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Render HTML of embed-deployed Component

I want to integrate my react app to a 3rd party app which enables me to put a script that appends the elements into the html.
But it appears that it is not that straightforward in react. The script does not append the elements so my custom component does not appear on the page.
This is what I am trying to do ( but not a gist ):
function Snippet){
return (
<Wrapper>
<h1> Snippet 1</h1>
<script src="https://gist.github.com/xxxx/e4208e452e32e353b6076944c80a1058.js"></script>
</Wrapper>
)
}
Is there a way to do this with just react?

Hi Going back to this inquiry, I found an npm package that enables the embedding of github gist in a react component.
Following the implementation of the Gist Component in the package, we can also deploy the code programmatically instead of pasting the deployment script directly to the component and it will work just fine.
export default class DeployedComponent extends React.Component{
constructor(props){
super(props);
}
componentDidMount(){
(function(props,doc,elementName,id){
let jsElement;
if(doc.getElementById(id)){
return;
}
jsElement = doc.createElement(elementName);
jsElement.id = id;
jsElement.src= "deployment_script_src";
doc.getElementsByClassName("cb-deployment-wrapper")[0].appendChild(jsElement);
})(this.props, document,"script","script_id");
}
render(){
return (
<div className="w-100 cb-deployment-wrapper ">
</div>
);
}
}

Font Awesome icons not showing up using Bulma in Gatsby

I am building a website using Gatsby and Bulma. In my Nav.js file, where I create a general format for the buttons at the top of the website, I have a few buttons using Bulma to which I would like to add icons inside. I went off the documentation for adding Bulma buttons with Font Awesome Icons: https://bulma.io/documentation/elements/button/. My code is exactly the same, other that the fact that I have my buttons wrapped in an <a> tag to link to other pages in my website. I have the included <script> file listed in documentation to have Font Awesome Icons available, and my code looks as such:
const Nav = () => {
return (
<div style={{ margin: `3rem auto`, maxWidth: 650, padding: `0 1rem` }}>
<nav>
<script defer src="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.3.1/js/all.js"></script>
<p class="buttons is-outlined is-centered">
<a href="/"><button class="button is-outlined"> <span class="icon">
<i class="fas fa-home"></i>
</span>
<span>Home</span>
</button></a>
<button class="button is-outlined">Projects</button>
<button class="button is-outlined">Experience</button>
</p>
</nav>
</div>
)
}
I'm not sure if I have the script located in the correct part of the file, and I've only tried to put an icon for my Home button which looks like this:
The gap to the left of the "Home" is where I'm guessing the icon should be. I would appreciate any help as to why the icon is not showing up or is showing up blank. Thank you!

I ran into this issue myself so posting here for anyone that is looking for the answer. There are a few ways to make it work, including using the icons as components with a library such as react-fontawesome. However if you're using Bulma then chances are that you specifically don't want to do that, instead you want to use the class names.
So first install the package:
npm i #fortawesome/fontawesome-free
Then in your index.js / app.js / any styling wrapper component you have:
import '#fortawesome/fontawesome-free/css/all.min.css'
Here is a Typescript example I have in front of me. This is a wrapper component that imports all my global styles for nested child components to use:
import React from 'react';
import 'bulma/css/bulma.css';
import '#fortawesome/fontawesome-free/css/all.min.css';
import NavMenu from '../nav-menu';
import Footer from '../footer';
import './layout.css';
const Layout: React.FC<{ light: boolean }> = ({ light, children }) => {
return (
<div className="layout-wrapper">
<NavMenu light={light} />
{children}
<Footer light={light} />
</div>
);
};
export default Layout;

With the help of a friend, what solved the issue was putting the <script> tag in the public/index.html file of the project, and then making an exact copy and naming it index.html and putting it in the static folder in the project. This way, each time a Gatsby server is ran, it will create a copy of the index.html file in the public repository with the Font Awesome Icon script included.

How to create a conditional rendering of Gatsby's Link component and <a> tag for links?

From Gatsby's official docs regarding Gatsby's Link component, it states that the Link component is used only for internal links, whereas for external links, one has to use the tag.
I'm building a Button component that has inbuilt props for links. The problem is right now I have to create 2 separate Button components for internal and external links due to the limitation.
My goal is to use one freeLink component that can be used as both internal and external links
I've tried creating a subcomponent (Button) for the button, but I'm unsure of the parent component (freeLink) which requires conditional rendering. The subcomponent is as of follows:
const Button = props => (
<button className={props.btnType}>
<span>{props.text}</span>
</button>
)
This is the visual logic to what I want to achieve:
For Internal links
<freeLink intLink="/about" btnType="btn-cta" text="Read about us">
</freeLink>
...which will render...
<Link to="/about">
<button className="btn-cta">
<span>Read about us</span>
</button>
</Link>
It is relatively similar for external links
<freeLink extLink="https://google.com" btnType="btn-cta" text="Visit Our Partner">
</freeLink>
...which will render...
<a href="https://google.com">
<button className="btn-cta">
<span>Visit Our Partner</span>
</button>
</a>
I'm quite new to Javascript, Gatsby and React so I'm unsure to how to apply a conditional rendering based on props applied.
Any advice, suggestion, or direction to how to code up the freeLink component is greatly appreciated.
P.S: I've seen Conditionally Use Gatsby Link in React Compoment but the chosen answer is too complicated for me to understand, and I don't have enough points to comment to ask for further elaboration.

You could try something simple like this:
const MyLink = (href, text, ...props) => {
if (href.startsWith("http") {
return <a href={href} {...props}>{text}</a>
} else {
return <Link href={href} {...props}>{text}</Link>
}
}

Your component could return different stuff based on weather you pass it a to or a href prop:
import { Link } from "gatsby"
const freeLink = props => {
if (props.to) return <Link {...props} />
return <a {...props} />
}`

How to prevent an embeded type-form to scroll after loading

I am building a ReactJS application and have a typeform which I embed to the middle of the page. Problem is that as soon as the Type-Form loads in the https://www.npmjs.com/package/#heyjobs/react-typeform-embed
Code:
class OverTheCounter extends Component {
render() {
return (
<div className="OtcContainer">
<div className="overTheCounterPage">
{/*<img src={image1} alt="HeaderImage" />
<h1 >Over the counter</h1>
</div>
<OtcIcon />
*/}
</div>
<ParallaxHeader />
<div className="typeForm">
<ReactTypeformEmbed
className="typeForm"
url="https://xxx.typeform.com/to/XXX"
/>
</div>
<OtcIcon />
<Footer />
</div>
);
}
}
export default OverTheCounter;

So for the react embed component you're using I can't comment or explain how it works. However I recently created and maintain a web components library (which from my tests works well with React).
You can install it with
npm install typeform-elements
And import the embed library into your apps entry point with:
import 'typeform-elements/dist/embed';
And finally use the component as so...
<typeform-standard url="{typeform_url}"></typeform-standard>
The embed component has a few attributes you can use and learn about here. And if things don't work, open an issue!

Facebook Create React App Build - Add Image As Prop Type

I have a component comment.js
export default function Comment (props) {
return (
<div className="comment-wrapper">
<img src={props.userImage} />
<p className="comment">{props.commentTitle}</p>
</div>
);
}
So I just simply want to have that component in the parent component as
<Comment userImage="IMAGE_LINK" commentTitle="BLAH BLAH" />
Again, I am using the Create-React-App build system from facebook. With that being said I know I can hard code an image using the following
<img src={require(`./images/MY-IMAGE.png`)} />
The code above works perfectly fine for the test image I am trying to load. However, when needed dynamically for the component the issue gets a bit more complex.
Now with the comment.js component above, I cannot do
<img src={require("./images" + {props.userImage})} />
I have taken a look at one thread on this site as well as reading this blog post on the issue and can still not come to a conclusion.
How can I handle image assets being passed as props to a component, in this case?

you can use import
// parent component
import MenuImage from '/img/menu.png'
<Comment image={MenuImage} commentTitle="Title"} />
then on Comment component
export default props => (
<img src={props.image} alt='' />
)