useTask

useTask is a hook that manages a single task on the Golem Network. It returns an object with the following properties:

Name	Description
run	The worker function that runs the task.
isRunning	Boolean indicating whether the task is running.
error	The error which caused the task to fail.
result	The result of the task.

Parameters

This hook takes the TaskExecutor instance, initialized by the useExecutor hook.

Name	Description
executor (required)	The TaskExecutor instance.

Example

function MyComponent({ executor }) {
  const { isRunning, error, result, run } = useTask(executor)
  const onClick = () =>
    run(async (exe) => {
      return (await exe.run('echo', ['Hello world!'])).stdout
    })
  return (
    <div>
      <button onClick={onClick} disabled={isRunning}>
        Run task
      </button>
      {isRunning && <div>Task is running...</div>}
      {error && <div>Task failed due to {error.toString()}</div>}
      {result && <div>Task result: {result}</div>}
    </div>
  )
}