Identity

This section describes how to obtain HALO identity in react.

Logging in

The user's identity can be obtained by a react application with the useIdentity hook:

import React from 'react';
import { useIdentity } from '@dxos/react-client';

export const MyComponent = () => {
  const identity = useIdentity({ login: true });
  return <>{/* ... */}</>;
};

The object returned is of type Identity.

The { login: true } tells HALO to log the user in using the HALO vault. When login is set to true it will signal the HALO vault to open it's shell and allow the user to create an identity.

Note

When using { login: true } the hook will fire twice. Once with null, and then again with an identity when one has been established.

Using with React Router

If using react-router the component RequireIdentity from @dxos/react-appkit automatically redirects the user to the HALO app when no identity is found, and returns back when established.

import React from 'react';
import { useRoutes } from 'react-router-dom';
import { RequireIdentity } from '@dxos/react-appkit';

export const Routes = () => {
  return useRoutes([
    {
      element: <RequireIdentity />,
      children: [
        // ... other routes will fire only once identity is established
      ]
    }
  ]);
};

Once identity is established, a space must be created or joined in order to manipulate data.