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Proper way to fetch from another component - ReactJS

I have a component that fetches the data properly but I want to encapsulate it in a helper. I've tried many things but I'm stuck.
This is the component that works:
export const Carousel = () => {
const [ lotteries, setLotteries ] = useState({});
const [ isLoading, setisLoading ] = useState(true);
useEffect(() => {
async function fetchAPI() {
const url = 'https://protected-sea-30988.herokuapp.com/https://www.lottoland.com/api/drawings;'
let response = await fetch(url)
response = await response.json()
setLotteries(response)
setisLoading(false)
}
fetchAPI()
}, [])
return (
<>
{
isLoading ? (
<span>loading</span>
) : (
<Slider >
{
Object.keys(lotteries).map((lottery, idx) => {
return (
<Slide
key={ idx }
title={ lottery }
prize={ lotteries[lottery].next.jackpot }
day={ lotteries[lottery].next.date.day }
/>
)
})
}
</Slider>
)}
</>
);}
And this is the last thing I've tried so far. This is the component without the fetch
export const Carousel = () => {
const [ lotteries, setLotteries ] = useState({});
const [ isLoading, setIsLoading ] = useState(true);
useEffect(() => {
getLotteries()
setLotteries(response)
setIsLoading(false)
}, [])
And this is where I tried to encapsulate the fetching.
export const getLotteries = async() => {
const url = 'https://protected-sea-30988.herokuapp.com/https://www.lottoland.com/api/drawings;'
let response = await fetch(url)
response = await response.json()
return response;
}
I'm a bit new to React, so any help would be much appreciated. Many thanks.

To get the fetched data from getLotteries helper you have to return a promise
export const getLotteries = async() => {
const url = 'https://protected-sea-
30988.herokuapp.com/https://www.lottoland.com/api/drawings;'
let response = await fetch(url)
return response.json()
}
and call it as async/await
useEffect(async() => {
let response= await getLotteries()
setLotteries(response)
setIsLoading(false)
}, [])

If you want to separate the logic for requesting a URL into another helper function, you can create a custom hook.
// customHook.js
import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
export function useLotteries() {
const [lotteries, setLotteries] = useState(null);
useEffect(() => {
fetch('https://protected-sea-30988.herokuapp.com/https://www.lottoland.com/api/drawings;')
.then(response => response.json())
.then(json => setLotteries(json));
}, []);
return lotteries;
}
// Carousel.js
import { useLotteries } from "./customHook.js";
export const Carousel = () => {
const lotteries = useLotteries();
if (lotteries) {
return; /* Your JSX here! (`lotteries` is now contains all the request responses) */
} else {
return <Loader />; // Or just null if you don't want to show a loading indicator when your data hasn't been received yet.
}
};

converted class to hooks, getting Property 'then' does not exist on type '(dispatch: any) => Promise<void>'

I'm new in react hooks, here converting from class(class version works) to hooks, i'm not sure if i have done it correctly because when using 'then' in hooks it says 'Property 'then' does not exist on type '(dispatch: any) => Promise'.ts(2339)'
this is class version which works:
import {
getGraph,
getFloorplan,
changeActiveCamera,
} from "../redux/actions";
const mapStateToProps = (state) => {
return {
currentSite: state.selection.currentSite,
currentCamera: state.selection.currentCamera,
};
};
function mapDispatchToProps(dispatch) {
return {
getGraph: (site) => dispatch(getGraph(site)),
getFloorplan: (site) => dispatch(getFloorplan(site)),
changeActiveCamera: (site, id) => dispatch(changeActiveCamera(site, id)),
};
}
loadGraph() {
if (this.props.currentSite) {
this.props.getFloorplan(this.props.currentSite.identif).then(() => {
console.log("Fetched floorplan");
this.props.getGraph(this.props.currentSite.identif).then(() => {
console.log("Fetched model", this.props.realGraph.model);
// new camera-related node & link status
if (this.props.currentCamera) {
this.props.changeActiveCamera(
this.props.currentSite.identif,
this.props.currentCamera.identif
);
}
});
});
}
}
this is what i have done in order to convert it :
const dispatch = useDispatch();
const currentSite = useSelector((state) => state.selection.currentSite);
const currentCamera = useSelector((state) => state.selection.currentCamera);
const loadGraph = () => {
if (currentSite) {
dispatch(getFloorplan(currentSite.identif)).then(() => {
console.log("Fetched floorplan");
dispatch(getGraph(currentSite.identif)).then(() => {
console.log("Fetched model", realGraph.model);
// new camera-related node & link status
if (currentCamera) {
dispatch(
changeActiveCamera(
currentSite.identif,
currentCamera.identif
)
);
}
});
});
}
};
After seeing video shared in comment, i changed the code and getting new error: 'Uncaught RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded
at getFloorplan '
my code:
const currentSite = useSelector((state) => state.selection.currentSite);
const currentCamera = useSelector((state) => state.selection.currentCamera);
const getFloorplan = (site) => dispatch(getFloorplan(site));
const getGraph = (site) => dispatch(getGraph(site));
const changeActiveCamera = (site, id) =>
dispatch(changeActiveCamera(site, id));
const loadGraph = () => {
if (currentSite) {
getFloorplan(currentSite.identif).then(() => {
console.log("Fetched floorplan");
getGraph(currentSite.identif).then(() => {
console.log("Fetched model", realGraph.model);
// new camera-related node & link status
if (currentCamera) {
changeActiveCamera(
currentSite.identif,
currentCamera.identif
);
}
});
});
}
};

I highly doubt this simple solution will work, but here is my suggestions for refactors.
Please note that the way that your old class was written, that's not the recommended way of writing redux. Sure, the code will work, but it's not the "right" way in many people's opinions.
Refactor your actions
I would rather have my code written out like this :
YourComponent.tsx
const currentSite = useSelector((state) => state.selection.currentSite);
const currentCamera = useSelector((state) => state.selection.currentCamera);
const dispatch = useDispatch();
const loadGraph = () => {
useEffect(() => {
if(currentSite)
getFloorPlan(currenSite.identif);
}, [ dispatch, currentSite.identif])
// dispatch is in the dependency array to stop make eslinter complain, you can remove it if you want, others are used to control the number of renders
};
YourComponentActions.ts
// assuming you are using redux-thunk here
const getFloorplan = ( site : YourType ) => async dispatch => {
console.log("Fetched floorplan");
// remove await if getImage is a sync function, try with await first and remove if it doesn't fit
const response = await getImage(`api/graph/${site}/floorplan`, GET_FLOORPLAN);
dispatch(getGraph(response))
}
const getGraph = (site : YourType) => async dispatch => {
console.log("Fetched model", realGraph.model);
// new camera-related node & link status
if (currentCamera) {
changeActiveCamera(currentSite.identif,currentCamera.identif);
}
}
const changeActiveCamera = ( site: YourType, param: YourAnotherType ) => async dispatch => {
// your logic here
}

Why are the elements from a mapping function not rendering?

Summarize the problem
I have a page within a Gatsby JS site that accepts state via a provider, and some of that activity is able to be used, however, I am unable to provide the contents from a mapping function that is given via context.
Expected result: the expected elements from the mapping function would render
Actual result: the elements in question are not rendered
No error messages
Describe what you've tried
I thought the issue was not explicitly entering in return on the arrow function in question, but that does not change any of the output
Also, rather than try to access the method directly on the page (via a context provider) I moved the method directly into the Provider hook. This did not change any of the rendering.
Show some code
here is Provider.js
import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
import he from 'he';
export const myContext = React.createContext();
const Provider = props => {
const [state, setState] = useState({
loading: true,
error: false,
data: [],
});
const [page, setPage] = useState(1);
const [score, setScore] = useState(0);
const [correctAnswers, setCorrectAnswers] = useState([]);
const [allQuestions, setAllQuestions] = useState([]);
const [answers, setAnswers] = useState([]);
const [right, setRight] = useState([]);
const [wrong, setWrong] = useState([]);
function clearScore() {
updatedScore = 0;
}
function clearRights() {
while (rights.length > 0) {
rights.pop();
}
}
function clearWrongs() {
while (wrongs.length > 0) {
wrongs.pop();
}
}
let updatedScore = 0;
let rights = [];
let wrongs = [];
const calcScore = (x, y) => {
for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
if (x[i] === y[i]) {
updatedScore = updatedScore + 1;
rights.push(i);
} else wrongs.push(i);
}
}
useEffect(() => {
fetch('https://opentdb.com/api.php?amount=10&difficulty=hard&type=boolean')
.then(response => {
return response.json()
})
.then(json => {
const correctAnswer = json.results.map(q => q['correct_answer']);
const questionBulk = json.results.map(q => q['question']);
setState({
data: json.results,
loading: false,
error: false,
});
setCorrectAnswers(correctAnswers.concat(correctAnswer));
setAllQuestions(allQuestions.concat(questionBulk));
})
.catch(err => {
setState({error: err})
})
}, [])
return (
<myContext.Provider
value={{
state, page, score, answers, right, wrong,
hitTrue: () => {setAnswers(answers.concat('True')); setPage(page + 1);},
hitFalse: () => {setAnswers(answers.concat('False')); setPage(page + 1);},
resetAll: () => {
setAnswers([]);
setPage(1);
setScore(0);
setRight([]);
setWrong([]);
clearScore();
clearWrongs();
clearRights();
},
calculateScore: () => calcScore(answers, correctAnswers),
updateScore: () => setScore(score + updatedScore),
updateRight: () => setRight(right.concat(rights)),
updateWrong: () => setWrong(wrong.concat(wrongs)),
showRightAnswers: () => {right.map((result, index) => {
return (
<p className="text-green-300 text-sm" key={index}>
+ {he.decode(`${allQuestions[result]}`)}
</p>)
})},
showWrongAnswers: () => {wrong.map((result, index) => {
return (
<p className="text-red-500 text-sm" key={index}>
- {he.decode(`${allQuestions[result]}`)}
</p>
)
})},
}}
>
{props.children}
</myContext.Provider>
);
}
export default ({ element }) => (
<Provider>
{element}
</Provider>
);
^the showRightAnswers() and showWrongAnswers() methods are the ones I am trying to figure out
and here is the results.js page.{context.showRightAnswers()} and {context.showWrongAnswers()} are where the mapped content is supposed to appear.
import React from 'react';
import Button from '../components/Button';
import { navigate } from 'gatsby';
import { myContext } from '../hooks/Provider';
const ResultsPage = () => {
return (
<myContext.Consumer>
{context => (
<>
<h1 className="">You Finished!</h1>
<p className="">Your score was {context.score}/10</p>
{context.showRightAnswers()}
{context.showWrongAnswers()}
<Button
buttonText="Try Again?"
buttonActions={() => {
context.resetAll();
navigate('/');
}}
/>
</>
)}
</myContext.Consumer>
);
}
export default ResultsPage;

You are returning inside your map, but you're not returning the map call itself - .map returns an array, and you have to return that array from your "show" functions, e.g.
showWrongAnswers: () => { return wrong.map((result, index) ...
^^^^
This will return the array .map generated from the showWrongAnswers function when it's called, and thus {context.showWrongAnswers()} will render that returned array

Testing React component with data provided by custom hook

I have created this custom hook to fetch data:
const useSuggestionsApi = () => {
const [data, setData] = useState({ suggestions: [] });
const [url, setUrl] = useState('');
const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
const [error, setError] = useState(false);
useEffect(() => {
const fetchData = () => {
setError(false);
setLoading(true);
if(url) {
fetch(url).then((res) => {
if (res.status !== 200) {
console.error(`It seems there was an problem fetching the result. Status Code: ${res.status}`)
return;
}
res.json().then((fetchedData) => {
setData(fetchedData)
})
}).catch(() => {
setError(true)
})
setLoading(false);
};
}
fetchData();
}, [url]);
return [{ data, loading, error }, setUrl];
}
export default useSuggestionsApi;
It used used in this component to render the response (suggestions).
const SearchSuggestions = ({ query, setQuery}) => {
const [{ data }, doFetch] = useSuggestionsApi();
const { suggestions } = data;
useEffect(() => {
const encodedURI = encodeURI(`http://localhost:3000/search?q=${query}`);
doFetch(encodedURI);
}, [doFetch, query]);
return (
<div className="search-suggestions__container">
<ul className="search-suggestions__list">
{suggestions.map((suggestion) => {
return (
<li className="search-suggestions__list-item" key={uuid()}>
<span>
{suggestion.searchterm}
</span>
</li>
)
})}
</ul>
</div>
);
};
export default SearchSuggestions;
Now I would like to write some unit test for the SearchSuggestions component but I am lost on how to mock the returned data from useSuggestionApi. I tried importing useSuggestionApi as a module and then mocking the response like this but with no success:
describe('SearchSuggestions', () => {
const wrapper = shallow(<SearchSuggestions/>)
it('test if correct amount of list-item elements are rendered', () => {
jest.mock("../hooks/useSuggestionsApi", () => ({
useSuggestionsApi: () => mockResponse
}));
expect(wrapper.find('.search-suggestions__list').children()).toHaveLength(mockResponse.data.suggestions.length);
});
})
I am new to testing React components so very grateful for any input!

This works:
jest.mock('../hooks/useSuggestionsApi', () => {
return jest.fn(() => [{data: mockResponse}, jest.fn()]
)
})
describe('SearchSuggestions', () => {
const wrapper = shallow(<SearchSuggestions query="jas"/>)
it('correct amount of list-items gets rendered according to fetched data', () => {
expect(wrapper.find('.search-suggestions__list').children()).toHaveLength(mockResponse.suggestions.length);
});
})

how to implement a refresh button with React Hooks?

I'm trying to implement a refresh button but can't get it done.
This is how my code looks like:
// ParentComponent.js
const ParentComponent = () => {
const { loading, error, data } = useItems();
return (
<ChildComponent items={data} />
);
... rest of my code that shows the data
};
// ChildComponent.js
const ChildComponent = ({ items }) => {
return (
// Logic that renders the items in <li>s
<button onClick={() => console.log('Clicking this button should refresh parent component')}
)
};
// services/useItems.js
const useItems = () => {
const [items, setItems] = useState([]);
const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
const [error, setError] = useState('');
useEffect(() => {
axios
.get(API_URL + '/counter')
.then((response) => {
setItems(response.data);
setLoading(false);
})
.catch((error) => {
setLoading(false);
setError(error.message);
});
}, []);
return { loading, error, data: counters };
}
I've tried several ways but none did the work. any helps would be truly appreciated :)

I don't think useEffect is the right mechanism here. Since it's an imperative call, nothing reactive about it, useState does the job just fine:
// ParentComponent.js
const ParentComponent = () => {
const [items, setItems] = useState([]);
const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
const [error, setError] = useState('');
const refresh = () => {
axios.get(API_URL + '/counter').then((response) => {
setItems(response.data);
setLoading(false);
}).catch((error) => {
setLoading(false);
setError(error.message);
});
};
useEffect(refresh, []);
return (
<ChildComponent items={items} refresh={refresh} />
);
// ... rest of my code that shows the data
};
// ChildComponent.js
const ChildComponent = ({ items, refresh }) => {
return (
// Logic that renders the items in <li>s
<button onClick={refresh}>
Refresh
</button>
)
};

A very simple trick is to increase an integer state, let's just call it version, which would trigger a re-render of <ParentComponent /> and if useEffect depends on version, it'll re-execute the callback, so you get the "refresh" effect.
// ParentComponent.js
const ParentComponent = () => {
const [version, setVersion] = useState(0)
// when called, add 1 to "version"
const refresh = useCallback(() => {
setVersion(s => s + 1)
}, [])
const { loading, error, data } = useItems(version);
return (
<ChildComponent items={data} refresh={refresh} />
);
};
// ChildComponent.js
const ChildComponent = ({ items, refresh }) => {
return (
// Logic that renders the items in <li>s
<button onClick={refresh} />
)
};
// services/useItems.js
const useItems = (version) => {
const [items, setItems] = useState([]);
const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
const [error, setError] = useState('');
useEffect(() => {
axios
.get(API_URL + '/counter')
.then((response) => {
setItems(response.data);
setLoading(false);
})
.catch((error) => {
setLoading(false);
setError(error.message);
});
}, [version]); // <-- depend on "version"
return { loading, error, data: counters };
}

There are couple fo small parts where you need to make changes to resolve issue.
You need to create a communication for refresh
Create a function to process any processing for refresh.
Pass this as a prop to child component
In child component, call it on necessary event, in this case click
Now since you are using hooks, you need to get it invoked.
You can add a function refreshData in your useItem hook and expose it
Call this function on click of button.
You will also have to add a flag in hooks and update useEffect to be triggered on its change
This function is necessary as setItems is only available inside hook.
Following is a working sample:
const { useState, useEffect } = React;
// ParentComponent.js
const ParentComponent = () => {
const { loading, error, data, refreshData } = useItems();
const refreshFn = () => {
refreshData()
}
return (
<ChildComponent
items={data}
onClick={refreshFn}/>
);
// ... rest of my code that shows the data
};
// ChildComponent.js
const ChildComponent = ({ items, onClick }) => {
const onClickFn = () => {
console.log('Clicking this button should refresh parent component')
if(!!onClick) {
onClick();
}
}
return (
// Logic that renders the items in <li>s
<div>
<button
onClick={ () => onClickFn() }
>Refresh</button>
<ul>
{
items.map((item) => <li key={item}>{item}</li>)
}
</ul>
</div>
)
};
// services/useItems.js
const useItems = () => {
const [items, setItems] = useState([]);
const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
const [error, setError] = useState('');
const [refresh, setRefresh] = useState(false)
useEffect(() => {
if (refresh) {
setItems(Array.from({ length: 5 }, () => Math.random()));
setRefresh(false)
}
}, [ refresh ]);
return {
loading,
error,
data: items,
refreshData: () => setRefresh(true)
};
}
ReactDOM.render(<ParentComponent/>, document.querySelector('.content'))
<script crossorigin src="https://unpkg.com/react#16/umd/react.development.js"></script>
<script crossorigin src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom#16/umd/react-dom.development.js"></script>
<div class='content'></div>
As correctly commented by hackape, we need to add a check for refresh and fetch data only if its true