Initialization

You initialize the ux4iot React library by wrapping your components with a Ux4iotContext
import {Ux4iotContextProvider} from "ux4iot-react";
...
function App() {
  return (
    <div className="App">
      <Ux4iotContextProvider 
          options={options}
      >
          <MyView />
      </Ux4iotContextProvider>
    </div>
  );
}
There are two modes of operations for the library: Development mode and production mode. The initialization differs between the two modes.
Development Mode
const UX4IOT_ADMIN_CONNECTION_STRING = "Endpoint=...SharedAccessKey=...";
​
const devOptions: InitializeDevOptions = {
   adminConnectionString: UX4IOT_ADMIN_CONNECTION_STRING 
};
​
...
  <Ux4iotContextProvider options={devOptions}>
  ...
  </Ux4iotContextProvider>
...
You can see a complete example in the tutorial using create-react-app.
The value of the adminConnectionString option can be retrieved via the Azure portal:
You can select either the Primary or the Secondary connection string.
In production mode the admin connection string is used by the Security Backend, but as there is no Security Backend in development mode, the frontend accesses the Admin API on its own. For this reason the frontend requires the admin connection string.
Usage of Development Mode
Under no circumstances should you publish your web application in development mode. It allows anyone with access to the web application to perform any requests towards your IoT devices and it also exposes the admin connection string that must be kept secret.
Production Mode
For production mode you need to provide a security backend for managing access permissions. You also need a Grant Request Function that acts as an adapter between the ux4iot library and this backend.
const UX4IOT_WEBSOCKET_URL 'https://ux4iot-xxx.westeurope.azurecontainer.io';
​
const prodOptions: InitializeProdOptions = {
   ux4iotURL: UX4IOT_WEBSOCKET_URL
   grantRequestFunction: customGrantRequestFunction
};
​
...
  <Ux4iotContextProvider options={prodOptions}>
  ...
  </Ux4iotContextProvider>
...
The value for the ux4iotURL parameter is available on your ux4iot instance in the Azure portal:
For detailed information on how to implement the Grant Request Function, see the dedicated chapter.
onSocketConnectionUpdate
In both Development and Production mode you can pass a function to the options of the Ux4iotContextProvider 
const devOptions: InitializeDevOptions = {
   adminConnectionString: UX4IOT_ADMIN_CONNECTION_STRING
   onSocketConnectionUpdate: (reason, description) => { /* handle update */ }
};
const prodOptions: InitializeProdOptions = {
   ux4iotURL: UX4IOT_WEBSOCKET_URL
   grantRequestFunction: customGrantRequestFunction
   onSocketConnectionUpdate: (reason, description) => { /* handle update */ }
};
It takes two arguments:
reason - can be one of four strings:
 socket_connect - called when the socket is established with the server
socket_connect_error called when the client throws an error when establishing the socket
socket_disconnect - called when the socket is disconnected
ux4iot_unreachable - called when a sessionId cannot be fetched from the ux4iot instance
Every reason except for ux4iot_unreachable originates from socket.io and is documented here: https://socket.io/docs/v4/client-api/#event-connect 
description - string | undefined : error explanation provided in socket_connect_error, socket_disconnect and ux4iot_unreachable 
The full function type you need to provide is
export type ConnectionUpdateReason =
	| 'socket_connect'
	| 'socket_connect_error'
	| 'socket_disconnect'
	| 'ux4iot_unreachable';
​
export type ConnectionUpdateFunction = (
  reason: ConnectionUpdateReason,
  description?: string
) => void;
​

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