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Say I have two redux connected components. The first is a simple todo loading/display container, with the following functions passed to connect(); mapStateToProps reads the todos from the redux state, and mapDispatchToProps is used to request the state to be provided the latest list of todos from the server:
TodoWidgetContainer.js
import TodoWidgetDisplayComponent from '...'
function mapStateToProps(state) {
return {
todos: todoSelectors.getTodos(state)
};
}
function mapDispatchToProps(dispatch) {
return {
refreshTodos: () => dispatch(todoActions.refreshTodos())
};
}
connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchTo)(TodoWidgetDisplayComponent);
The second redux component is intended to be applied to any component on a page so that component can indicate whether a global "loading" icon is displayed. Since this can be used anywhere, I created a helper function that wraps MapDispatchToProps in a closure and generates an ID for each component, which is used to make sure all components that requested the loader indicate that they don't need it anymore, and the global loader can be hidden.
The functions are basically as follows, with mapStateToProps exposing the loader visibility to the components, and mapDispatchToProps allowing them to request the loader to show or hide.
Loadify.js
function mapStateToProps(state) {
return {
openLoader: loaderSelectors.getLoaderState(state)
};
}
function mapDispatchToProps() {
const uniqId = v4();
return function(dispatch) {
return {
showLoader: () => {
dispatch(loaderActions.showLoader(uniqId));
},
hideLoader: () => {
dispatch(loaderActions.hideLoader(uniqId));
}
};
};
}
export default function Loadify(component) {
return connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps())(component);
}
So now, if I have a component that I want to give access to the loader, I can just do something like this:
import Loadify from '...'
class DisplayComponent = new React.Component { ... }
export default Loadify(DisplayComponent);
And it should give it a unique ID, allow it to request the loader to show/hide, and as long as there is one component that is requesting it to show, the loader icon will show. So far, this all appears to be working fine.
My question is, if I would like to apply this to the todos component, so that that component can request/receive its todos while also being allowed to request the loader to show while it is processing, could I just do something like:
TodoWidgetContainer.js
import Loadify from '...'
import TodoWidgetDisplayComponent from '...'
function mapStateToProps(state) {
return {
todos: todoSelectors.getTodos(state)
};
}
function mapDispatchToProps(dispatch) {
return {
refreshTodos: () => dispatch(todoActions.refreshTodos())
};
}
const TodoContainer = connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchTo)(TodoWidgetDisplayComponent);
export default Loadify(TodoContainer);
And will redux automatically merge the objects together to make them compatible, assuming there are no duplicate keys? Or will it take only the most recent set of mapStateToProps/mapDispatchTo unless I do some sort of manual merging? Or is there a better way to get this kind of re-usability that I'm not seeing? I'd really rather avoid having to create a custom set of containers for every component we need.
connect will automatically merge together the combination of "props passed to the wrapper component", "props from this component's mapState", and "props from this component's mapDispatch". The default implementation of that logic is simply:
export function defaultMergeProps(stateProps, dispatchProps, ownProps) {
return { ...ownProps, ...stateProps, ...dispatchProps }
}
So, if you stack multiple levels of connect around each other , the wrapped component will receive all of those props as long as they don't have the same name. If any of those props do have the same name, then only one of them would show up, based on this logic.
Alright, here is what I would do. Create a higher order component (HOC) that adds a new spinner reference to your reducer. The HOC will initialize and destroy references to the spinner in redux by tying into the life cycle methods. The HOC will provide two properties to the base component. The first is isLoading which is a function that takes a boolean parameter; true is on, false is off. The second property is spinnerState that is a readonly boolean of the current state of the spinner.
I created this example without the action creators or reducers, let me know if you need an example of them.
loadify.jsx
/*---------- Vendor Imports ----------*/
import React from 'react';
import { connect } from 'react-redux';
import v4 from 'uuid/v4';
/*---------- Action Creators ----------*/
import {
initNewSpinner,
unloadSpinner,
toggleSpinnerState,
} from '#/wherever/your/actions/are'
const loadify = (Component) => {
class Loadify extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.uniqueId = v4();
props.initNewSpinner(this.uniqueId);;
this.isLoading = this.isLoading.bind(this);
}
componentWillMount() {
this.props.unloadSpinner(this.uniqueId);
}
// true is loading, false is not loading
isLoading(isOnBoolean) {
this.props.toggleSpinner(this.uniqueId, isOnBoolean);
}
render() {
// spinners is an object with the uuid as it's key
// the value to the key is weather or not the spinner is on.
const { spinners } = this.props;
const spinnerState = spinners[this.uniqueId];
return (
<Component isLoading={this.isLoading} spinnerState={spinnerState} />
);
}
}
const mapStateTopProps = state => ({
spinners: state.ui.spinners,
});
const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => ({
initNewSpinner: uuid => dispatch(initNewSpinner(uuid)),
unloadSpinner: uuid => dispatch(unloadSpinner(uuid)),
toggleSpinner: (uuid, isOn) => dispatch(toggleSpinnerState(uuid, isOn))
})
return connect(mapStateTopProps, mapDispatchToProps)(Loadify);
};
export default loadify;
Use Case Example
import loadify from '#/location/loadify';
import Spinner from '#/location/SpinnerComponent';
class Todo extends Component {
componentWillMount() {
this.props.isLoading(true);
asyncCall.then(response => {
// process response
this.props.isLoading(false);
})
}
render() {
const { spinnerState } = this.props;
return (
<div>
<h1>Spinner Testing Component</h1>
{ spinnerState && <Spinner /> }
</div>
);
}
}
// Use whatever state you need
const mapStateToProps = state => ({
whatever: state.whatever.youneed,
});
// use whatever dispatch you need
const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => ({
doAthing: () => dispatch(doAthing()),
});
// Export enhanced Todo Component
export default loadify(connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(Todo));
I want to make a PUT request to my server, but in order to do so I need an identifier for the specific object I need to update. And that is my problem, I don't know how to get the components id so I can fulfill my PUT request. Here's the code at the moment:
import axios from 'axios'
import settings from '../../../../settings'
axios.defaults.baseURL = settings.hostname
export const updateSettings = function(id, item) {
return dispatch => {
axios
.put(`${settings.hostname}/locks/${id}`, item)
.then(res => res.data)
.catch(err => console.log(err))
}
}
When console.log item I can see all the new thing I've typed in my input fields (the things I want to change), but I'm getting this also:
And sometimes 404. So my question is how can I get the id so I can make this put request. Thank you.
This is where I call updateSettings:
import React, { Component } from 'react'
import { updateSettings } from './redux/actions/updateSettingsAction'
import DoorSettingsForm from './components/doorsSettingsForm'
import { connect } from 'react-redux'
class DoorSettingsContainer extends Component {
submit(values) {
this.props.updateSettings(values)
}
render() {
return (
<div>
<DoorSettingsForm
onSubmit={this.submit.bind(this)}
item={this.props.location.state.item}
/>
</div>
)
}
}
function mapStateToProps(state) {
return { data: state.data }
}
export default connect(mapStateToProps, { updateSettings })(
DoorSettingsContainer
)
You've missed the id on the updateSettings() function
look at this line: export const updateSettings = function(id, item) {};
and then the line where you call it:
submit(values) {
this.props.updateSettings(values)
}
your item is your id here, and the item is nowhere to be found, i think this is where you get most of your problems atleast for now from.
What you are currently doing is passing the event object received by the onSubmit handler to the updateSettings method.
Mind that in your event handler you have access to both state and props:
submit() {
// this comes from the redux binding
const { data } = this.props
// this is local state, not sure what else of interest is in there
const item = this.state.location.item
// Just a guess, inspect your data to see what's appropriate here.
this.props.updateSettings(data.id, item)
}
Inspect your data, you probably need to access data.id or item.id to get the proper id updateSettings needs.
Also pay attention that if you are dispatching async actions this way, then depending on what middleware you are using, you will probably have to call dispatch when the async data comes in (e.g. where you can access res.data).
I'm using ReactJS + Redux, along with Express and Webpack. There is an API built, and I want to be able to make REST calls -- GET, POST, PUT, DELETE -- from the client-side.
How and what is the properly way to go about doing so with the Redux architecture? Any good example of the flow, in terms of reducers, action creators, store, and react routes, would be extremely helpful.
Thank you in advance!
The simpliest way, is to do it using redux-thunk package. This package is an redux middleware, so first of all, you should connect it to redux:
import { createStore, applyMiddleware } from 'redux';
import thunk from 'redux-thunk';
import rootReducer from './reducers/index';
const store = createStore(
rootReducer,
applyMiddleware(thunk)
);
This allows you to dispatch async actions along with regular sync actions. Let's create one of them:
// actions.js
export function fetchTodos() {
// Instead of plain objects, we are returning function.
return function(dispatch) {
// Dispatching REQUEST action, which tells our app, that we are started requesting todos.
dispatch({
type: 'FETCH_TODOS_REQUEST'
});
return fetch('/api/todos')
// Here, we are getting json body(in our case it will contain `todos` or `error` prop, depending on request was failed or not) from server response
// And providing `response` and `body` variables to the next chain.
.then(response => response.json().then(body => ({ response, body })))
.then(({ response, body }) => {
if (!response.ok) {
// If request was failed, dispatching FAILURE action.
dispatch({
type: 'FETCH_TODOS_FAILURE',
error: body.error
});
} else {
// When everything is ok, dispatching SUCCESS action.
dispatch({
type: 'FETCH_TODOS_SUCCESS',
todos: body.todos
});
}
});
}
}
I prefer to separate react components on presentational and container components. This approach was perfectly described in this article.
Next, we should create TodosContainer component, which would provide data to presentational Todos component. Here, we are using react-redux library:
// TodosContainer.js
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { connect } from 'react-redux';
import { fetchTodos } from '../actions';
class TodosContainer extends Component {
componentDidMount() {
// When container was mounted, we need to start fetching todos.
this.props.fetchTodos();
}
render() {
// In some simple cases, it is not necessary to create separate `Todos` component. You can put todos markup directly here.
return <Todos items={this.props.todos} />
}
}
// This function is used to convert redux global state to desired props.
function mapStateToProps(state) {
// `state` variable contains whole redux state.
return {
// I assume, you have `todos` state variable.
// Todos will be available in container component as `this.props.todos`
todos: state.todos
};
}
// This function is used to provide callbacks to container component.
function mapDispatchToProps(dispatch) {
return {
// This function will be available in component as `this.props.fetchTodos`
fetchTodos: function() {
dispatch(fetchTodos());
}
};
}
// We are using `connect` function to wrap our component with special component, which will provide to container all needed data.
export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(TodosContainer);
Also, you should create todosReducer, which will handle FETCH_TODOS_SUCCESS action, and other 2 actions if you want display loader / error message.
// reducers.js
import { combineReducers } from 'redux';
const INITIAL_STATE = {
items: [],
isFetching: false,
error: undefined
};
function todosReducer(state = INITIAL_STATE, action) {
switch (action.type) {
case 'FETCH_TODOS_REQUEST':
// This time, you may want to display loader in the UI.
return Object.assign({}, state, {
isFetching: true
});
case 'FETCH_TODOS_SUCCESS':
// Adding derived todos to state
return Object.assign({}, state, {
isFetching: false,
todos: action.todos
});
case 'FETCH_TODOS_FAILURE':
// Providing error message to state, to be able display it in UI.
return Object.assign({}, state, {
isFetching: false,
error: action.error
});
default:
return state;
}
}
export default combineReducers({
todos: todosReducer
});
For other operations like CREATE, UPDATE, DELETE there is nothing special, they are implementing the same way.
The short answer is:
redux is not an architecture
You can use any library. A lot of people these days use the fetch API directly.
To be able to integrate redux with asynchronous actions (which you need for AJAX), you need to use a library to help. The most popular two are redux-thunk and redux-saga, as others have said.
For a brain-dead simple library that you can drop in to your redux app, you could try redux-crud-store. Disclaimer: I wrote it. You could also read the source for redux-crud-store if you are interested in integrating the fetch API, or another API client, with redux-saga
This is the primary use case for libraries like redux-thunk, redux-saga, and redux-observable.
redux-thunk is the simplest, where you would do something like this:
import fetch from 'isomorphic-fetch'
export const REQUEST_POSTS = 'REQUEST_POSTS'
function requestPosts(subreddit) {
return {
type: REQUEST_POSTS,
subreddit
}
}
export const RECEIVE_POSTS = 'RECEIVE_POSTS'
function receivePosts(subreddit, json) {
return {
type: RECEIVE_POSTS,
subreddit,
posts: json.data.children.map(child => child.data),
receivedAt: Date.now()
}
}
// Meet our first thunk action creator!
// Though its insides are different, you would use it just like any other action creator:
// store.dispatch(fetchPosts('reactjs'))
export function fetchPosts(subreddit) {
// Thunk middleware knows how to handle functions.
// It passes the dispatch method as an argument to the function,
// thus making it able to dispatch actions itself.
return function (dispatch) {
// First dispatch: the app state is updated to inform
// that the API call is starting.
dispatch(requestPosts(subreddit))
// The function called by the thunk middleware can return a value,
// that is passed on as the return value of the dispatch method.
// In this case, we return a promise to wait for.
// This is not required by thunk middleware, but it is convenient for us.
return fetch(`http://www.reddit.com/r/${subreddit}.json`)
.then(response => response.json())
.then(json =>
// We can dispatch many times!
// Here, we update the app state with the results of the API call.
dispatch(receivePosts(subreddit, json))
)
// In a real world app, you also want to
// catch any error in the network call.
}
}
The above example is taken directly from http://redux.js.org/docs/advanced/AsyncActions.html which is really the definitive source for answers on your question.
I am using this starter kit https://github.com/davezuko/react-redux-starter-kit and am following some tutorials at the same time, but the style of this codebase is slightly more advanced/different than the tutorials I am watching. I am just a little lost with one thing.
HomeView.js - This is just a view that is used in the router, there are higher level components like Root elsewhere I don't think I need to share that, if I do let me know, but it's all in the github link provided above.
import React, { PropTypes } from 'react'
import { connect } from 'react-redux'
import { searchListing } from '../../redux/modules/search'
export class HomeView extends React.Component {
componentDidMount () {
console.log(this.props)
}
render () {
return (
<main onClick={this.props.searchListing}>
<NavBar search={this.props.search} />
<Hero/>
<FilterBar/>
<Listings/>
<Footer/>
</main>
)
}
}
I am using connect() and passing in mapStateToProps to tell the HomeView component about the state. I am also telling it about my searchListing function that is an action which returns a type and payload.
export const searchListing = (value) => {
console.log(value)
return {
type: SEARCH_LISTINGS,
payload: value
}
}
Obviously when I call the method inside the connect() I am passing in an empty object searchListing: () => searchListing({})
const mapStateToProps = (state) => {
return {
search: { city: state.search }
}
}
export default connect((mapStateToProps), { searchListing: () => searchListing({}) })(HomeView)
This is where I am stuck, I am trying to take the pattern from the repo, which they just pass 1, I think anytime that action is created the logic is just add 1 there is no new information passed from the component.
What I am trying to accomplish is input search into a form and from the component pass the users query into the action payload, then the reducer, then update the new state with the query. I hope that is the right idea.
So if in the example the value of 1 is hardcoded and passed into the connect() method, how can I make it so that I am updating value from the component dynamically? Is this even the right thinking?
You almost got it right. Just modify the connect function to pass the action you want to call directly:
const mapStateToProps = (state) => ({
search: { city: state.search }
});
export default connect((mapStateToProps), {
searchListing
})(HomeView);
Then you may use this action with this.props.searchListing(stringToSearch) where stringToSearch is a variable containing the input value.
Notice : You don't seem to currently retrieve the user query. You may need to retrieve it first and then pass it to the searchListing action.
If you need to call a function method, use dispatch.
import { searchListing } from '../../redux/modules/search';
const mapDispatchToProps = (dispatch) => ({
searchListing: () => {
dispatch(searchListing());
}
});
export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(HomeView);
Then, you have made the function a prop, use it with searchListing.
Say I have the following:
export const SOME_ACTION = 'SOME_ACTION';
export function someAction() {
return {
type: SOME_ACTION,
}
}
And in that action creator, I want to access the global store state (all reducers). Is it better to do this:
import store from '../store';
export const SOME_ACTION = 'SOME_ACTION';
export function someAction() {
return {
type: SOME_ACTION,
items: store.getState().otherReducer.items,
}
}
or this:
export const SOME_ACTION = 'SOME_ACTION';
export function someAction() {
return (dispatch, getState) => {
const {items} = getState().otherReducer;
dispatch(anotherAction(items));
}
}
There are differing opinions on whether accessing state in action creators is a good idea:
Redux creator Dan Abramov feels that it should be limited: "The few use cases where I think it’s acceptable is for checking cached data before you make a request, or for checking whether you are authenticated (in other words, doing a conditional dispatch). I think that passing data such as state.something.items in an action creator is definitely an anti-pattern and is discouraged because it obscured the change history: if there is a bug and items are incorrect, it is hard to trace where those incorrect values come from because they are already part of the action, rather than directly computed by a reducer in response to an action. So do this with care."
Current Redux maintainer Mark Erikson says it's fine and even encouraged to use getState in thunks - that's why it exists. He discusses the pros and cons of accessing state in action creators in his blog post Idiomatic Redux: Thoughts on Thunks, Sagas, Abstraction, and Reusability.
If you find that you need this, both approaches you suggested are fine. The first approach does not require any middleware:
import store from '../store';
export const SOME_ACTION = 'SOME_ACTION';
export function someAction() {
return {
type: SOME_ACTION,
items: store.getState().otherReducer.items,
}
}
However you can see that it relies on store being a singleton exported from some module. We don’t recommend that because it makes it much harder to add server rendering to your app because in most cases on the server you’ll want to have a separate store per request. So while technically this approach works, we don’t recommend exporting a store from a module.
This is why we recommend the second approach:
export const SOME_ACTION = 'SOME_ACTION';
export function someAction() {
return (dispatch, getState) => {
const {items} = getState().otherReducer;
dispatch(anotherAction(items));
}
}
It would require you to use Redux Thunk middleware but it works fine both on the client and on the server. You can read more about Redux Thunk and why it’s necessary in this case here.
Ideally, your actions should not be “fat” and should contain as little information as possible, but you should feel free to do what works best for you in your own application. The Redux FAQ has information on splitting logic between action creators and reducers and times when it may be useful to use getState in an action creator.
When your scenario is simple you can use
import store from '../store';
export const SOME_ACTION = 'SOME_ACTION';
export function someAction() {
return {
type: SOME_ACTION,
items: store.getState().otherReducer.items,
}
}
But sometimes your action creator need to trigger multi actions
for example async request so you need
REQUEST_LOAD REQUEST_LOAD_SUCCESS REQUEST_LOAD_FAIL actions
export const [REQUEST_LOAD, REQUEST_LOAD_SUCCESS, REQUEST_LOAD_FAIL] = [`REQUEST_LOAD`
`REQUEST_LOAD_SUCCESS`
`REQUEST_LOAD_FAIL`
]
export function someAction() {
return (dispatch, getState) => {
const {
items
} = getState().otherReducer;
dispatch({
type: REQUEST_LOAD,
loading: true
});
$.ajax('url', {
success: (data) => {
dispatch({
type: REQUEST_LOAD_SUCCESS,
loading: false,
data: data
});
},
error: (error) => {
dispatch({
type: REQUEST_LOAD_FAIL,
loading: false,
error: error
});
}
})
}
}
Note: you need redux-thunk to return function in action creator
I agree with #Bloomca. Passing the value needed from the store into the dispatch function as an argument seems simpler than exporting the store. I made an example here:
import React from "react";
import {connect} from "react-redux";
import * as actions from '../actions';
class App extends React.Component {
handleClick(){
const data = this.props.someStateObject.data;
this.props.someDispatchFunction(data);
}
render(){
return (
<div>
<div onClick={ this.handleClick.bind(this)}>Click Me!</div>
</div>
);
}
}
const mapStateToProps = (state) => {
return { someStateObject: state.someStateObject };
};
const mapDispatchToProps = (dispatch) => {
return {
someDispatchFunction:(data) => { dispatch(actions.someDispatchFunction(data))},
};
}
export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(App);
I would like to point out that it is not that bad to read from the store -- it might be just much more convenient to decide what should be done based on the store, than to pass everything to the component and then as a parameter of a function. I agree with Dan completely, that it is much better not to use store as a singletone, unless you are 100% sure that you will use only for client-side rendering (otherwise hard to trace bugs might appear).
I have created a library recently to deal with verbosity of redux, and I think it is a good idea to put everything in the middleware, so you have everyhing as a dependency injection.
So, your example will look like that:
import { createSyncTile } from 'redux-tiles';
const someTile = createSyncTile({
type: ['some', 'tile'],
fn: ({ params, selectors, getState }) => {
return {
data: params.data,
items: selectors.another.tile(getState())
};
},
});
However, as you can see, we don't really modify data here, so there is a good chance that we can just use this selector in other place to combine it somewhere else.
Presenting an alternative way of solving this. This may be better or worse than Dan's solution, depending on your application.
You can get the state from the reducers into the actions by splitting the action in 2 separate functions: first ask for the data, second act on the data. You can do that by using redux-loop.
First 'kindly ask for the data'
export const SOME_ACTION = 'SOME_ACTION';
export function someAction() {
return {
type: SOME_ACTION,
}
}
In the reducer, intercept the ask and provide the data to the second stage action by using redux-loop.
import { loop, Cmd } from 'redux-loop';
const initialState = { data: '' }
export default (state=initialState, action) => {
switch(action.type) {
case SOME_ACTION: {
return loop(state, Cmd.action(anotherAction(state.data))
}
}
}
With the data in hand, do whatever you initially wanted
export const ANOTHER_ACTION = 'ANOTHER_ACTION';
export function anotherAction(data) {
return {
type: ANOTHER_ACTION,
payload: data,
}
}
Hope this helps someone.
I know I'm late to the party here, but I came here for opinions on my own desire to use state in actions, and then formed my own, when I realized what I think is the correct behavior.
This is where a selector makes the most sense to me. Your component that issues this request should be told wether it's time to issue it through selection.
export const SOME_ACTION = 'SOME_ACTION';
export function someAction(items) {
return (dispatch) => {
dispatch(anotherAction(items));
}
}
It might feel like leaking abstractions, but your component clearly needs to send a message and the message payload should contain pertinent state. Unfortunately your question doesn't have a concrete example because we could work through a 'better model' of selectors and actions that way.
I would like to suggest yet another alternative that I find the cleanest, but it requires react-redux or something simular - also I'm using a few other fancy features along the way:
// actions.js
export const someAction = (items) => ({
type: 'SOME_ACTION',
payload: {items},
});
// Component.jsx
import {connect} from "react-redux";
const Component = ({boundSomeAction}) => (<div
onClick={boundSomeAction}
/>);
const mapState = ({otherReducer: {items}}) => ({
items,
});
const mapDispatch = (dispatch) => bindActionCreators({
someAction,
}, dispatch);
const mergeProps = (mappedState, mappedDispatches) => {
// you can only use what gets returned here, so you dont have access to `items` and
// `someAction` anymore
return {
boundSomeAction: () => mappedDispatches.someAction(mappedState.items),
}
});
export const ConnectedComponent = connect(mapState, mapDispatch, mergeProps)(Component);
// (with other mapped state or dispatches) Component.jsx
import {connect} from "react-redux";
const Component = ({boundSomeAction, otherAction, otherMappedState}) => (<div
onClick={boundSomeAction}
onSomeOtherEvent={otherAction}
>
{JSON.stringify(otherMappedState)}
</div>);
const mapState = ({otherReducer: {items}, otherMappedState}) => ({
items,
otherMappedState,
});
const mapDispatch = (dispatch) => bindActionCreators({
someAction,
otherAction,
}, dispatch);
const mergeProps = (mappedState, mappedDispatches) => {
const {items, ...remainingMappedState} = mappedState;
const {someAction, ...remainingMappedDispatch} = mappedDispatch;
// you can only use what gets returned here, so you dont have access to `items` and
// `someAction` anymore
return {
boundSomeAction: () => someAction(items),
...remainingMappedState,
...remainingMappedDispatch,
}
});
export const ConnectedComponent = connect(mapState, mapDispatch, mergeProps)(Component);
If you want to reuse this you'll have to extract the specific mapState, mapDispatch and mergeProps into functions to reuse elsewhere, but this makes dependencies perfectly clear.
I wouldn't access state in the Action Creator. I would use mapStateToProps() and import the entire state object and import a combinedReducer file (or import * from './reducers';) in the component the Action Creator is eventually going to. Then use destructuring in the component to use whatever you need from the state prop. If the Action Creator is passing the state onto a Reducer for the given TYPE, you don't need to mention state because the reducer has access to everything that is currently set in state. Your example is not updating anything. I would only use the Action Creator to pass along state from its parameters.
In the reducer do something like:
const state = this.state;
const apple = this.state.apples;
If you need to perform an action on state for the TYPE you are referencing, please do it in the reducer.
Please correct me if I'm wrong!!!