Create a React app with Convertkit

a dev guide by Divjoy

About this guide

This development guide walks you through everything you need to do to build a high-quality React app integrated with Convertkit. Check out the tasks below to get started. To save time, you can also use our boilerplate, which gives you a complete React codebase with all of these tasks done for you. Okay, let's dive in!

Tasks

Setup your React app
Setup a React app using npx create-react-app and routing using React Router. There are many ways you can structure your app, but a common setup is to have an App component that defines top-level routes, with each route component imported from the /pages directory. The rest of your components should be located in your /components directory. You can then run your app locally with the npm run start command.
Build your ConvertKit subscription form
First setup a new form in your Convertkit dashboard and copy your form ID. Then create a newsletter subscribe form using your component library of choice and have it submit the email value to https://app.convertkit.com/forms/YOUR_FORM_ID/subscriptions. Make sure you properly validate inputs, display any errors returned by ConvertKit, and to display a confirmation message once the email has been added.

Get the code

You can get the code for this guide with our React and Convertkit Boilerplate. You'll get a complete React codebase with Convertkit integration, all the tasks listed above done for you, and a responsive multi-page template. It should save you about two weeks of development time.

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