> **Key takeaway:**  ☞   The renaming of "Ledger Live" to "Ledger Wallet" and\
>      "wallet" (in the hardware sense) to "signer" is still in progress.\
>      This page may contain legacy references that will be updated.

# Using the `useCapabilities` Hook

In this section, we will be looking at how to use the `useCapabilities` hook to retrieve a list of available cryptocurrencies and tokens.

This method is essential when you need to get information on what you can do with the user's account.

### Introduction to `useCapabilities` Hook

The `useCapabilities` hook is part of the `@ledgerhq/wallet-api-client-react` package. This hook allows you to fetch a list of permissions.

### Sample Code

Here is an example that shows how to use the `useCapabilities` hook inside a React component:

[**Required permission**:](https://developers.ledger.com/docs/ledger-live/discover/guides/wallet-api/appendix/manifest#permissions)
`wallet.capabilities`

```jsx

import { useState } from "react";
import { useCapabilities } from "@ledgerhq/wallet-api-client-react";
 
function App() {
  const { capabilities } = useCapabilities();
 
  return (
    <>
      <h1>Capabilities</h1>
      <button onClick={() => {console.log(capabilities)}}> log Capabilities </button>
    </>
  );
}

export default App;
```

In this example:

- We import the `useCapabilities` hook from the `@ledgerhq/wallet-api-client-react` package.

- We use the hook to get the `capabilities` array.

- When the button is clicked, it log the list of capabilities.

### Understanding the Response

Here is an example of a partial response from the `useCapabilities` hook:

```json
[
  'account.list', 
  'account.receive', 
  'account.request', 
  'bitcoin.getXPub', 
  'currency.list', 
  'device.close', 
  'device.exchange', 
  'device.transport', 
  'exchange.complete', 
  'exchange.start', 
  'message.sign', 
  'storage.get', 
  'storage.set', 
  'transaction.sign', 
  'transaction.signAndBroadcast', 
  'wallet.capabilities', 
  'wallet.info', 
  'wallet.userId'
]
```

Each string in the array represents a capability.
They are composed in two part `group.method` :

- `group`: Specifies in which area does the permission belong.

```
wallet, currency, account, exchange, bitcoin, device, transaction, storage, message, account
```

- `method`: Specifies the method that you can call with this specific user.

### Other fields

```jsx
  const capabilitiesHook = useCapabilities();
```

`loading` : Loading state of capabilities field

```jsx
  if (capabilitiesHook.loading){
    ...
  };
```

`error` : State of the request

```jsx
  if (capabilitiesHook.error){
    ...
  };
```

`updateData` : Function that update the updateData

```jsx
  capabilitiesHook.updateData();
```

`updatedAt` : Last update of capabilities