React Newsfeed Component

A customizable social media post component for React applications that mimics popular social media feeds with features like likes, comments, and image galleries.

Authors

• @abhishekgiri49
• Linkedin
• Portfolio

Features

📝 Social media post component with author info, content, and tags
🖼️ Image gallery support with multiple images
❤️ Like functionality with count
💬 Comment system with replies
🔗 Share functionality (using Web Share API when available)
📱 Responsive design
🎨 Customizable options menu

Installation

npm install react-newsfeed
# or
yarn add react-newsfeed

Usage

import "./App.css";
import { Post } from "react-newsfeed";
import { useState } from "react";
import { BookmarkCheck, Bug, Share } from "lucide-react";

interface PostData {
  id: string;
  author: {
    name: string;
    avatar: string;
    timeAgo: string;
  };
  content: string;
  tags: string[];
  images: Array<{
    id: string;
    url: string;
    alt: string;
  }>;
  liked: boolean;
  likeCount: number;
  comments: Array<{
    id: string;
    author: string;
    avatar: string;
    content: string;
    timestamp: string;
    likes: number;
    liked: boolean;
    replies: any[];
    showReplies: boolean;
    showReplyInput: boolean;
  }>;
}

function App() {
  const [posts, setPosts] = useState<PostData[]>([
    {
      id: "1",
      author: {
        name: "Panda Media",
        avatar:
          "https://images.unsplash.com/profile-1749556385385-1235419e91caimage?w=32&dpr=1&crop=faces&bg=%23fff&h=32&auto=format&fit=crop&q=60&ixlib=rb-4.1.0",
        timeAgo: "20h",
      },
      content: "Check out these amazing pandas!",
      tags: ["panda", "nature", "photography"],
      images: [
        {
          id: "1",
          url: "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1499750310107-5fef28a66643?q=80&w=1170&auto=format&fit=crop&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D",
          alt: "Image 1",
        },
        {
          id: "2",
          url: "https://plus.unsplash.com/premium_photo-1675882505334-382d4cb3d718?q=80&w=1165&auto=format&fit=crop&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D",
          alt: "Image 2",
        },
      ],
      liked: false,
      likeCount: 124,
      comments: [
        {
          id: "1",
          author: "User 1",
          avatar: "https://img.icons8.com/color/48/user-male-circle--v5.png",
          content: "Great post!",
          timestamp: "2h",
          likes: 5,
          liked: false,
          replies: [],
          showReplies: false,
          showReplyInput: false,
        },
      ],
    },
    {
      id: "2",
      author: {
        name: "Wildlife Photography",
        avatar:
          "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1564564244660-5d73c057f2d2?q=80&w=1476&auto=format&fit=crop&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D",
        timeAgo: "5h",
      },
      content:
        "It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using 'Content here, content here', making it look like readable English. Many desktop publishing packages and web page editors now use Lorem Ipsum as their default model text, and a search for 'lorem ipsum' will uncover many web sites still in their infancy. Various versions have evolved over the years, sometimes by accident, sometimes on purpose (injected humour and the like).",
      tags: ["nature", "photography", "hiking"],
      images: [
        {
          id: "1",
          url: "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1548347480-50e99d864837?q=80&w=1170&auto=format&fit=crop&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D",
          alt: "Nature shot",
        },
      ],
      liked: true,
      likeCount: 89,
      comments: [],
    },
  ]);

  const handleLikePost = (postId: string, liked: boolean) => {
    setPosts(
      posts.map((post) =>
        post.id === postId
          ? {
              ...post,
              liked,
              likeCount: liked ? post.likeCount + 1 : post.likeCount - 1,
            }
          : post
      )
    );
  };

  const handleAddComment = (postId: string, content: string) => {
    const newComment = {
      id: Date.now().toString(),
      author: "Current User",
      avatar: "https://img.icons8.com/color/48/user-male-circle--v5.png",
      content,
      timestamp: "Just now",
      likes: 0,
      liked: false,
      replies: [],
      showReplies: false,
      showReplyInput: false,
    };

    setPosts(
      posts.map((post) =>
        post.id === postId
          ? {
              ...post,
              comments: [newComment, ...post.comments],
            }
          : post
      )
    );
    return newComment;
  };

  const handleLikeComment = (postId: string, commentId: string) => {
    setPosts(
      posts.map((post) =>
        post.id === postId
          ? {
              ...post,
              comments: post.comments.map((comment) =>
                comment.id === commentId
                  ? {
                      ...comment,
                      liked: !comment.liked,
                      likes: comment.liked
                        ? comment.likes - 1
                        : comment.likes + 1,
                    }
                  : comment
              ),
            }
          : post
      )
    );
  };

  const handleAddReply = (
    postId: string,
    commentId: string,
    content: string
  ) => {
    const newReply = {
      id: `${commentId}-${Date.now()}`,
      author: "Current User",
      avatar: "https://img.icons8.com/color/48/user-male-circle--v5.png",
      content,
      timestamp: "Just now",
      likes: 0,
      liked: false,
    };

    setPosts(
      posts.map((post) =>
        post.id === postId
          ? {
              ...post,
              comments: post.comments.map((comment) =>
                comment.id === commentId
                  ? {
                      ...comment,
                      replies: [...comment.replies, newReply],
                    }
                  : comment
              ),
            }
          : post
      )
    );
    return newReply;
  };

  const handleLikeReply = (
    postId: string,
    commentId: string,
    replyId: string
  ) => {
    console.log(postId, commentId, replyId);

    setPosts(
      posts.map((post) =>
        post.id === postId
          ? {
              ...post,
              comments: post.comments.map((comment) =>
                comment.id === commentId
                  ? {
                      ...comment,
                      replies: comment.replies.map((reply) =>
                        reply.id === replyId
                          ? {
                              ...reply,
                              liked: !reply.liked,
                              likes: reply.liked
                                ? reply.likes - 1
                                : reply.likes + 1,
                            }
                          : reply
                      ),
                    }
                  : comment
              ),
            }
          : post
      )
    );
  };
  const handleShareClick = (postId: string) => {
    const postToShare = posts.find((post) => post.id === postId);

    if (postToShare) {
      if (navigator.share) {
        // Web Share API
        navigator
          .share({
            title: `Post by ${postToShare.author.name}`,
            text: postToShare.content,
            url: window.location.href,
          })
          .catch((err) => {
            console.error("Error sharing:", err);
          });
      } else {
        // Fallback for browsers without Share API
        console.log("Shared post:", postId);
        alert(
          `Sharing: "${postToShare.content}" by ${postToShare.author.name}`
        );
      }
    }
  };
  return (
    <div className="max-w-lg mx-auto p-4 space-y-4">
      {posts.map((post) => (
        <Post
          key={post.id}
          author={post.author}
          content={post.content}
          tags={post.tags}
          options={[
            {
              title: "Share",
              action: () => console.log("Sharing post..."),
              icon: <Share />,
            },
            {
              title: "Report",
              action: () => alert("Reported!"),
              icon: <Bug />,
            },
            {
              title: "Save",
              action: () => console.log("Sharing post..."),
              icon: <BookmarkCheck />,
            },
          ]}
          images={post.images}
          initialLiked={post.liked}
          initialLikeCount={post.likeCount}
          initialComments={post.comments}
          onLikePost={(liked) => handleLikePost(post.id, liked)}
          onAddComment={(content) => handleAddComment(post.id, content)}
          onLikeComment={(commentId) => handleLikeComment(post.id, commentId)}
          onAddReply={(commentId, content) =>
            handleAddReply(post.id, commentId, content)
          }
          onLikeReply={(commentId, replyId) =>
            handleLikeReply(post.id, commentId, replyId)
          }
          onClickShare={() => handleShareClick(post.id)}
        />
      ))}
    </div>
  );
}

export default App;

Props

Props

Demo Output

Dependencies

React
Tailwindcss@3
Modern browser with Web Share API support for native sharing

Browser Support

The component works in all modern browsers. The share functionality will use the Web Share API when available, with a fallback to a simple alert when not supported.

License

MIT