JSX

You can write HTML with JSX syntax with hono/jsx.

Although hono/jsx works on the client, you will probably use it most often when rendering content on the server side. Here are some things related to JSX that are common to both server and client.

Settings

To use JSX, modify the tsconfig.json:

tsconfig.json:

json

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "jsx": "react-jsx",
    "jsxImportSource": "hono/jsx"
  }
}

Alternatively, use the pragma directives:

/** @jsx jsx */
/** @jsxImportSource hono/jsx */

For Deno, you have to modify the deno.json instead of the tsconfig.json:

json

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "jsx": "precompile",
    "jsxImportSource": "hono/jsx"
  }
}

Usage

INFO

If you are comming straight from the Quick Start, the main file has a .ts extension - you need to change it to .tsx - otherwise you will not be able to run the application at all. You should additionally modify the package.json (or deno.json if you are using Deno) to reflect that change (e.g. instead of having bun run --hot src/index.ts in dev script, you should have bun run --hot src/index.tsx).

index.tsx:

tsx

import { Hono } from 'hono'
import type { FC } from 'hono/jsx'

const app = new Hono()

const Layout: FC = (props) => {
  return (
    <html>
      <body>{props.children}</body>
    </html>
  )
}

const Top: FC<{ messages: string[] }> = (props: {
  messages: string[]
}) => {
  return (
    <Layout>
      <h1>Hello Hono!</h1>
      <ul>
        {props.messages.map((message) => {
          return <li>{message}!!</li>
        })}
      </ul>
    </Layout>
  )
}

app.get('/', (c) => {
  const messages = ['Good Morning', 'Good Evening', 'Good Night']
  return c.html(<Top messages={messages} />)
})

export default app

Fragment

Use Fragment to group multiple elements without adding extra nodes:

tsx

import { Fragment } from 'hono/jsx'

const List = () => (
  <Fragment>
    <p>first child</p>
    <p>second child</p>
    <p>third child</p>
  </Fragment>
)

Or you can write it with <></> if it set up properly.

tsx

const List = () => (
  <>
    <p>first child</p>
    <p>second child</p>
    <p>third child</p>
  </>
)

`PropsWithChildren`

You can use PropsWithChildren to correctly infer a child element in a function component.

tsx

import { PropsWithChildren } from 'hono/jsx'

type Post = {
  id: number
  title: string
}

function Component({ title, children }: PropsWithChildren<Post>) {
  return (
    <div>
      <h1>{title}</h1>
      {children}
    </div>
  )
}

Inserting Raw HTML

To directly insert HTML, use dangerouslySetInnerHTML:

tsx

app.get('/foo', (c) => {
  const inner = { __html: 'JSX &middot; SSR' }
  const Div = <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={inner} />
})

Memoization

Optimize your components by memoizing computed strings using memo:

tsx

import { memo } from 'hono/jsx'

const Header = memo(() => <header>Welcome to Hono</header>)
const Footer = memo(() => <footer>Powered by Hono</footer>)
const Layout = (
  <div>
    <Header />
    <p>Hono is cool!</p>
    <Footer />
  </div>
)

Context

By using useContext, you can share data globally across any level of the Component tree without passing values through props.

tsx

import type { FC } from 'hono/jsx'
import { createContext, useContext } from 'hono/jsx'

const themes = {
  light: {
    color: '#000000',
    background: '#eeeeee',
  },
  dark: {
    color: '#ffffff',
    background: '#222222',
  },
}

const ThemeContext = createContext(themes.light)

const Button: FC = () => {
  const theme = useContext(ThemeContext)
  return <button style={theme}>Push!</button>
}

const Toolbar: FC = () => {
  return (
    <div>
      <Button />
    </div>
  )
}

// ...

app.get('/', (c) => {
  return c.html(
    <div>
      <ThemeContext.Provider value={themes.dark}>
        <Toolbar />
      </ThemeContext.Provider>
    </div>
  )
})

Async Component

hono/jsx supports an Async Component, so you can use async/await in your component. If you render it with c.html(), it will await automatically.

tsx

const AsyncComponent = async () => {
  await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 1000)) // sleep 1s
  return <div>Done!</div>
}

app.get('/', (c) => {
  return c.html(
    <html>
      <body>
        <AsyncComponent />
      </body>
    </html>
  )
})

Suspense Experimental

The React-like Suspense feature is available. If you wrap the async component with Suspense, the content in the fallback will be rendered first, and once the Promise is resolved, the awaited content will be displayed. You can use it with renderToReadableStream().

tsx

import { renderToReadableStream, Suspense } from 'hono/jsx/streaming'

//...

app.get('/', (c) => {
  const stream = renderToReadableStream(
    <html>
      <body>
        <Suspense fallback={<div>loading...</div>}>
          <Component />
        </Suspense>
      </body>
    </html>
  )
  return c.body(stream, {
    headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'text/html; charset=UTF-8',
      'Transfer-Encoding': 'chunked',
    },
  })
})

ErrorBoundary Experimental

You can catch errors in child components using ErrorBoundary.

In the example below, it will show the content specified in fallback if an error occurs.

tsx

function SyncComponent() {
  throw new Error('Error')
  return <div>Hello</div>
}

app.get('/sync', async (c) => {
  return c.html(
    <html>
      <body>
        <ErrorBoundary fallback={<div>Out of Service</div>}>
          <SyncComponent />
        </ErrorBoundary>
      </body>
    </html>
  )
})

ErrorBoundary can also be used with async components and Suspense.

tsx

async function AsyncComponent() {
  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 2000))
  throw new Error('Error')
  return <div>Hello</div>
}

app.get('/with-suspense', async (c) => {
  return c.html(
    <html>
      <body>
        <ErrorBoundary fallback={<div>Out of Service</div>}>
          <Suspense fallback={<div>Loading...</div>}>
            <AsyncComponent />
          </Suspense>
        </ErrorBoundary>
      </body>
    </html>
  )
})

Integration with html Middleware

Combine the JSX and html middlewares for powerful templating. For in-depth details, consult the html middleware documentation.

tsx

import { Hono } from 'hono'
import { html } from 'hono/html'

const app = new Hono()

interface SiteData {
  title: string
  children?: any
}

const Layout = (props: SiteData) =>
  html`<!doctype html>
    <html>
      <head>
        <title>${props.title}</title>
      </head>
      <body>
        ${props.children}
      </body>
    </html>`

const Content = (props: { siteData: SiteData; name: string }) => (
  <Layout {...props.siteData}>
    <h1>Hello {props.name}</h1>
  </Layout>
)

app.get('/:name', (c) => {
  const { name } = c.req.param()
  const props = {
    name: name,
    siteData: {
      title: 'JSX with html sample',
    },
  }
  return c.html(<Content {...props} />)
})

export default app

With JSX Renderer Middleware

The JSX Renderer Middleware allows you to create HTML pages more easily with the JSX.

Override type definitions

You can override the type definition to add your custom elements and attributes.

declare module 'hono/jsx' {
  namespace JSX {
    interface IntrinsicElements {
      'my-custom-element': HTMLAttributes & {
        'x-event'?: 'click' | 'scroll'
      }
    }
  }
}

JSX ​

Settings ​

Usage ​

Fragment ​

PropsWithChildren ​

Inserting Raw HTML ​

Memoization ​

Context ​

Async Component ​

Suspense Experimental ​

ErrorBoundary Experimental ​

Integration with html Middleware ​

With JSX Renderer Middleware ​

Override type definitions ​

JSX