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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:

  1. Login in to Google Cloud Console
  2. Create a new project
  3. In Google Cloud Marketplace navigate to Tenor API
  4. Click on Enable
  5. In navigation menu go to APIs and services tab and select Credentials
  6. Click + create credentials and create API key, copy generated API key
  7. 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 Reqired 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.
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.

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

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
}

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.

GitHub

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