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 > 🎣 React hooks & components on top of ocean.js
 
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+**This repo is deprecated. Use ocean.js directly for most flexibility, and get inspiration for your own React hooks from the [`market` hooks](https://github.com/oceanprotocol/market/tree/main/src/hooks)**
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