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import { Fragment, useEffect } from "react"; | ||
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declare global { | ||
interface Window { | ||
REMARK42: any; | ||
remark_config: any; | ||
} | ||
} | ||
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// This function will insert the usual <script> tag of | ||
// Remark42 into the specified DOM location (parentElement) | ||
const insertScript = (id: string, parentElement: HTMLElement) => { | ||
const script = window.document.createElement("script"); | ||
script.type = "text/javascript"; | ||
script.async = true; | ||
script.id = id; | ||
/* For Gatsby it's important to manually provide the URL | ||
and make sure it does not contain a trailing slash ("/"). | ||
Because otherwise the comments for paths with/without | ||
the trailing slash are stored separately in the BoltDB database. | ||
When following a Gatsby Link a page is loaded without the trailing slash, | ||
but when refreshing the page (F5) it is loaded with the trailing slash. | ||
So essentially every URL can become duplicated in the DB and you may not see | ||
your comments from the inverse URL at your present URL. | ||
Making sure url is provided without the trailing slash | ||
in the remark42 config solves this. */ | ||
let url = window.location.origin + window.location.pathname; | ||
if (url.endsWith("/")) { | ||
url = url.slice(0, -1); | ||
} | ||
// Now the actual config and script-fetching function: | ||
script.innerHTML = ` | ||
var remark_config = { | ||
host: "https://remark42.lingdocs.com", | ||
site_id: "pashto-grammar", | ||
url: "${url}", | ||
theme: "light", | ||
components: ["embed"], | ||
}; | ||
!function(e,n){for(var o=0;o<e.length;o++){var r=n.createElement("script"),c=".js",d=n.head||n.body;"noModule"in r?(r.type="module",c=".mjs"):r.async=!0,r.defer=!0,r.src=remark_config.host+"/web/"+e[o]+c,d.appendChild(r)}}(remark_config.components||["embed"],document);`; | ||
parentElement.appendChild(script); | ||
}; | ||
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/* This function removes the previously added script from the DOM. | ||
Might be necessary when page transitions happen, to make sure a new instance | ||
is created, pointing to the current URL. Although this might actually | ||
not be necessary, please do your own testing. */ | ||
const removeScript = (id: string, parentElement: HTMLElement) => { | ||
const script = window.document.getElementById(id); | ||
if (script) { | ||
parentElement.removeChild(script); | ||
} | ||
}; | ||
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// This function will be provided to useEffect and will insert the script | ||
// when the component is mounted and remove it when it unmounts | ||
const manageScript = () => { | ||
if (!window) { | ||
return () => {}; | ||
} | ||
const { document } = window; | ||
if (document.getElementById("remark42")) { | ||
insertScript("comments-script", document.body); | ||
} | ||
return () => removeScript("comments-script", document.body); | ||
}; | ||
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/* Another function for another useEffect - this is the most crucial part for | ||
Gatsby compatibility. It will ensure that each page loads its own appropriate | ||
comments, and that comments will be properly loaded */ | ||
const recreateRemark42Instance = () => { | ||
if (!window) { | ||
return; | ||
} | ||
const remark42 = window.REMARK42; | ||
if (remark42) { | ||
remark42.destroy(); | ||
remark42.createInstance(window.remark_config); | ||
} | ||
}; | ||
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type CommentsProps = { | ||
location: string; | ||
}; | ||
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// The location prop is {props.location.pathname} from the parent component. | ||
// I.e. invoke the component like this in the parent: <Comments location={props.location.pathname} /> | ||
export function Comments({ location }: CommentsProps) { | ||
// Insert the two useEffect hooks. Maybe you can combine them into one? Feel free if you want to. | ||
useEffect(manageScript, [location]); | ||
useEffect(recreateRemark42Instance, [location]); | ||
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return ( | ||
<Fragment> | ||
<h4>Questions and Comments</h4> | ||
{/* This div is the target for actual comments insertion */} | ||
<div id="remark42" /> | ||
</Fragment> | ||
); | ||
} |