4 props as shown above. Out of these the story, action and isPaused are as their names suggest. The config object contains certain global properties which were passed while initialising the component. It looks like this:

1const { width, height, loader, storyStyles } = config;

These props can be used to customize the entire UI as required, and then can be packaged as a Node module and shared. If someone else wishes to use your package as a renderer, they can simply pass it inside an array as the renderers prop to the main component. If you publish any such renderer, please raise a PR to add it to this list. A few suggestions would be a Markdown renderer, highlighted code renderer, etc.

List of public renderers:

• Add one here

Higher Order Components

WithSeeMore

This is a wrapper component which includes the UI and logic for displaying a 'See More' link at the bottom of the story. This is available as a named export from the package and can be used to easily add the functionality to a custom content story. It takes in two props - story and action.

1const { WithSeeMore } from 'react-insta-stories';
2
3const CustomStoryContent = ({ story, action }) => {
4	return <WithSeeMore story={story} action={action}>
5		<div>
6			<h1>Hello!</h1>
7			<p>This story would have a 'See More' link at the bottom ✨</p>
8		</div>
9	</WithSeeMore>
10}

You can also send custom 'See More' component for the collapsed state. While using WithSeeMore, pass in a customCollapsed prop with a value of your custom component. It will receive a toggleMore and action prop to handle clicks on the See More link.

1const { WithSeeMore } from 'react-insta-stories';
2
3const customCollapsedComponent = ({ toggleMore, action }) =>
4	<h2 onClick={() => {
5		action('pause');
6		window.open('https://mywebsite.url', '_blank');
7	}}>
8		Go to Website
9	</h2>
10
11const CustomStoryContent = ({ story, action }) => {
12	return <WithSeeMore
13		story={story}
14		action={action}
15		customCollapsed={customCollapsedComponent}
16	>
17		<div>
18			<h1>Hello!</h1>
19			<p>This story would have a 'See More' link at the bottom and will open a URL in a new tab.</p>
20		</div>
21	</WithSeeMore>
22}

If not implementing a custom UI, you can send the customCollapsedComponent component inside the story object as seeMoreCollapsed.

1const stories = [
2	{
3		url: 'some.url',
4		seeMore: SeeMoreComponent, // when expanded
5		seeMoreCollapsed: customCollapsedComponent, // when collapsed
6	},
7];

WithHeader

This named export can be used to include the header UI on any custom story. Simply wrap the component with this HOC and pass in some props.

1const { WithHeader } from 'react-insta-stories';
2
3const CustomStoryContent = ({ story, config }) => {
4	return <WithHeader story={story} globalHeader={config.header}>
5		<div>
6			<h1>Hello!</h1>
7			<p>This story would have the configured header!</p>
8		</div>
9	</WithHeader>
10}

You may also use both these HOCs together, as in the Image renderer.

Common Usage

1. Basic implementation with string URLs

If you wish to have a bare minimum setup and only need to show image stories, you can simply pass the image urls inside the stories array. This will show all your images as stories.

1import Stories from 'react-insta-stories';
2
3const stories = [
4	'https://example.com/pic.jpg',
5	'data:image/jpg;base64,R0lGODl....',
6	'https://mohitkarekar.com/icon.png',
7];
8
9return () => <Stories stories={stories} />;

2. Customising stories

If plain images does not suffice your usecase, you can pass an object instead of a string. This object supports all the properties mentioned above in the section story object. While using the object type, use url to denote the source url in case of media.

These properties can be mixed in different ways to obtain desired output.

Duration

Each story can be set to have a different duration.

1const stories = [
2	'https://example.com/pic.jpg',
3	{
4		url: 'https://example.com/pic2.jpg',
5		duration: 5000,
6	},
7];

Header

Adds a header to the story.

1const stories = [
2	'https://example.com/pic.jpg',
3	{
4		url: 'https://example.com/pic2.jpg',
5		duration: 5000,
6		header: {
7			heading: 'Mohit Karekar',
8			subheading: 'Posted 30m ago',
9			profileImage: 'https://picsum.photos/100/100',
10		},
11	},
12];

See More

Adds a click to see more option at the bottom of the story. When present, shows the arrow at the bottom and when clicked, shows the provided component.

1const stories = [
2	'https://example.com/pic.jpg',
3	{
4		url: 'https://example.com/pic2.jpg',
5		duration: 5000,
6		seeMore: SeeMore, // some component
7	},
8	{
9		url: 'https://example.com/pic3.jpg',
10		duration: 2000,
11		seeMore: ({ close }) => {
12			return <div onClick={close}>Hello, click to close this.</div>;
13		},
14	},
15];

Type

If provided type: video, then the component loads a video player. All expected features come in automatically. Duration is ignored, if provided and actual video duration is considered.

1const stories = [
2	'https://example.com/pic.jpg',
3	{
4		url: 'https://example.com/vid.mp4',
5		duration: 5000, // ignored
6		type: 'video',
7	},
8];

Styles

Override default story element styles. Regular style object can be provided.

3. Custom JSX as a story

You can render custom JSX inside a story by sending a content property inside the story object. If a content property is present, all other media related properties are ignored. duration holds true here.

1const stories = [
2	'https://example.com/pic.jpg',
3	{
4		content: (props) => (
5			<div style={{ background: 'pink', padding: 20 }}>
6				<h1 style={{ marginTop: '100%', marginBottom: 0 }}>🌝</h1>
7				<h1 style={{ marginTop: 5 }}>A custom title can go here.</h1>
8			</div>
9		),
10	},
11];

The content property can hold any React component. For further control, it receives two important props:

• action It allows you to fire play/pause actions.
• isPaused Holds true is the story is currently paused, false otherwise.

1const stories = [
2	'https://example.com/pic.jpg',
3	{
4		content: ({ action, isPaused }) => {
5			useEffect(() => {
6				setTimeout(() => {
7					action('pause');
8					setTimeout(() => {
9						action('play');
10					}, 2000);
11				}, 2000);
12			}, []);
13			return (
14				<div style={{ background: 'pink', padding: 20 }}>
15					<h1 style={{ marginTop: '100%', marginBottom: 0 }}>🌝</h1>
16					<h1>{isPaused ? 'Paused' : 'Playing'}</h1>
17				</div>
18			);
19		},
20	},
21];

In the code above, on render a timeout will be set which would fire a 'pause' action after 2 seconds. Again after 2 seconds, a 'play' action would be fired. In the JSX, isPaused is used to display the current play state.

Development

To develop this package locally, you can follo these steps:

1. Clone the repo to your local.
2. Run npm install.
3. Then cd example && npm install
4. Come back to the root directory cd ..
5. Run npm start
6. In a new command window/tab, run npm run example.

This will start a hot-reloading setup with a live example.

Thanks To

• @SamHambert for the default spinner SVG

Websites using react-insta-stories

• Corsza
• TLDR Stories
• Dysperse

Do you use react-insta-stories too? Raise a PR to include your site in this list!

Contributors

This project exists thanks to all the people who contribute.

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License

MIT © mohitk05