---
title: "Write a Custom Reusable Hook (useFetch)."
url: https://daily.dev/posts/write-a-custom-reusable-hook-usefetch--1ig9fgdk7
source_url: https://medium.com/swlh/write-a-custom-reusable-hook-usefetch-1443d8d4e1e1
type: article
source: "The Startup"
published: 2021-02-05T01:01:04.400Z
updated: 2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z
tags: ["react"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 26
comments: 2
language: en
---

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# Write a Custom Reusable Hook (useFetch).

**[The Startup](https://daily.dev/sources/swlh)** · 4 min read · 26 upvotes · 2 comments

## Summary

Hooks were a part of React from v16.8 onwards. They were included as a feature to avoid using classes or class-based components. Hooks are just a cleaner way to write programs in React. Today we are going to write a reusable custom hook, and build a simple application that will make use of the hook.

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daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://medium.com/swlh/write-a-custom-reusable-hook-usefetch-1443d8d4e1e1>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@ghost** · 2 upvotes

> A good use case of the `useState` hook.

**@sadnessojisan** · 0 upvotes

> it's good name effects.

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