useState
useState<T>(init?: () => T | Ref<T>): Ref<T>useState<T>(key: string, init?: () => T | Ref<T>): Ref<T>
- key: A unique key ensuring that data fetching is properly de-duplicated across requests. If you do not provide a key, then a key that is unique to the file and line number of the instance of
useState
will be generated for you. - init: A function that provides initial value for the state when not initiated. This function can also return a
Ref
. - T: (typescript only) Specify the type of state
Because the data inside
useState
will be serialized to JSON, it is important that it does not contain anything that cannot be serialized, such as classes, functions or symbols. Read more in Docs > Getting Started > State Management.