# Using outside React

#### [**> modalfy() API**](/react-native-modalfy/api/modalfy.md)

Thanks to the rewrite that led to Modalfy v2, we can now control our modals from *outside* React for the 1st time!

This means that we don't need to be inside any kind of component to open or close modals anymore. We could be in a function fetching some data or inside a Saga side effect and manage our modals without any problem. 

To do so, simply we `import { modalfy } from 'react-native-modalfy'` in any file and we'll have access to the same [**`ModalProp`**](/react-native-modalfy/api/types/modalprop.md) as if we were using [**`useModal()`**](/react-native-modalfy/api/usemodal.md) or [**`withModal()`**](/react-native-modalfy/api/withmodal.md):

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="JavaScript" %}

```javascript
import { modalfy } from 'react-native-modalfy'

const {
  currentModal,
  openModal,
  closeModal,
  closeModals,
  closeAllModals,
} = modalfy()

openModal('MessageSentModal')
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% hint style="info" %}
To always get the latest value of `currentModal,` consider using `modalfy().currentModal` when you need that information, instead of the aforementioned destructuring syntax.
{% endhint %}


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