Hookable package in unbuild source code.

For this week, I have been reading unbuild source code and found few packages that I have never seen before or used. I wanted to share some interesting packages that are used in these OSS projects so we can learn a thing or two ;)

The following are discussed in this article:

What is hookable?
Hookable’s usage in unbuild

What is hookable?

Hookable is a package built by authors at Unjs. Unjs provides JS tools, libraries and has about 63 npm packages and 421m downloads per month. Sheesh, that’s a lot.

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*d8woH8hDsiZShDCV5fPm6g.png align="left")

Hookable repository has this description “Awaitable Hooks”.

This package is straightforward to use:

Install


npm install hookable

Usage


// Method A:
import { createHooks } from 'hookable'
 
// Create a hookable instance
const hooks = createHooks()
 
// Hook on 'hello'
hooks.hook('hello', () => { console.log('Hello World' )})
 
// Call 'hello' hook
hooks.callHook('hello')

Basically, you create a hook with a callback and call these hooks somewhere else in your codebase to trigger this callback. Let’s what sort of hooks are found in unbuild source code.

Hookable’s usage in unbuild

Initializing hookable

At line 182 in build.ts, you will find the below code:


// Build context
  const ctx: BuildContext = {
    options,
    jiti,
    warnings: new Set(),
    pkg,
    buildEntries: [],
    usedImports: new Set(),
    hooks: createHooks(),
  };

Register hooks

At the line 185 in build.ts, you will find the below code:


// Register hooks
  if (preset.hooks) {
    ctx.hooks.addHooks(preset.hooks);
  }
  if (inputConfig.hooks) {
    ctx.hooks.addHooks(inputConfig.hooks);
  }
  if (buildConfig.hooks) {
    ctx.hooks.addHooks(buildConfig.hooks);
  }

Calling the hooks

In build.ts, you will find the below code used to call registered hooks:


// Allow prepare and extending context
await ctx.hooks.callHook("build:prepare", ctx);
// Call build:before
await ctx.hooks.callHook("build:before", ctx);
// Skip rest for stub and watch mode
if (options.stub || options.watch) {
  await ctx.hooks.callHook("build:done", ctx);
  return;
}
// Call build:done
await ctx.hooks.callHook("build:done", ctx);

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