---
title: useContext Hook
description: "Details about the useContext React hook in ReScript"
canonical: "/docs/react/latest/hooks-context"
---

# useContext

<Intro>

Context provides a way to pass data through the component tree without having to pass props down manually at every level. The `useContext` hooks gives access to such Context values.

</Intro>

> **Note:** All the details and rationale on React's context feature can be found in [here](./context).

## Usage

```res
let value = React.useContext(myContext)
```

Accepts a `React.Context.t` (the value returned from `React.createContext`) and returns the current context value for that context. The current context value is determined by the value prop of the nearest `<MyContext.Provider>` above the calling component in the tree.


## Examples

### A Simple ThemeProvider


<CodeTab labels={["ReScript", "JS Output"]}>

```res example
// App.res
module ThemeContext = {
  let context = React.createContext("light")

  module Provider = {
    let make = React.Context.provider(context)
  }
}

module ThemedButton = {
  @react.component
  let make = () => {
    let theme = React.useContext(ThemeContext.context)
    let (color, backgroundColor) = switch theme {
    | "dark" => ("#ffffff", "#222222")
    | "light" | _ => ("#000000", "#eeeeee")
    }

    let style = ReactDOMStyle.make(~color, ~backgroundColor, ())

    <button style> {React.string("I am a styled button!")} </button>
  }
}

module Toolbar = {
  @react.component
  let make = () => {
    <div> <ThemedButton /> </div>
  }
}

@react.component
let make = () => {
  <ThemeContext.Provider value="dark">
    <div> <Toolbar /> </div>
  </ThemeContext.Provider>
}
```
```js
var context = React.createContext("light");

var make = context.Provider;

var Provider = {
  make: make
};

var ThemeContext = {
  context: context,
  Provider: Provider
};

function App$ThemedButton(props) {
  var theme = React.useContext(context);
  var match;
  switch (theme) {
    case "dark" :
        match = [
          "#ffffff",
          "#222222"
        ];
        break;
    case "light" :
        match = [
          "#000000",
          "#eeeeee"
        ];
        break;
    default:
      match = [
        "#000000",
        "#eeeeee"
      ];
  }
  var style = {
    backgroundColor: match[1],
    color: match[0]
  };
  return React.createElement("button", {
              style: style
            }, "I am a styled button!");
}

var ThemedButton = {
  make: App$ThemedButton
};

function App$Toolbar(props) {
  return React.createElement("div", undefined, React.createElement(App$ThemedButton, {}));
}

var Toolbar = {
  make: App$Toolbar
};

function App(props) {
  return React.createElement(make, {
              value: "dark",
              children: React.createElement("div", undefined, React.createElement(App$Toolbar, {}))
            });
}
```

</CodeTab>
