---
title: Component Guide
description: How to create and configure Homepage widget components.
---

Homepage widgets are built using React components. These components are responsible for fetching data from the API and rendering the widget UI. Homepage provides a set of hooks and utilities to help you build your widget component.

## A Basic Widget Component

Here is an example of a basic widget component:

```js
import { useTranslation } from "next-i18next";

import Container from "components/services/widget/container";
import Block from "components/services/widget/block";
import useWidgetAPI from "utils/proxy/use-widget-api";

export default function Component({ service }) {
  const { t } = useTranslation();
  const { widget } = service;
  const { data, error } = useWidgetAPI(widget, "info");

  if (error) {
    return <Container service={service} error={error} />;
  }

  if (!data) {
    return (
      <Container service={service}>
        <Block label="yourwidget.key1" />
        <Block label="yourwidget.key2" />
        <Block label="yourwidget.key3" />
      </Container>
    );
  }

  return (
    <Container service={service}>
      <Block label="yourwidget.key1" value={t("common.number", { value: data.key1 })} />
      <Block label="yourwidget.key2" value={t("common.number", { value: data.key2 })} />
      <Block label="yourwidget.key3" value={t("common.number", { value: data.key3 })} />
    </Container>
  );
}
```

### Breakdown

We'll cover two sections of the widget component: hooks and components.

#### Hooks

**`useTranslation`**

This hook is used to translate text and numerical content in widgets. Homepage provides a set of helpers to help you localize your widgets. You can learn more about translations in the [Translations Guide](translations.md).

**`useWidgetAPI`**

This hook is used to fetch data from the API. We cover this hook in more detail in the [API Guide](api.md).

#### Components

- `<Container>`: This component is a wrapper for the widget. It provides a consistent layout for all widgets.
- `<Block>`: This component is used to display a key-value pair. It takes a label and value as props.