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useNavigatorOnline

React hook to detect when your browser is online/offline

JavaScript
useNavigatorOnline.js
import {useEffect, useState} from 'react';
 
export function useNavigatorOnline() {
  const [value, setValue] = useState(window.navigator.onLine);
 
  useEffect(() => {
    function handleOnlineStatus() {
      setValue(window.navigator.onLine);
    }
 
    window.addEventListener('online', handleOnlineStatus);
    window.addEventListener('offline', handleOnlineStatus);
 
    return () => {
      window.removeEventListener('online', handleOnlineStatus);
      window.removeEventListener('offline', handleOnlineStatus);
    };
  }, []);
 
  return {isOnline: value, isOffline: !value};
}

Use

React
App.tsx
function App() {
  const {isOffline} = useNavigatorOnline();
 
  if (isOffline) {
    return <NoConnectionMessage />;
  }
 
  return <div>...</div>;
}