@hanshase/react-use-filter

Headless React filtering hook with full TypeScript inference. Source: GitHub Composable, zero-UI filtering for any dataset — sync and async filters in one simple API, inspired by the headless pattern of TanStack Table.

Installation

npm install @hanshase/react-use-filter
# or
pnpm add @hanshase/react-use-filter
# or
yarn add @hanshase/react-use-filter

Requires React ≥ 18.

Basic usage

import { useFilter, createFilterDefs, filterFns } from '@hanshase/react-use-filter';

type Person = { name: string; age: number; status: string };

// Define filter functions once, outside the component (stable reference)
const def = createFilterDefs<Person>();
const filterDefs = def({
  name:   (row, value: string) => row.name.toLowerCase().includes(value.toLowerCase()),
  age:    filterFns.inRange(row => row.age),
  status: filterFns.equals(row => row.status),
});

function PeopleList({ people }: { people: Person[] }) {
  const {
    filteredData,
    setFilter,
    resetFilter,
    resetAllFilters,
    isFiltered,
    filters,
  } = useFilter({ data: people, filterDefs });

  return (
    <>
      <input
        placeholder="Search name…"
        value={filters.name ?? ''}
        onChange={e => e.target.value ? setFilter('name', e.target.value) : resetFilter('name')}
      />
      <input
        type="number"
        placeholder="Min age"
        onChange={e => setFilter('age', { min: Number(e.target.value) })}
      />
      {isFiltered && <button onClick={resetAllFilters}>Clear</button>}
      <ul>
        {filteredData.map(p => <li key={p.name}>{p.name}</li>)}
      </ul>
    </>
  );
}

API overview

useFilter(options)

The main hook. Returns filtered data and controls.

const {
  filteredData,    // TData[] — rows that pass the active filters according to filterMode (e.g. all in 'and', any in 'or')
  setFilter,       // (key, value) => void — activate or update a filter
  resetFilter,     // (key) => void        — remove a single filter
  resetAllFilters, // () => void           — remove all filters
  isFiltered,      // boolean — true when ≥1 filter is active
  isLoading,       // boolean — true while an async filter is running
  filterError,     // Error | null — set when an async filter throws
  filters,         // Partial<{ [K in keyof filterDefs]: value }> — current filter state
} = useFilter({ data, filterDefs });

Options

Prop	Type	Description
data	TData[]	The full dataset to filter
filterDefs	FilterDefs<TData>	Filter functions (sync and/or async). Define outside the component or wrap in useMemo — the hook uses object identity to detect changes.
filterMode	'and' | 'or'	How active filters compose. 'and' (default): a row must pass every filter. 'or': a row passes if it matches any filter.

An absent key means the filter is inactive.

OR mode example:

const [filterMode, setFilterMode] = useState<'and' | 'or'>('and');
const { filteredData } = useFilter({ data: people, filterDefs, filterMode });

// Toggle between AND / OR at runtime
<button onClick={() => setFilterMode(m => m === 'and' ? 'or' : 'and')}>
  Mode: {filterMode.toUpperCase()}
</button>

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createFilterDefs<TData>()

A curried helper that binds TData once so every function's row/rows parameter is inferred without manual annotation — similar to TanStack Table's createColumnHelper().

const def = createFilterDefs<Employee>();

export const filterDefs = def({
  // Sync — row: Employee is inferred
  name:       (row, value: string) => row.name.toLowerCase().includes(value.toLowerCase()),
  department: filterFns.equals(row => row.department),
  age:        filterFns.inRange(row => row.age),

  // Async — rows: Employee[] is inferred via def.async()
  skills: def.async(async (rows, query: string) => {
    const ids = await searchBySkillsAPI(query, rows.map(r => r.id));
    return rows.filter(r => ids.includes(r.id));
  }),
});

def.async(fn) wraps an AsyncFilterFn so it can sit alongside sync functions in the same object. The hook detects it at runtime and runs it through the async pipeline (after all sync filters). isLoading / filterError activate automatically.

An AsyncFilterFn receives the already sync-filtered rows — one API call per active async filter, not one per row.

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filterFns

Built-in filter factories. Each takes an accessor (row: TData) => fieldValue and returns a ready-to-use FilterFn.

Helper	Filter value type	Description
filterFns.includes(accessor)	string	Case-insensitive substring match
filterFns.equals(accessor)	TValue	Strict equality (===)
filterFns.inRange(accessor)	{ min?: number; max?: number }	Inclusive numeric range (both bounds optional)
filterFns.inArray(accessor)	TValue[]	Field value is in the given array
filterFns.startsWith(accessor)	string	Case-insensitive prefix match

const def = createFilterDefs<Product>();
const filterDefs = def({
  name:     filterFns.includes(row => row.name),
  category: filterFns.inArray(row => row.category),
  price:    filterFns.inRange(row => row.price),
  featured: filterFns.equals(row => row.featured),
});

// then:
setFilter('name', 'laptop');
setFilter('category', ['Electronics', 'Computers']);
setFilter('price', { min: 100, max: 999 });
setFilter('featured', true);

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TypeScript types

All types are exported for consumers who need them:

import type {
  FilterFn,        // (row: TData, value: TValue) => boolean
  AsyncFilterFn,   // (rows: TData[], value: TValue) => Promise<TData[]>
  FilterDefs,      // Record<string, FilterFn | AsyncFilterFn>
  FilterValue,     // Extracts TValue from a FilterFn or AsyncFilterFn
  FilterValueMap,  // Maps each key of FilterDefs to its value type
  ActiveFilters,   // Partial<FilterValueMap<TDefs>>
  UseFilterOptions,
  UseFilterReturn,
} from '@hanshase/react-use-filter';

License

MIT