content/snippets/react/s/use-search-param.md
---
title: React useSearchParam hook
type: snippet
language: react
tags: [hooks,state,effect]
cover: coffee-phone-tray-3
dateModified: 2021-10-13
---
Tracks the browser's location search param.
- Use the `useCallback()` hook to create a callback that uses the `URLSearchParams` constructor to get the current value of `param`.
- Use the `useState()` hook to create a state variable that holds the current value of the `param`.
- Use the `useEffect()` hook to set appropriate event listeners to update the state variable when mounting and clean them up when unmounting.
```jsx
const useSearchParam = param => {
const getValue = React.useCallback(
() => new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).get(param),
[param]
);
const [value, setValue] = React.useState(getValue);
React.useEffect(() => {
const onChange = () => {
setValue(getValue());
};
window.addEventListener('popstate', onChange);
window.addEventListener('pushstate', onChange);
window.addEventListener('replacestate', onChange);
return () => {
window.removeEventListener('popstate', onChange);
window.removeEventListener('pushstate', onChange);
window.removeEventListener('replacestate', onChange);
};
}, []);
return value;
};
const MyApp = () => {
const post = useSearchParam('post');
return (
<>
<p>Post param value: {post || 'null'}</p>
<button
onClick={() =>
history.pushState({}, '', location.pathname + '?post=42')
}
>
View post 42
</button>
<button onClick={() => history.pushState({}, '', location.pathname)}>
Exit
</button>
</>
);
};
ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('root')).render(
<MyApp />
);
```