index.ts

import {type DependencyList, useMemo, useRef} from 'react';
import {useUnmountEffect} from '../useUnmountEffect/index.js';

export type ThrottledFunction<Fn extends (...args: any[]) => any> = (
	this: ThisParameterType<Fn>,
	...args: Parameters<Fn>
) => void;

/**
 * Makes passed function throttled, otherwise acts like `useCallback`.
 *
 * @param callback Function that will be throttled.
 * @param deps Dependencies list when to update callback.
 * @param delay Throttle delay.
 * @param noTrailing If `noTrailing` is true, callback will only execute every
 * `delay` milliseconds, otherwise, callback will be executed one final time
 * after the last throttled-function call.
 */
export function useThrottledCallback<Fn extends (...args: any[]) => any>(
	callback: Fn,
	deps: DependencyList,
	delay: number,
	noTrailing = false,
): ThrottledFunction<Fn> {
	const timeout = useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>>();
	const lastCall = useRef<{args: Parameters<Fn>; this: ThisParameterType<Fn>}>();

	useUnmountEffect(() => {
		if (timeout.current) {
			clearTimeout(timeout.current);
			timeout.current = undefined;
		}
	});

	return useMemo(() => {
		const execute = (context: ThisParameterType<Fn>, args: Parameters<Fn>) => {
			lastCall.current = undefined;
			callback.apply(context, args);

			timeout.current = setTimeout(() => {
				timeout.current = undefined;

				// If trailing execution is not disabled - call callback with last
				// received arguments and context
				if (!noTrailing && lastCall.current) {
					execute(lastCall.current.this, lastCall.current.args);

					lastCall.current = undefined;
				}
			}, delay);
		};

		const wrapped = function (this, ...args) {
			if (timeout.current) {
				// If we cant execute callback immediately - save its arguments and
				// context to execute it when delay is passed
				lastCall.current = {args, this: this};

				return;
			}

			execute(this, args);
		} as ThrottledFunction<Fn>;

		Object.defineProperties(wrapped, {
			length: {value: callback.length},
			name: {value: `${callback.name || 'anonymous'}__throttled__${delay}`},
		});

		return wrapped;
		// eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps,@typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment
	}, [delay, noTrailing, ...deps]);
}