Using Lodash debounce with React useCallback for input onChange event

Question

I'm trying to debounce an onChange event when a user type in a input field.

I'm referencing these threads:

• How can I perform a debounce?
• Set input value with a debounced onChange handler

I have the following snippet where I try to replicate the solutions provided in the threads above:

const handler = useCallback(debounce(setSearchQuery(value), 500), []);

useEffect(() => {
  document.addEventListener('keydown', handleDocumentKeyDown);
  handler(value);
  return () => document.removeEventListener('keydown', handleDocumentKeyDown);
}, [isOpen, handleDocumentKeyDown, handler, value]);

// ...

const handleChange = (event) => {
  setValue(event.target.value);
};

Error:

Uncaught TypeError: handler is not a function

How can I debounce setSerachQuery() for 500ms while the user is typing in the input field?

Answer 1

The issue in your case is that instead of passing a function to debounce, you are invoking it directly. You can use arrow function within debounce like

const handler = useCallback(debounce(() => setSearchQuery(value), 500), []);

Full code

const handler = useCallback(debounce(() => setSearchQuery(value), 500), []); // arrow function here

  useEffect(() => {
    document.addEventListener('keydown', handleDocumentKeyDown);
    handler(value);
    return () => document.removeEventListener('keydown', handleDocumentKeyDown);
  }, [isOpen, handleDocumentKeyDown, handler, value]);

  ...

  const handleChange = (event) => {
    setValue(event.target.value);
  };