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How to Use Bootstrap Carousel in React

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Introduction

In this article, I will explain how to create a Bootstrap Carousel in React.js. A Carousel is a slideshow for cycling a series of images or videos. A carousel rotates the images horizontally or vertically with some effect.

Prerequisites

  • Basic knowledge of React.js.
  • Visual Studio Code.
  • Node and NPM installed.
  • Bootstrap.

Create ReactJS Project

Let's first create a React application using the following command.

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npx create-react-app firsttutorial  



Open the newly created project in Visual Studio Code and install Bootstrap in this project using the following command.  

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npm install react-bootstrap bootstrap 



Now, open the index.js file and import Bootstrap.

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import 'bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css';   



Now, right-click on the public folder. Add a new folder, assets, and under it, add a new folder and rename that to img. Then, add some demo images to this folder

File system

File system

Now, go to the src folder and create a new component, BootstrapCarousel.js and add the following reference in this component   :

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import Carousel from 'react-bootstrap/Carousel' 


Add the following code in this component:

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import React, { Component } from 'react'  
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import Carousel from 'react-bootstrap/Carousel'  
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export class BootstrapCarousel extends Component {  
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        render() {  
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                return (  
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                        <div>  
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                         <div class='container-fluid' >  
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                          <div className="row title" style={{ marginBottom: "20px" }} >  
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                          <div class="col-sm-12 btn btn-warning">  
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                          How To Use Bootstrap Carousel In ReactJS  
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                         </div>  
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                         </div>  
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                         </div>  
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                         <div className='container-fluid' >  
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                         <Carousel>  
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                         <Carousel.Item style={{'height':"300px"}} >  
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                         <img style={{'height':"300px"}}  
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                         className="d-block w-100"  
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                        src={'assets/img/img2.jpg'}  />  
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                           <Carousel.Caption>  
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                             <h3>First Demo </h3>  
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                                 </Carousel.Caption>  
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                                 </Carousel.Item  >  
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                                 <Carousel.Item style={{'height':"300px"}}>  
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                                 <img style={{'height':"300px"}}  
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                                   className="d-block w-100"  
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                                    src={'assets/img/img1.jpg'}    />  
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                                       <Carousel.Caption>  
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                                   <h3>Second Demo</h3>  
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                                      </Carousel.Caption>  
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                                         </Carousel.Item>  
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                                       <Carousel.Item style={{'height':"300px"}}>  
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                                       <img style={{'height':"300px"}}  
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                                        className="d-block w-100"  
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                                         src={'assets/img/img3.jpg'}   />  
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                                        <Carousel.Caption>  
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                                          <h3>Third Demo</h3>  
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                                          </Carousel.Caption>  
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                                         </Carousel.Item>  
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                                        </Carousel>  
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                                </div>  
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                        </div>  
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                )  
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        }  
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}  
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export default BootstrapCarousel  


Now, open app.js file and add the following code:

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import React from 'react';  
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import logo from './logo.svg';  
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import './App.css';  
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import BootstrapCarousel from './BootstrapCarousel'  
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function App() {  
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  return (  
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    <div className="App">  
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      <BootstrapCarousel></BootstrapCarousel>  
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    </div>  
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  );  
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}  
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export default App;



Now run the project by using npm start and check the result.

We can also pause slider on mouse hover and set time intervals. Let's create a component BootstrapCarouselDemo.js and add the following reference in this component.  

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import React, { Component } from 'react'  
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export class BootstrapCarouselDemo extends Component {  
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        render() {  
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                return (  
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                        <div>  
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                         <div class='container-fluid' >  
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                          <div className="row title" style={{ marginBottom: "20px" }} >  
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                          <div class="col-sm-12 btn btn-warning">  
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                          How To Use Bootstrap Carousel In ReactJS  
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                         </div>  
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                         </div>  
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                         </div>  
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                         <div className='container-fluid' >  
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                         <Carousel interval={600} keyboard={false} pauseOnHover={true}>  
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                         <Carousel.Item style={{'height':"300px"}}  >  
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                         <img style={{'height':"300px"}}  
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                         className="d-block w-100"  
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                        src={'assets/img/img2.jpg'}  />  
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                           <Carousel.Caption>  
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                             <h3>First Demo </h3>  
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                                 </Carousel.Caption>  
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                                 </Carousel.Item  >  
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                                 <Carousel.Item style={{'height':"300px"}}>  
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                                 <img style={{'height':"300px"}}  
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                                   className="d-block w-100"  
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                                    src={'assets/img/img1.jpg'}    />  
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                                       <Carousel.Caption>  
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                                   <h3>Second Demo</h3>  
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                                      </Carousel.Caption>  
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                                         </Carousel.Item>  
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                                       <Carousel.Item style={{'height':"300px"}}>  
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                                       <img style={{'height':"300px"}}  
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                                        className="d-block w-100"  
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                                         src={'assets/img/img3.jpg'}   />  
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                                        <Carousel.Caption>  
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                                          <h3>Third Demo</h3>  
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                                          </Carousel.Caption>  
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                                         </Carousel.Item>  
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                                        </Carousel>  
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                                </div>  
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                        </div>  
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                )  
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        }  
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}  
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export default BootstrapCarouselDemo  



Now, open the app.js file and add the following code:

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import React from 'react';  
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import logo from './logo.svg';  
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import './App.css';  
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import BootstrapCarouselDemo from './BootstrapCarouselDemo'  
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function App() {  
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  return (  
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    <div className="App">  
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      <BootstrapCarouselDemo></BootstrapCarouselDemo>  
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}  
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export default App;  



Now, run the project using 'npm start' and check your results.

 

Summary

In this article, we learned how to implement Bootstrap Carousel in a React.js application.

Bootstrap (front-end framework) React (JavaScript library)

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