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An Tenor GIF picker component for React applications that runs on Tenor API V2. This picker fits styling of emoji-picker-react and can be used next to it.

What to know before using

In order to access Tenor API you are required to provide API key. This is a free and simple process that takes less than 60 seconds.
Tenor requires attribution from products that use their API. This library comply with that rule by adding Search Tenor placeholder to the search bar.

Installation

npm install gif-picker-react

Obtaining Tenor API v2 key

In order to use GifPicker element you are required to provide Tenor API key via tenorApiKey prop. To obtain this key please follow this simple guide:

Login in to Google Cloud Console
Create a new project
In Google Cloud Marketplace navigate to Tenor API
Click on Enable
In navigation menu go to APIs and services tab and select Credentials
Click + create credentials and create API key, copy generated API key
Pass this key as prop to tenorApiKey

Usage

import GifPicker from 'gif-picker-react';

function App() {
  return (
    <div>
      <GifPicker tenorApiKey={"YOUR_API_KEY"} />
    </div>
  );
}

Props

The following props are accepted by the picker:

Prop	Type	Default	Description
tenorApiKey	`string`	Required	Tenor v2 API key, obtained from Google Cloud Console
onGifClick	`function`		Callback function that is called when an gif is clicked. The function receives the `TenorImage` object as a parameter.
theme	`Theme`	`Theme.LIGHT`	Controls the theme of the picker. If you are using Typescript you can use `Theme` enum. Possible values are `light`, `dark` and `auto`.
autoFocusSearch	`boolean`	`true`	Controls the auto focus of the search input.
contentFilter	`ContentFilter`	`ContentFilter.OFF`	Controls the Tenor Content filtering options. If you are using Typescript you can use `ContentFilter` enum. Possible values are `high`, `medium`, `low`, `off`
clientKey	`string`	`gif-picker-react`	Name of your application. Used to differentiate multiple applications using same API key.
country	`string`	`US`	Specify the country of origin for the request. To do so, provide its two-letter ISO 3166-1 country code.
locale	`string (xx_YY)`	`en_US`	Specify the default language to interpret the search string. xx is the language's ISO 639-1 language code, while the optional _YY value is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 country code.
width	`number / string`	`350`	Controls the width of the picker. You can provide a number that will be treated as pixel size, or your any accepted css width as string.
height	`number / string`	`450`	Controls the height of the picker. You can provide a number that will be treated as pixel size, or your any accepted css width as string.
categoryHeight	`number / string`	`100`	Controls the height of the home page reaction category. You can provide a number that will be treated as pixel size, or your any accepted css width as string.
initialSearchTerm	`string`		Sets the initial search term when the picker is opened.

TenorImage

This object is provided as an argument to callback specified in onGifClick:

Property	Type	Description
id	`string`	Tenor result identifier
tenorUrl	`string`	The full URL to view the post on tenor.com
shortTenorUrl	`string`	Short URL to view the post on tenor.com
description	`string`	Textual description of the content. You can use this do populate image object `alt` attribute
createdAt	`Date`	Date object that represents when this post was created.
tags	`string[]`	Array of tags for the post
url	`string`	Direct URL to the image source
height	`number`	Height of the image in pixels
width	`number`	Width of the image in pixels
preview	`TenorImagePreview`	Gif preview object with dimensions scaled down

TenorImagePreview

This object is used for displaying the preview image gifs in the picker. You can use it to render smaller and lower-resolution versions of the gifs.

Property	Type	Description
url	`string`	Direct URL to the preview image source
height	`number`	Height of the preview image in pixels
width	`number`	Width of the preview image in pixels

This is an example TenorImage object:

{
  id: "16596569648018104856",
  tenorUrl: "https://tenor.com/view/american-psycho-patrick-bateman-american-psycho-gif-7212093",
  shortTenorUrl: "https://tenor.com/Eqmf.gif",
  description: "American Psycho Patrick Bateman GIF",
  createdAt: Date,
  tags: [ "American Psycho", "Patrick Bateman", "American", "psycho"],
  url: "https://media.tenor.com/5lLcKZgmIhgAAAAC/american-psycho-patrick-bateman.gif",
  height: 240,
  width: 244,
  preview: {
    url: "https://media.tenor.com/5lLcKZgmIhgAAAAM/american-psycho-patrick-bateman.gif",
    height: 120,
    width: 122
  }
}

Customization

Custom Picker Width and Height

To customize the dimensions of the picker, use the height and width props. You can pass in a number that will be treated as pixel size, or your any accepted css width/height as string.

<GifPicker height={500} width={400} />

<GifPicker height="100%" width="15em" />

CSS Variables

The picker can be customized via CSS variables. The root selector for the picker is .GifPickerReact, when overriding, make sure to provide a more specific selector.

The list of possible variables is quite extensive, but the main ones you may want to override are:

--gpr-bg-color - Background color of the picker.
--gpr-text-color - Font color on the picker.
--gpr-highlight-color - Color on the hover on focus on some search bar, categories and gif.

You can find full list of all variables in GifPickerReact.css.

Contributing

Want to contribute to the project?

First of all, thanks! Check CONTRIBUTING.md for more details.

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