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|  | 1 | +--- | 
|  | 2 | +title: Invalid Hook Call Warning | 
|  | 3 | +layout: single | 
|  | 4 | +permalink: warnings/invalid-hook-call-warning.html | 
|  | 5 | +--- | 
|  | 6 | + | 
|  | 7 | + You are probably here because you got the following error message: | 
|  | 8 | + | 
|  | 9 | + > Hooks can only be called inside the body of a function component. | 
|  | 10 | +
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|  | 11 | +There are three common reasons you might be seeing it: | 
|  | 12 | + | 
|  | 13 | +1. You might have **mismatching versions** of React and React DOM. | 
|  | 14 | +2. You might be **breaking the [Rules of Hooks](/docs/hooks-rules.html)**. | 
|  | 15 | +3. You might have **more than one copy of React** in the same app. | 
|  | 16 | + | 
|  | 17 | +Let's look at each of these cases. | 
|  | 18 | + | 
|  | 19 | +## Mismatching Versions of React and React DOM | 
|  | 20 | + | 
|  | 21 | +You might be using a version of `react-dom` (< 16.8.0) or `react-native` (< 0.60) that doesn't yet support Hooks. You can run `npm ls react-dom` or `npm ls react-native` in your application folder to check which version you're using. If you find more than one of them, this might also create problems (more on that below). | 
|  | 22 | + | 
|  | 23 | +## Breaking the Rules of Hooks | 
|  | 24 | + | 
|  | 25 | +You can only call Hooks **while React is rendering a function component**: | 
|  | 26 | + | 
|  | 27 | +* ✅ Call them at the top level in the body of a function component. | 
|  | 28 | +* ✅ Call them at the top level in the body of a [custom Hook](/docs/hooks-custom.html). | 
|  | 29 | + | 
|  | 30 | +**Learn more about this in the [Rules of Hooks](/docs/hooks-rules.html).** | 
|  | 31 | + | 
|  | 32 | +```js{2-3,8-9} | 
|  | 33 | +function Counter() { | 
|  | 34 | +  // ✅ Good: top-level in a function component | 
|  | 35 | +  const [count, setCount] = useState(0); | 
|  | 36 | +  // ... | 
|  | 37 | +} | 
|  | 38 | +
 | 
|  | 39 | +function useWindowWidth() { | 
|  | 40 | +  // ✅ Good: top-level in a custom Hook | 
|  | 41 | +  const [width, setWidth] = useState(window.innerWidth); | 
|  | 42 | +  // ... | 
|  | 43 | +} | 
|  | 44 | +``` | 
|  | 45 | + | 
|  | 46 | +To avoid confusion, it’s **not** supported to call Hooks in other cases: | 
|  | 47 | + | 
|  | 48 | +* 🔴 Do not call Hooks in class components. | 
|  | 49 | +* 🔴 Do not call in event handlers. | 
|  | 50 | +* 🔴 Do not call Hooks inside functions passed to `useMemo`, `useReducer`, or `useEffect`. | 
|  | 51 | + | 
|  | 52 | +If you break these rules, you might see this error. | 
|  | 53 | + | 
|  | 54 | +```js{3-4,11-12,20-21} | 
|  | 55 | +function Bad1() { | 
|  | 56 | +  function handleClick() { | 
|  | 57 | +    // 🔴 Bad: inside an event handler (to fix, move it outside!) | 
|  | 58 | +    const theme = useContext(ThemeContext); | 
|  | 59 | +  } | 
|  | 60 | +  // ... | 
|  | 61 | +} | 
|  | 62 | +
 | 
|  | 63 | +function Bad2() { | 
|  | 64 | +  const style = useMemo(() => { | 
|  | 65 | +    // 🔴 Bad: inside useMemo (to fix, move it outside!) | 
|  | 66 | +    const theme = useContext(ThemeContext); | 
|  | 67 | +    return createStyle(theme); | 
|  | 68 | +  }); | 
|  | 69 | +  // ... | 
|  | 70 | +} | 
|  | 71 | +
 | 
|  | 72 | +class Bad3 extends React.Component { | 
|  | 73 | +  render() { | 
|  | 74 | +    // 🔴 Bad: inside a class component | 
|  | 75 | +    useEffect(() => {}) | 
|  | 76 | +    // ... | 
|  | 77 | +  } | 
|  | 78 | +} | 
|  | 79 | +``` | 
|  | 80 | + | 
|  | 81 | +You can use the [`eslint-plugin-react-hooks` plugin](https://www.npmjs.com/package/eslint-plugin-react-hooks) to catch some of these mistakes. | 
|  | 82 | + | 
|  | 83 | +>Note | 
|  | 84 | +> | 
|  | 85 | +>[Custom Hooks](/docs/hooks-custom.html) *may* call other Hooks (that's their whole purpose). This works because custom Hooks are also supposed to only be called while a function component is rendering. | 
|  | 86 | +
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|  | 87 | + | 
|  | 88 | +## Duplicate React | 
|  | 89 | + | 
|  | 90 | +In order for Hooks to work, the `react` import from your application code needs to resolve to the same module as the `react` import from inside the `react-dom` package. | 
|  | 91 | + | 
|  | 92 | +If these `react` imports resolve to two different exports objects, you will see this warning. This may happen if you **accidentally end up with two copies** of the `react` package. | 
|  | 93 | + | 
|  | 94 | +If you use Node for package management, you can run this check in your project folder: | 
|  | 95 | + | 
|  | 96 | +    npm ls react | 
|  | 97 | + | 
|  | 98 | +If you see more than one React, you'll need to figure out why this happens and fix your dependency tree. For example, maybe a library you're using incorrectly specifies `react` as a dependency (rather than a peer dependency). Until that library is fixed, [Yarn resolutions](https://yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/selective-version-resolutions/) is one possible workaround. | 
|  | 99 | + | 
|  | 100 | +You can also try to debug this problem by adding some logs and restarting your development server: | 
|  | 101 | + | 
|  | 102 | +```js | 
|  | 103 | +// Add this in node_modules/react-dom/index.js | 
|  | 104 | +window.React1 = require('react'); | 
|  | 105 | + | 
|  | 106 | +// Add this in your component file | 
|  | 107 | +require('react-dom'); | 
|  | 108 | +window.React2 = require('react'); | 
|  | 109 | +console.log(window.React1 === window.React2); | 
|  | 110 | +``` | 
|  | 111 | + | 
|  | 112 | +If it prints `false` then you might have two Reacts and need to figure out why that happened. [This issue](https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/13991) includes some common reasons encountered by the community. | 
|  | 113 | + | 
|  | 114 | +This problem can also come up when you use `npm link` or an equivalent. In that case, your bundler might "see" two Reacts — one in application folder and one in your library folder. Assuming `myapp` and `mylib` are sibling folders, one possible fix is to run `npm link ../myapp/node_modules/react` from `mylib`. This should make the library use the application's React copy. | 
|  | 115 | + | 
|  | 116 | +>Note | 
|  | 117 | +> | 
|  | 118 | +>In general, React supports using multiple independent copies on one page (for example, if an app and a third-party widget both use it). It only breaks if `require('react')` resolves differently between the component and the `react-dom` copy it was rendered with. | 
|  | 119 | +
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|  | 120 | +## Other Causes | 
|  | 121 | + | 
|  | 122 | +If none of this worked, please comment in [this issue](https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/13991) and we'll try to help. Try to create a small reproducing example — you might discover the problem as you're doing it. | 
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