Use our own timers to dismiss alerts (#3641)

apps/admin-ui/src/components/alert/AlertPanel.tsx

@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import {
   AlertActionCloseButton,
   AlertVariant,
 } from "@patternfly/react-core";
-import type { AlertType } from "./Alerts";
+import type { AlertEntry } from "./Alerts";
 
 type AlertPanelProps = {
-  alerts: AlertType[];
+  alerts: AlertEntry[];
   onCloseAlert: (id: number) => void;
 };
 
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ export function AlertPanel({ alerts, onCloseAlert }: AlertPanelProps) {
               onClose={() => onCloseAlert(id)}
             />
           }
-          timeout
-          onTimeout={() => onCloseAlert(id)}
         >
           {description && <p>{description}</p>}
         </Alert>

apps/admin-ui/src/components/alert/Alerts.tsx

@@ -1,22 +1,25 @@
-import { FunctionComponent, useState } from "react";
-import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { AlertVariant } from "@patternfly/react-core";
-import axios from "axios";
 import type { AxiosError } from "axios";
+import axios from "axios";
+import { FunctionComponent, useCallback, useMemo, useState } from "react";
+import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 
 import { createNamedContext } from "../../utils/createNamedContext";
 import useRequiredContext from "../../utils/useRequiredContext";
+import useSetTimeout from "../../utils/useSetTimeout";
 import { AlertPanel } from "./AlertPanel";
 
+const ALERT_TIMEOUT = 8000;
+
 export type AddAlertFunction = (
   message: string,
   variant?: AlertVariant,
   description?: string
 ) => void;
 
-export type AddErrorFunction = (message: string, error: any) => void;
+export type AddErrorFunction = (message: string, error: unknown) => void;
 
-type AlertProps = {
+export type AlertProps = {
   addAlert: AddAlertFunction;
   addError: AddErrorFunction;
 };
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@ export const AlertContext = createNamedContext<AlertProps | undefined>(
 
 export const useAlerts = () => useRequiredContext(AlertContext);
 
-export type AlertType = {
+export type AlertEntry = {
   id: number;
   message: string;
   variant: AlertVariant;
@@ -37,65 +40,70 @@ export type AlertType = {
 
 export const AlertProvider: FunctionComponent = ({ children }) => {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
-  const [alerts, setAlerts] = useState<AlertType[]>([]);
+  const setTimeout = useSetTimeout();
+  const [alerts, setAlerts] = useState<AlertEntry[]>([]);
 
-  const hideAlert = (id: number) => {
+  const removeAlert = (id: number) =>
     setAlerts((alerts) => alerts.filter((alert) => alert.id !== id));
-  };
 
-  const addAlert = (
-    message: string,
-    variant: AlertVariant = AlertVariant.success,
-    description?: string
-  ) => {
-    setAlerts([
-      {
+  const addAlert = useCallback<AddAlertFunction>(
+    (message, variant = AlertVariant.success, description) => {
+      const alert: AlertEntry = {
         id: Math.random(),
         message,
         variant,
         description,
-      },
-      ...alerts,
-    ]);
       };
 
-  const addError = (message: string, error: Error | AxiosError | string) => {
+      setAlerts((alerts) => [alert, ...alerts]);
+      setTimeout(() => removeAlert(alert.id), ALERT_TIMEOUT);
+    },
+    []
+  );
+
+  const addError = useCallback<AddErrorFunction>((message, error) => {
     addAlert(
       t(message, {
         error: getErrorMessage(error),
       }),
       AlertVariant.danger
     );
-  };
+  }, []);
+
+  const value = useMemo(() => ({ addAlert, addError }), []);
 
   return (
-    <AlertContext.Provider value={{ addAlert, addError }}>
-      <AlertPanel alerts={alerts} onCloseAlert={hideAlert} />
+    <AlertContext.Provider value={value}>
+      <AlertPanel alerts={alerts} onCloseAlert={removeAlert} />
       {children}
     </AlertContext.Provider>
   );
 };
 
-function getErrorMessage(
-  error: Error | AxiosError<Record<string, unknown>> | string
-) {
+function getErrorMessage(error: unknown) {
   if (typeof error === "string") {
     return error;
   }
 
-  if (!axios.isAxiosError(error)) {
+  if (axios.isAxiosError(error)) {
+    return getErrorMessageAxios(error);
+  }
+
+  if (error instanceof Error) {
     return error.message;
   }
 
-  const responseData = (error.response?.data ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
+  throw new Error("Unable to determine error message.");
+}
+
+function getErrorMessageAxios(error: AxiosError) {
+  const data = (error.response?.data ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
 
   for (const key of ["error_description", "errorMessage", "error"]) {
-    const value = responseData[key];
+    const value = data[key];
 
     if (typeof value === "string") {
       return value;
     }
   }
-
-  return error.message;
 }