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+# Changelog
+
+Release versions follow [Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 guidelines](https://semver.org/).
+
+## v1.0.0-beta.1
+
+2021-10-20 (date of last commit)
+
+### Features
+
+- `useUserId`: initial implementation.
+- `useUser`: initial implementation.
+- `withUserId`: initial implementation.
+- `withUser`: initial implementation.
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-meteor/react-accounts
-=====================
+# react-meteor-accounts
 
-A couple of simple hooks for accessing Meteor Accounts state.
+Simple hooks and higher-order components (HOCs) for getting reactive, stateful values of Meteor's Accounts data sources.
+
+## Table of Contents
+
+- [Installation](#installation)
+  - [Peer npm dependencies](#peer-npm-dependencies)
+  - [Changelog](#changelog)
+- [Usage](#usage)
+  - [`useUser` / `withUser`](#useuser--withUser)
+  - [`useUserId` / `withUserId`](#useuserid--withUserId)
+
+## Installation
+
+Install the package from Atmosphere:
+
+```shell
+meteor add react-meteor-accounts
+```
+
+### Peer npm dependencies
+
+Install React if you have not already:
+
+```shell
+meteor npm install react
+```
+
+_Note:_ The minimum supported version of React is v16.8 ("the one with hooks").
+
+### Changelog
+
+For recent changes, check the [changelog](./CHANGELOG.md).
+
+## Usage
+
+Utilities for each data source are available for the two ways of writing React components: hooks and higher-order components (HOCs). Hooks can only be used in functional components. HOCs can be used for both functional and class components, but are primarily for the latter.
+
+_Note:_ All HOCs forward refs.
+
+### useUser() / withUser(...)
+
+Get a stateful value of the current user record from [`Meteor.user`](https://docs.meteor.com/api/accounts.html#Meteor-user), a reactive data source.
+
+The hook, `useUser()`, returns a stateful value of the current user record.
+
+- Arguments: *none*.
+- Returns: `object | null`.
+
+The HOC, `withUser(Component)`, returns a wrapped version of `Component`, where `Component` receives a prop of the current user record, `user`.
+
+- Arguments:
+
+| Argument | Type | Required | Description |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| Component | `any` | yes | A React component. |
+
+- Returns: `React.ForwardRefExoticComponent`.
+
+Examples:
+
+```tsx
+import React from 'react';
+import { useUser, withUser } from 'meteor/react-meteor-accounts';
+
+// Hook
+function Foo() {
+  const user = useUser();
+
+  if (user === null) {
+    return <h1>Log in</h1>;
+  }
+
+  return <h1>Hello {user.username}</h1>;
+}
+
+// HOC
+class Bar extends React.Component {
+  render() {
+    if (this.props.user === null) {
+      return <h1>Log in</h1>;
+    }
+
+    return <h1>Hello {this.props.user.username}</h1>;
+  }
+}
+
+const WrappedBar = withUser(Bar);
+```
+
+TypeScript signatures:
+
+```ts
+// Hook
+const useUser: () => Meteor.User;
+
+// HOC
+const withUser: (Component: any) => React.ForwardRefExoticComponent<React.RefAttributes<unknown>>;
+```
+
+### useUserId() / withUserId(...)
+
+Get a stateful value of the current user id from [`Meteor.userId`](https://docs.meteor.com/api/accounts.html#Meteor-userId), a reactive data source.
+
+The hook, `useUserId()`, returns a stateful value of the current user id.
+
+- Arguments: *none*.
+- Returns: `string`.
+
+The HOC, `withUserId(Component)`, returns a wrapped version of `Component`, where `Component` receives a prop of the current user id, `userId`.
+
+- Arguments:
+
+| Argument | Type | Required | Description |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| Component | `any` | yes | A React component. |
+
+- Returns: `React.ForwardRefExoticComponent`.
+
+Examples:
+
+```tsx
+import React from 'react';
+import { useUserId, withUserId } from 'meteor/react-meteor-accounts';
+
+// Hook
+function Foo() {
+  const userId = useUserId();
+
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <h1>Account Details</h1>
+      {userId ? (
+          <p>Your unique account id is {userId}.</p>
+        ) : (
+          <p>Log-in to view your account details.</p>
+        )}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+// HOC
+class Bar extends React.Component {
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <div>
+        <h1>Account Details</h1>
+        {this.props.userId ? (
+            <p>Your unique account id is {this.props.userId}.</p>
+          ) : (
+            <p>Log-in to view your account details.</p>
+          )}
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+const WrappedBar = withUserId(Bar);
+```
+
+TypeScript signatures:
+
+```ts
+// Hook
+const useUserId: () => string;
+
+// HOC
+const withUserId: (Component: any) => React.ForwardRefExoticComponent<React.RefAttributes<unknown>>;
+```