Add async processing support to support async plugins

Resolves remarkjs#680

Signed-off-by: Michael Irwin <mikesir87@gmail.com>

lib/react-markdown.js

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  * @property {PluggableList} [remarkPlugins=[]]
  * @property {PluggableList} [rehypePlugins=[]]
  * @property {import('remark-rehype').Options | undefined} [remarkRehypeOptions={}]
+ * @property {boolean} [async=false]
  *
  * @typedef LayoutOptions
  * @property {string} [className]
@@ -69,9 +70,13 @@ const deprecated = {
  * React component to render markdown.
  *
  * @param {ReactMarkdownOptions} options
- * @returns {ReactElement}
+ * @returns {ReactElement | null}
  */
 export function ReactMarkdown(options) {
+  const [asyncHastNode, setAsyncHastNode] = React.useState(
+    /** @type {?Root} */ (null)
+  )
+
   for (const key in deprecated) {
     if (own.call(deprecated, key) && own.call(options, key)) {
       const deprecation = deprecated[key]
@@ -104,7 +109,16 @@ export function ReactMarkdown(options) {
     )
   }
 
-  const hastNode = processor.runSync(processor.parse(file), file)
+  if (options.async && !asyncHastNode) {
+    processor
+      .run(processor.parse(file), file)
+      .then((node) => setAsyncHastNode(node))
+    return null
+  }
+
+  const hastNode = options.async
+    ? /** @type Root */ (asyncHastNode)
+    : processor.runSync(processor.parse(file), file)
 
   if (hastNode.type !== 'root') {
     throw new TypeError('Expected a `root` node')

package.json

@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
     "@types/react": "^17.0.0",
     "@types/react-dom": "^17.0.0",
     "@types/react-is": "^17.0.0",
+    "@types/react-test-renderer": "^17.0.0",
     "c8": "^7.0.0",
     "esbuild": "^0.14.0",
     "eslint-config-xo-react": "^0.27.0",
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@
     "prettier": "^2.0.0",
     "react": "^18.0.0",
     "react-dom": "^18.0.0",
+    "react-test-renderer": "^18.0.0",
     "rehype-raw": "^6.0.0",
     "remark-cli": "^10.0.0",
     "remark-gfm": "^3.0.0",

test/test.jsx

@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@
  * @typedef {import('hast').Text} Text
  * @typedef {import('react').ReactNode} ReactNode
  * @typedef {import('../index.js').Components} Components
+ * @typedef {import('react-test-renderer').ReactTestRenderer} ReactTestRenderer
  */
 
 import fs from 'node:fs'
 import path from 'node:path'
+import {fail} from 'node:assert'
 import {test} from 'uvu'
 import * as assert from 'uvu/assert'
 import React from 'react'
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ import {visit} from 'unist-util-visit'
 import raw from 'rehype-raw'
 import toc from 'remark-toc'
 import ReactDom from 'react-dom/server'
+import renderer, {act} from 'react-test-renderer'
 import Markdown from '../index.js'
 
 const own = {}.hasOwnProperty
@@ -27,6 +30,7 @@ const own = {}.hasOwnProperty
  * @returns {string}
  */
 function asHtml(input) {
+  if (!input) return ''
   return ReactDom.renderToStaticMarkup(input)
 }
 
@@ -1424,4 +1428,23 @@ test('should crash on a plugin replacing `root`', () => {
   }, /Expected a `root` node/)
 })
 
+test('should work correctly when executed asynchronously', async () => {
+  const input = '# Test'
+
+  /** @type {ReactTestRenderer | undefined} */
+  let component
+  await act(async () => {
+    component = renderer.create(<Markdown children={input} async />)
+  })
+
+  if (!component) fail('component not set')
+
+  const renderedOutput = component.toJSON()
+  if (!renderedOutput) fail('No rendered output provided')
+  if (Array.isArray(renderedOutput)) fail('Not expecting multiple children')
+
+  assert.equal(renderedOutput.type, 'h1')
+  assert.equal(renderedOutput.children, ['Test'])
+})
+
 test.run()