# Using outside React

#### [**> modalfy() API**](https://colorfy-software.gitbook.io/react-native-modalfy/2.x/api/modalfy)

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**](https://colorfy-software.gitbook.io/react-native-modalfy/2.x/api/types/modalprop) as if we were using `useModal()` or `withModal()`:

{% 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 %}