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Rendering component before fetching data has been finished

I'm trying to fetch data by creating a function. In that function I am doing trying to set state and I am calling it from the componentDidMount method, but I am having a few problems:
I am not sure if while is good practice to be used, because I am looping and changing my endpoint so I can get new data every time.
I have tried to return data from the fetching function and use setState inside componentDidMount, but I had a problem, I suspect because componentDidMount is running before fetching has completed
I have tried to use res.json() on the data using a promise, but I got an error that res.json is not a function.
state = {
title: [],
image: [],
rating: [],
};
getData = () => {
let i = 1;
while (i <= 9) {
axios.get(`http://api.tvmaze.com/shows/${i}`)
.then(response => console.log(response))
.then(response => this.setState({
title:response.data.data.name[i],
}))
.catch(error => console.log(error));
i++;
}
};
componentDidMount() {
this.getData();
console.log(this.state.title);
}

If your goal is to render your JSX after you're done fetching information, then I'd suggest creating an additional item in your state, isLoading, that you can set to true or false and render your JSX conditionally.
Based on the example you provided below, it'd look like the following:
class Shows extends React.Component {
state = {
title: [],
image: [],
rating: [],
isLoading: true
}
componentDidMount() {
this.getData()
}
getData = () => {
// I've created a URL for each request
const requestUrls = Array.from({ length: 9 })
.map((_, idx) => `http://api.tvmaze.com/shows/${idx + 1}`);
const handleResponse = (data) => {
// `data` is an array of all shows that you've requested
// extract information about each show from the payload
const shows = data.map(show => show.data)
// handle shows data however you need it
// and don't forget to set `isLoading` state to `false`
this.setState({
isLoading: false,
title: shows.map(show => show.name),
image: shows.map(show => show.url),
rating: shows.map(show => show.rating.average),
})
}
const handleError = (error) => {
// handle errors appropriately
// and don't forget to set `isLoading` to `false`
this.setState({
isLoading: false
})
}
// use `Promise.all()` to trigger all API requests
// and resolve when all requests are completed
Promise.all(
requestUrls.map(url => axios.get(url))
)
.then(handleResponse)
.catch(handleError)
}
render() {
const { isLoading, title, image, rating } = this.state
// prevent showing your `JSX` unless data has been fetched
// ideally, show a loading spinner or something that will
// tell users that things are happening;
// returning `null` won't render anything at all
if (isLoading) {
return null
}
return (
<div>...</div>
)
}
}
This way, with Promise.all, it's a lot easier to reason about all these calls that you're making.
Other than that, using componentDidMount to fetch data from an API is the right place to do it, but I'd stay away from the while loop and use Promise.all for all your requests and map to create an array of promises (requests) that can be passed to Promise.all and handled all at once.
Working example:
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The way in which you are setting state will result in the last data from api to be saved in state and it will render only last call
Do it like this
getData = () => {
let i = 1;
while (i <= 9) {
axios.get(`http://api.tvmaze.com/shows/${i}`)
.then(response =>{
let prevState=this.state.title
prevState.push(response.data.data.name[i])
this.setState({
title:prevState,
})})
.catch(error => console.log(error));
i++;
}
};

Is there a way to set state for each iteration of a foreach

I'm working with an API within a React Application and I'm trying to make the API calls come back as one promise.
I'm using the Promise.all() method which is working great.
I'm stuck trying to set the results of two API calls to state with their own name. The promise code is working correctly and I am trying to forEach() or map() over the two sets of data and save them to state with their own name.
I'm sure there is a simple solution but I've been scratching my head for far too long over this!
I've tried searching all the docs for .map and .forEach with no luck!
fetchData(){
this.setState({loading: true})
const urls = ['https://api.spacexdata.com/v3/launches/past', 'https://api.spacexdata.com/v3/launches']
let requests = urls.map(url => fetch(url));
Promise.all(requests)
.then(responses => {
return responses
})
.then(responses => Promise.all(responses.map(r => r.json())))
.then(launches => launches.forEach(obj => {
// I need to set both values to state here
}))
.then(() => this.setState({loading: false}))
}
The API call returns two different arrays. I need to set both arrays to State individually with their own name. Is this possible?

If I understand your question correctly, a better approach might be to avoid iteration altogether (ie the use of forEach(), etc). Instead, consider an approach based on "destructuring syntax", seeing you have a known/fixed number of items in the array that is resolved from the prior promise.
You can make use of this syntax in the following way:
/*
The destructing syntax here assigns the first and second element of
the input array to local variables 'responseFromFirstRequest'
and 'responseFromSecondRequest'
*/
.then(([responseFromFirstRequest, responseFromSecondRequest]) => {
// Set different parts of state based on individual responses
// Not suggesting you do this via two calls to setState() but
// am doing so to explicitly illustrate the solution
this.setState({ stateForFirstRequest : responseFromFirstRequest });
this.setState({ stateForSecondRequest : responseFromSecondRequest });
return responses
})
So, integrated into your existing logic it would look like this:
fetchData() {
this.setState({
loading: true
})
const urls = ['https://api.spacexdata.com/v3/launches/past', 'https://api.spacexdata.com/v3/launches']
const requests = urls.map(url => fetch(url));
Promise.all(requests)
.then(responses => Promise.all(responses.map(r => r.json())))
.then(([responseFromFirstRequest, responseFromSecondRequest]) => {
this.setState({ stateForFirstRequest : responseFromFirstRequest });
this.setState({ stateForSecondRequest : responseFromSecondRequest });
return responses
})
.then(() => this.setState({
loading: false
}))
}

If the two arrays won't interfere with each other in the state, is there a problem with just calling setState in each iteration?
.then(launches => launches.forEach(obj => {
this.setState({ [obj.name]: obj });
}))
If you want to minimise the number of updates then you can create an Object from the two arrays and spread that into the state in one call:
.then(launches => this.setState({
...launches.reduce((obj, launch) => {
obj[launch.name] = launch
return obj
}, {})
}))

forEach also provides the index as the second parameter. Wouldn't something like this work?
launches.forEach((obj, idx) => {
if (idx === 0) {
this.setState('first name', obj);
} else if (idx === 1) {
this.setState('second name', obj);
}
})
Also, this portion literally does nothing..
.then(responses => {
return responses
})
and the Promise.all() here also does nothing.
.then(responses => Promise.all(responses.map(r => r.json())))
should be
.then(responses => responses.map(r => r.json()))

React state in render is unavailable inside return

I have these methods that do some fetching, and then once done, they set the state. But the render is called before the state is done and does not update.
The below seems to work on it's own, but takes a minute to finish.
//returns an promise with Array
getTopIDs(url) {
return fetch(url).then(blob => blob.json()).then(json => json)
}
// makes a URL fetchs JSON and return promise with single ID
getStory(id) {
let url = `https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/${id}.json?print=pretty`
return fetch(url).then(blob => blob.json()).then(json => json)
}
// call above methods, set state when done
componentDidMount() { //
let arr = []
let promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
let data = this.getTopIDs("https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/topstories.json?print=pretty").then((idArr) => {
idArr.forEach((id, index) => {
this.getStory(id).then(res => {
arr.push(res)
})
})
//resolve once all pushed to arr
resolve(arr)
})
})
// set state once array is completed
promise.then(res => {
return this.setState({data: arr})
})
}
Then in the render below it logs 'no', 'no' and stops. Trying it outside the return it logs 'no','yes'. Searching other posts for this I tried setting a boolean when done and using the state callback but those did not work (full disclosure: I don't really understand the setState callback option)
render() {
return (
<div>
{
this.state.data.length
? console.log('yes')
: console.log('no')
}
</div>)
}
I need render to handle this.state.data only when done. How can I do it?
Add fiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/drumgod/e2atysu3/6/

Your method this.getStory() is async but your handling of the array creation is sync inside your promise.
You need to either use async/await or only run your resolve(arr) after idArr.forEach() is for sure completed (which may be easier to do using Promise.all(idArr.map(...)) where the ... is returning the result from this.getStory()).

This is how you'll want to set your state inside getStory:
this.setState(prevState => ({
data: [...prevState.data, res]
}))
As mentioned in the comments, this would render the component for each data point in the forEach.
In order to avoid this issue, this is how componentDidMount() should be formatted:
componentDidMount() {
const arr = [];
this.getTopIDs("https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/topstories.json?print=pretty").then((idArr) => {
idArr.forEach((id, index) => this.getStory(id).then(res => arr.push(res)));
this.setState(prevState => ({ data: [...prevState.data, arr] }))
})
}
This also lets you get rid of the promise.then call at the end.

Use fetch results to make another fetch request (JS/React)

What's the best approach to using the results of one fetch request to make another fetch request to a different endpoint? How can I confirm the first fetch has completed and setState has happened?
class ProductAvailability extends React.Component {
state = {
store_ids: []
}
componentDidMount() {
fetch(`myapi.com/availability?productid=12345`)
.then((results) => {
return results.json();
})
.then((data) => {
const store_ids = data.result.map((store) => {
return store.store_id
})
this.setState({store_ids: store_ids})
})
/* At this point I would like to make another request
to myapi.com/storedata endpoint to obtain information
on each store in the state.store_ids, and add details
to the state */
}
render() {
return (
<div>
<p>STORE INFO FROM STATE GOES HERE</p>
</div>
)
}
}

When you do setState, it updates the component, so the natural point to read state after you've done a setstate, if you'd have read the docs, is in componentDidUpdate(prevProps, prevState).
I leave you to the doc: https://reactjs.org/docs/react-component.html#componentdidupdate
Attention: Don't use willupdate, it's unsafe as you read in the docs.
A further consideration could be done. If you could avoid to put these data in the state, you could also do everything in the componendDidMount (with promiseall for all the other requests maybe) and then set the state with the old and new data, this is preferable since you update your component only once.

Easier to do with async/await (.then/.catch requires a bit more work -- also, reference to Bluebird's Promise.each function). For clarity, its best to move this out of componentDidMount and into its own class method.
As a side note, if this action is happening for every product, then this secondary query should be handled on the backend. That way, you only need to make one AJAX request and retrieve everything you need in one response.
componentDidMount = () => this.fetchData();
fetchData = async () => {
try {
const productRes = fetch(`myapi.com/availability?productid=12345`) // get product data
const productData = await productRes.json(); // convert productRes to JSON
const storeIDs = productData.map(({store_id}) => (store_id)); // map over productData JSON for "store_ids" and store them into storeIDs
const storeData = [];
await Promise.each(storeIDs, async id => { // loop over "store_ids" inside storeIDs
try {
const storeRes = await fetch(`myapi.com/store?id=${id}`); // fetch data by "id"
const storeJSON = await storeRes.json(); // convert storeRes to JSON
storeData.push(storeJSON); // push storeJSON into the storeData array, then loop back to the top until all ids have been fetched
} catch(err) { console.error(err) }
});
this.setState({ productData, storeData }) // set both results to state
} catch (err) {
console.error(err);
}
}

Asynchronous ActionCreator in React Redux

I'm pretty new in React-Redux. Was working on an application. The thing is that I faced some issues with asynchronous execution of Redux actionCreator, may be.
Below is my component. Say, I want to call an actionCreator from componentDidMount() or from an onclick event listener.
class Dashboard extends PureComponent {
componentDidMount() {
this.props.getProductsAndPackages();
let something = [];
something = this.props.products;
}
....................................
}
Or , the function this.props.getProductsAndPackages(); can be an onClick event handler that does the same thing, context is the same. I'll ask my question after first explaining my code.
At the lower side of my Dashboard container:
Dashboard.propTypes = {
getProductsAndPackages: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
products: PropTypes.array.isRequired,
.......................
};
const mapStateToProps = (state) => {
return {
.....................
products: state.products.products,
...................
};
};
const mapDispatchToProps = (dispatch) => {
return {
getProductsAndPackages: () => dispatch(getProductsAndPackagesActionCreator()),
};
};
export default withRouter(connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(Dashboard));
My actionCreator goes like:
export const getProductsAndPackagesActionCreator = () => {
return (dispatch) => {
dispatch(productsIsLoading(true));
let url = 'xyz';
if(!!localStorage.getItem('_token')) {
const local_token = localStorage.getItem('_token');
const fullToken = 'Bearer '.concat(local_token);
axios.get(url, {headers: {Authorization: fullToken}})
.then(response => {
dispatch(productsIsLoading(false));
if (response.data.statusCode === 200) {
dispatch(productsFetched(true));
dispatch(products(response.data.data));
} else {
dispatch(productsFetched(false));
dispatch(productsErrors(response.data.message));
}
})
.catch(error => {
});
} else {
axios.get(url)
.then(response => {
dispatch(productsIsLoading(false));
if (response.data.statusCode === 200) {
dispatch(productsFetched(true));
dispatch(products(response.data.data));
} else {
dispatch(productsFetched(false));
dispatch(productsErrors(response.data.message));
}
})
.catch(error => {
console.log(error);
dispatch(productsIsLoading(false));
dispatch(productsErrors(error.message));
});
}
};
};
Now, I want my getProductsAndPackagesActionCreator() to return a Promise or anything that would allow my something variable to get the actual data returned from the server. Right now, by the time I'm getting actual data, the line something=this.props.products has already been executed and I get back the initialValue that was set for products.
I know, whenever I'll receive the populated products, component will re-render, but that does not help my decision making.
I'm using redux-thunk, by the way.
What should I do now ? Sorry for such a long post.

Actually I wanted getProductsAndPackagesActionCreator() to return a promise, which was pretty straightforward, to be honest. I figured out that if you just return the axios.get() or axios.post(), it will return a promise. So, the modified code looked like below:
export const getProductsAndPackagesActionCreator = () => {
return (dispatch) => {
dispatch(productsIsLoading(true));
let url = 'xyz';
if(!!localStorage.getItem('_token')) {
return axios.get(url, {headers: {Authorization: fullToken}})
.then(response => {
............
............
})
.catch(error => {
});
} else {
return axios.get(url)
.then(response => {
...........
...........
})
.catch(error => {
console.log(error);
});
}
};
};
And then, I could do something like below in componentDidMount() or on any onClick event:
this.props.getProductsAndPackages().then(() => {
this.setState({
...this.state,
clicked_product: this.props.product_by_id
}, () => {
//do other stuffs
});
});
Feel free to let me know if there's any issue.

I think you are close to getting what you want. First of all, you should understand that redux actions and react actions like setState are asynchronous, so you have to apply your logic keeping this in mind. I'm going to explain what i think in some points:
You have called the action creator in the correct place componentDidMount, also you can call this action in any onClick if you want.
As soon as you dispatch the action you are changing your redux state setting loading true I suppose. So now you can access this property in your render function, so you can render a Loader until your api call finishes.
When your ajax function finishes, with an error or not, I suppose you are setting loading to false and updating your products data, so you can render now your loaded products in your dashboard.
Are you sure that you have to compare your empty products array with the received data? Maybe you can check in your render function if (!this.props.products.length) return null, when you load your page you will see a loader function and later your dashboard with the products.
If you really need to compare previous products with received products componentDidUpdate is your method. In this method, you can access your previous props and compare with actual props, be careful comparing arrays, remember [] === [] is false. Maybe you can compare the length, something like
componentDidUpdate(prevProps){
if(prevProps.products.length !=== this.props.products.lenth){
doSomething()
}
}
Just to say that componentDidUpdate is executed after render, so be careful with your code to no-execute extra renderings.
Hope it helps, if you dont understand anyting just tell me :)