Expose monitorDataOutput hook to plugin library (#11453)

- Allow plugins to process data outputs

src/frontend/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 This file contains historical changelog information for the InvenTree UI components library.
 
+### 0.8.0 - March 2026
+
+Exposes the `monitorDataOutput` hook, which allows plugins to monitor the output of a long-running task and display notifications when the task is complete. This is useful for plugins that need to perform long-running tasks and want to provide feedback to the user when the task is complete.
+
 ### 0.7.0 - October 2025
 
 Exposes stock adjustment forms to plugins, allowing plugins to adjust stock adjustments using the common InvenTree UI form components.

src/frontend/lib/hooks/MonitorDataOutput.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+import { t } from '@lingui/core/macro';
+import { useDocumentVisibility } from '@mantine/hooks';
+import { notifications, showNotification } from '@mantine/notifications';
+import { IconCircleCheck, IconExclamationCircle } from '@tabler/icons-react';
+import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
+import type { AxiosInstance } from 'axios';
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { ProgressBar } from '../components/ProgressBar';
+import { ApiEndpoints } from '../enums/ApiEndpoints';
+import { apiUrl } from '../functions/Api';
+
+/**
+ * Hook for monitoring a data output process running on the server
+ */
+export default function monitorDataOutput({
+  api,
+  title,
+  hostname,
+  id
+}: {
+  api: AxiosInstance;
+  title: string;
+  hostname?: string;
+  id?: number;
+}) {
+  const visibility = useDocumentVisibility();
+
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState<boolean>(false);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!!id) {
+      setLoading(true);
+      showNotification({
+        id: `data-output-${id}`,
+        title: title,
+        loading: true,
+        autoClose: false,
+        withCloseButton: false,
+        message: <ProgressBar size='lg' value={0} progressLabel />
+      });
+    } else setLoading(false);
+  }, [id, title]);
+
+  useQuery({
+    enabled: !!id && loading && visibility === 'visible',
+    refetchInterval: 500,
+    queryKey: ['data-output', id, title],
+    queryFn: () =>
+      api
+        .get(apiUrl(ApiEndpoints.data_output, id))
+        .then((response) => {
+          const data = response?.data ?? {};
+
+          if (!!data.errors || !!data.error) {
+            setLoading(false);
+
+            const error: string =
+              data?.error ?? data?.errors?.error ?? t`Process failed`;
+
+            notifications.update({
+              id: `data-output-${id}`,
+              loading: false,
+              icon: <IconExclamationCircle />,
+              autoClose: 2500,
+              title: title,
+              message: error,
+              color: 'red'
+            });
+          } else if (data.complete) {
+            setLoading(false);
+            notifications.update({
+              id: `data-output-${id}`,
+              loading: false,
+              autoClose: 2500,
+              title: title,
+              message: t`Process completed successfully`,
+              color: 'green',
+              icon: <IconCircleCheck />
+            });
+
+            if (data.output) {
+              const url = data.output;
+              const base = hostname ?? window.location.hostname;
+
+              const downloadUrl = new URL(url, base);
+
+              window.open(downloadUrl.toString(), '_blank');
+            }
+          } else {
+            notifications.update({
+              id: `data-output-${id}`,
+              loading: true,
+              autoClose: false,
+              withCloseButton: false,
+              message: (
+                <ProgressBar
+                  size='lg'
+                  maximum={data.total}
+                  value={data.progress}
+                  progressLabel={data.total > 0}
+                  animated
+                />
+              )
+            });
+          }
+
+          return data;
+        })
+        .catch(() => {
+          setLoading(false);
+          notifications.update({
+            id: `data-output-${id}`,
+            loading: false,
+            autoClose: 2500,
+            title: title,
+            message: t`Process failed`,
+            color: 'red'
+          });
+          return {};
+        })
+  });
+}

src/frontend/lib/index.ts

@@ -71,3 +71,6 @@ export {
   RowCancelAction,
   RowActions
 } from './components/RowActions';
+
+// Shared hooks
+export { default as monitorDataOutput } from './hooks/MonitorDataOutput';

src/frontend/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "@inventreedb/ui",
     "description": "UI components for the InvenTree project",
-    "version": "0.7.0",
+    "version": "0.8.0",
     "private": false,
     "type": "module",
     "license": "MIT",

src/frontend/src/hooks/UseDataOutput.tsx

@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
-import { ProgressBar } from '@lib/components/ProgressBar';
+import monitorDataOutput from '@lib/hooks/MonitorDataOutput';
-import { ApiEndpoints } from '@lib/enums/ApiEndpoints';
-import { apiUrl } from '@lib/functions/Api';
-import { t } from '@lingui/core/macro';
-import { useDocumentVisibility } from '@mantine/hooks';
-import { notifications, showNotification } from '@mantine/notifications';
-import { IconCircleCheck, IconExclamationCircle } from '@tabler/icons-react';
-import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { useApi } from '../contexts/ApiContext';
-import { generateUrl } from '../functions/urls';
+import { useLocalState } from '../states/LocalState';
 
 /**
  * Hook for monitoring a data output process running on the server
@@ -21,97 +13,12 @@ export default function useDataOutput({
   id?: number;
 }) {
   const api = useApi();
+  const { getHost } = useLocalState.getState();
 
-  const visibility = useDocumentVisibility();
+  return monitorDataOutput({
-
+    api: api,
-  const [loading, setLoading] = useState<boolean>(false);
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!!id) {
-      setLoading(true);
-      showNotification({
-        id: `data-output-${id}`,
     title: title,
-        loading: true,
+    id: id,
-        autoClose: false,
+    hostname: getHost()
-        withCloseButton: false,
-        message: <ProgressBar size='lg' value={0} progressLabel />
-      });
-    } else setLoading(false);
-  }, [id, title]);
-
-  useQuery({
-    enabled: !!id && loading && visibility === 'visible',
-    refetchInterval: 500,
-    queryKey: ['data-output', id, title],
-    queryFn: () =>
-      api
-        .get(apiUrl(ApiEndpoints.data_output, id))
-        .then((response) => {
-          const data = response?.data ?? {};
-
-          if (!!data.errors || !!data.error) {
-            setLoading(false);
-
-            const error: string =
-              data?.error ?? data?.errors?.error ?? t`Process failed`;
-
-            notifications.update({
-              id: `data-output-${id}`,
-              loading: false,
-              icon: <IconExclamationCircle />,
-              autoClose: 2500,
-              title: title,
-              message: error,
-              color: 'red'
-            });
-          } else if (data.complete) {
-            setLoading(false);
-            notifications.update({
-              id: `data-output-${id}`,
-              loading: false,
-              autoClose: 2500,
-              title: title,
-              message: t`Process completed successfully`,
-              color: 'green',
-              icon: <IconCircleCheck />
-            });
-
-            if (data.output) {
-              const url = generateUrl(data.output);
-              window.open(url.toString(), '_blank');
-            }
-          } else {
-            notifications.update({
-              id: `data-output-${id}`,
-              loading: true,
-              autoClose: false,
-              withCloseButton: false,
-              message: (
-                <ProgressBar
-                  size='lg'
-                  maximum={data.total}
-                  value={data.progress}
-                  progressLabel={data.total > 0}
-                  animated
-                />
-              )
-            });
-          }
-
-          return data;
-        })
-        .catch(() => {
-          setLoading(false);
-          notifications.update({
-            id: `data-output-${id}`,
-            loading: false,
-            autoClose: 2500,
-            title: title,
-            message: t`Process failed`,
-            color: 'red'
-          });
-          return {};
-        })
   });
 }