Integration with React
You should be familiar with the basic concepts and patterns of React before reading this documentation. To refresh your knowledge, please refer to the React documentation.
DHTMLX Booking is compatible with React. We have prepared code examples on how to use DHTMLX Booking with React. For more information, refer to the corresponding Example on GitHub.
Creating a project
You can create a basic React project or use React with Vite. Let's name the project as my-react-booking-app:
npx create-react-app my-react-booking-app
Installation of dependencies
Go to the new created app directory:
cd my-react-booking-app
Install dependencies and start the dev server. For this, use a package manager:
- if you use yarn, run the following commands:
yarn
yarn start
- if you use npm, run the following commands:
npm install
npm run dev
The app should run on a localhost (for instance http://localhost:3000).
Creating Booking
Now you should get the DHTMLX Booking source code. First of all, stop the app and proceed with installing the Booking package.
Step 1. Package installation
Download the trial Booking package and follow steps mentioned in the README file. Note that trial Booking is available 30 days only.
Step 2. Component creation
Now you need to create a React component, to add an Booking into the application. Create a new file in the src/ directory and name it Booking.jsx.
Import source files
Open the Booking.jsx file and import Booking source files. Note that:
- if you use PRO version and install the Booking package from a local folder, the import paths look like this:
import { Booking } from 'dhx-booking-package';
import 'dhx-booking-package/dist/booking.css';
Note that depending on the used package, the source files can be minified. In this case make sure that you are importing the CSS file as booking.min.css.
- if you use the trial version of Booking, specify the following paths:
import { Booking } from '@dhx/trial-booking';
import "@dhx/trial-booking/dist/booking.css";
In this tutorial you can see how to configure the trial version of Booking.
Setting the container and adding Booking
To display Booking on the page, you need to create the container for Booking, and initialize this component using the corresponding constructor:
import { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
import { Booking } from "@dhx/trial-booking";
import "@dhx/trial-booking/dist/booking.css"; // include Booking styles
export default function BookingComponent(props) {
let container = useRef(); // initialize container for Booking
useEffect(() => {
// initialize the Booking component
const booking = new Booking(container.current, {});
return () => {
booking.destructor(); // destruct Booking
};
}, []);
return <div ref={container} className="widget"></div>;
}
Adding styles
To display Booking correctly, you need to specify important styles for Booking and its container in the main css file of the project:
/* specify styles for initial page */
html,
body,
#root {
height: 100%;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
/* specify styles for the Booking container */
.widget {
height: 100%;
}
Loading data
To add data into the Booking, you need to provide a data set. You can create the data.js file in the src/ directory and add some data into it:
export function getData() {
function getDate(addDays, hoursValue = 0, minutesValue = 0) {
const date = new Date();
const secondsValue = 0; // round to minutes
const msValue = 0;
date.setDate(date.getDate() + addDays);
date.setHours(hoursValue, minutesValue, secondsValue, msValue);
return date.getTime();
}
return [
{
id: "ee828b5d-a034-420c-889b-978840015d6a",
title: "Natalie Tyson",
category: "Therapist",
subtitle: "2 years of experiece",
details: "Cleveland Clinic\n9500 Euclid Ave",
preview: "https://snippet.dhtmlx.com/codebase/data/booking/01/img/01.jpg",
price: "$35",
review: {
stars: 4,
count: 120
},
slots: [
{
from: 9,
to: 20,
days: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
},
{
from: 10,
to: 18,
days: [6, 0]
}
]
},
{
id: "9b037564-77be-429f-b719-eebbe499027a",
title: "Emma Johnson",
category: "Cardiologist",
subtitle: "2 years of experience",
details: "Stanford Health Care\n1468 Madison Ave",
preview: "https://snippet.dhtmlx.com/codebase/data/booking/01/img/03.jpg",
price: "$25",
review: {
stars: 5,
count: 10
},
slots: [
{
from: 14,
to: 17,
size: 30,
gap: 10
},
{
from: 12,
to: 19,
size: 50,
gap: 20,
days: [2],
dates: [getDate(0)]
},
{
from: "18:30",
to: 20,
size: 20,
gap: 20,
days: [3, 4, 5]
}
],
usedSlots: [getDate(0, 12), getDate(0, 18)]
},
// ...
];
}
Then open the App.js file and import data. After this you can pass data into the new created <Booking/> components as props:
import Booking from "./Booking";
import { getData } from "./data";
function App() {
const dataset = getData();
return <Booking data={dataset} />;
}
export default App;
Go to the Booking.jsx file and apply the passed props to the Booking configuration object:
import { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
import { Booking } from "@dhx/trial-booking";
import "@dhx/trial-booking/dist/booking.css";
export default function BookingComponent(props) {
let container = useRef();
useEffect(() => {
const booking = new Booking(container.current, {
data: props.data
// other configuration properties
});
return () => {
booking.destructor();
}
}, []);
return <div ref={container} className="widget"></div>;
}
Now the Booking component is ready to use. When the element will be added to the page, it will initialize the Booking with data. You can provide necessary configuration settings as well. Visit our Booking API docs to check the full list of available properties.
Handling events
When a user makes some action in the Booking, it invokes an event. You can use these events to detect the action and run the desired code for it. See the full list of events.
Open Booking.jsx and complete the useEffect() method in the following way:
// ...
useEffect(() => {
const booking = new Booking(container.current, {});
// output the id of the selected slot
booking.api.on("select-slot", (obj) => {
console.log(obj.id);
});
return () => {
booking.destructor();
}
}, []);
// ...
After that, you can start the app to see Booking loaded with data on a page.
Now you know how to integrate DHTMLX Booking with React. You can customize the code according to your specific requirements. The final example you can find on GitHub.