useWebWorkerFn

Run expensive functions without blocking the UI, using a simple syntax that makes use of Promise. A port of alewin/useWorker.

Usage

Basic example

import { useWebWorkerFn } from '@vueuse/core'

const { workerFn } = useWebWorkerFn(() => {
  // some heavy works to do in web worker
})

With dependencies

import { useWebWorkerFn } from '@vueuse/core'

const { workerFn, workerStatus, workerTerminate } = useWebWorkerFn(
  dates => dates.sort(dateFns.compareAsc),
  {
    timeout: 50000,
    dependencies: [
      'https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/date-fns/1.30.1/date_fns.js', // dateFns
    ],
  },
)

With local dependencies

import { useWebWorkerFn } from '@vueuse/core'

const pow = (a: number) => a * a

const { workerFn, workerStatus, workerTerminate } = useWebWorkerFn(
  numbers => pow(numbers),
  {
    timeout: 50000,
    localDependencies: [pow]
  },
)

Web Worker

Before you start using this function, we suggest you read the Web Worker documentation.

Credit

This function is a Vue port of https://github.com/alewin/useWorker by Alessio Koci, with the help of @Donskelle to migration.