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why isn't my array being rendered on my page?

I am trying to render listed property information from an array of objects. I used this method in another part of my project with success, but in this instance, I am not getting anything at all.
here is the code I have
import { database } from "../../components/firebase";
import { ref, child, get } from "firebase/database";
import { useState, useEffect } from "react";
export default function Dashboard() {
const dbRef = ref(database);
const [users, setUsers] = useState([]);
const array = [];
const getData = () => {
get(child(dbRef, "users/"))
.then((snapshot) => {
const data = snapshot.val();
setUsers(data);
})
.catch((err) => {
console.log(err);
});
};
const getProperties = () => {
Object.values(users).forEach((user) => {
Object.values(user?.properties).forEach((property) => {
array.push(property);
console.log(property);
});
});
console.log(array);
};
useEffect(() => {
getData();
getProperties();
}, [dbRef]);
return (
<>
<div>Properties </div>
<div>
{array.map((property) => (
<div key={property.property_id}>
<h1>{property?.property_name}</h1>
<p>{property?.description}</p>
<p>{property?.rooms}</p>
<p>{property?.phone}</p>
</div>
))}
</div>
<p>oi</p>
</>
);
}
Nothing happens, it only prints "properties" and "oi"

getData is asynchronous. When you execute getProperties, your users state will still be its initial, empty array value.
You don't appear to be using users for anything else but assuming you want to keep it, the easiest way to drive some piece of state (array) from another (users) is to use a memo hook.
// this is all better defined outside your component
const usersRef = ref(database, "users");
const getUsers = async () => (await get(usersRef)).val();
export default function Dashboard() {
const [users, setUsers] = useState({}); // initialise with the correct type
// Compute all `properties` based on `users`
const allProperties = useMemo(
() =>
Object.values(users).flatMap(({ properties }) =>
Object.values(properties)
),
[users]
);
// Load user data on component mount
useEffect(() => {
getUsers().then(setUsers);
}, []);
return (
<>
<div>Properties </div>
<div>
{allProperties.map((property) => (
<div key={property.property_id}>
<h1>{property.property_name}</h1>
<p>{property.description}</p>
<p>{property.rooms}</p>
<p>{property.phone}</p>
</div>
))}
</div>
<p>oi</p>
</>
);
}
The memo hook will recompute allProperties any time users is changed.
If you don't need the users state, then there's not much need for the memo hook. Instead, just maintain the state you do need
const [allProperties, setAllProperties] = useState([]); // init with empty array
useEffect(() => {
getUsers().then((users) => {
setAllProperties(
Object.values(users).flatMap(({ properties }) =>
Object.values(properties)
)
);
});
}, []);

event.target.value omitting last character

i've been solving this problem without any progress for the pas 2 hours or so, here is code:
export const useFetchAll = () => {
const [searchResult, setSearchResult] = useState([]);
const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
const [searchItem, setSearchItem] = useState("");
const [listToDisplay, setListToDisplay] = useState([]);
// const debouncedSearch = useDebounce(searchItem, 300);
const handleChange = (e) => {
setSearchItem(e.target.value);
if (searchItem === "") {
setListToDisplay([]);
} else {
setListToDisplay(
searchResult.filter((item) => {
return item.name.toLowerCase().includes(searchItem.toLowerCase());
})
);
}
console.log(searchItem);
};
useEffect(() => {
const searchRepo = async () => {
setLoading(true);
const { data } = await axios.get("https://api.github.com/repositories");
setSearchResult(data);
setLoading(false);
};
if (searchItem) searchRepo();
}, [searchItem]);
the problem is that when i enter characters in input and set state to event.target.value it doesn't pick up last character. here is an image:
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BTW this is a custom hook, i return the onchange function here:
const HomePage = () => {
const { searchResult, loading, searchItem, handleChange, listToDisplay } =
useFetchAll();
and then pass it as a prop to a component like so:
<Stack spacing={2}>
<Search searchItem={searchItem} handleChange={handleChange} />
</Stack>
</Container>
any help? thanks in advance.

You are handling the searchItem and searchResult state variables as if their state change was synchronous (via setSearchItem and setSearchResult) but it isn't! React state setters are asynchronous.
The useEffect callback has a dependency on the searchItem state variable. Now every time the user types something, the state will change, that change will trigger a re-rendering of the Component and after that render finishes, the side-effect (the useEffect callback) will be executed due to the Components' lifecycle.
In our case, we don't want to initiate the fetch request on the next render, but right at the moment that the user enters something on the search input field, that is when the handleChange gets triggered.
In order to make the code work as expected, we need some a more structural refactoring.
You can get rid of the useEffect and handle the flow through the handleChange method:
export const useFetchAll = () => {
const [ loading, setLoading ] = useState( false );
const [ searchItem, setSearchItem ] = useState( "" );
const [ listToDisplay, setListToDisplay ] = useState( [] );
const handleChange = async ( e ) => {
const { value } = e.target;
// Return early if the input is an empty string:
setSearchItem( value );
if ( value === "" ) {
return setListToDisplay( [] );
}
setLoading( true );
const { data } = await axios.get( "https://api.github.com/repositories" );
setLoading( false );
const valueLowercase = value.toLowerCase(); // Tiny optimization so that we don't run the toLowerCase operation on each iteration of the filter process below
setListToDisplay(
data.filter(({ name }) => name.toLowerCase().includes(valueLowercase))
);
};
return {
searchItem,
handleChange,
loading,
listToDisplay,
};
};

function used for updating state value is asynchronous that why your state variable is showing previous value and not the updated value.
I have made some change you can try running the below code .
const [searchResult, setSearchResult] = useState([]);
const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
const [searchItem, setSearchItem] = useState("");
const [listToDisplay, setListToDisplay] = useState([]);
// const debouncedSearch = useDebounce(searchItem, 300);
const handleChange = (e) => {
setSearchItem(e.target.value); // this sets value asyncronously
console.log("e.target.value :" + e.target.value); // event.target.value does not omitting last character
console.log("searchItem :" + searchItem); // if we check the value then it is not set. it will update asyncronously
};
const setList = async () => {
if (searchItem === "") {
setListToDisplay([]);
} else {
setListToDisplay(
searchResult.filter((item) => {
return item.name.toLowerCase().includes(searchItem.toLowerCase());
})
);
}
};
const searchRepo = async () => {
const { data } = await axios.get("https://api.github.com/repositories");
setSearchResult(data);
setLoading(false);
};
// this useeffect execute its call back when searchItem changes a
useEffect(() => {
setList(); // called here to use previous value stored in 'searchResult' and display something ( uncomment it if you want to display only updated value )
if (searchItem) searchRepo();
}, [searchItem]);
// this useeffect execute when axios set fetched data in 'searchResult'
useEffect(() => {
setList();
}, [searchResult]);
// this useeffect execute when data is updated in 'listToDisplay'
useEffect(() => {
console.log("filtered Data") // final 'listToDisplay' will be availble here
console.log(listToDisplay)
}, [listToDisplay]);

Using React useEffect hook with rxjs mergeMap operator

I'm trying to implement a data stream that has to use inner observables, where I use one from mergeMap, concatMap etc.
e.g.:
const output$$ = input$$.pipe(
mergeMap(str => of(str).pipe(delay(10))),
share()
);
output$$.subscribe(console.log);
This works fine when logging into console.
But when I try to use it in React like below utilizing useEffect and useState hooks to update some text:
function App() {
const input$ = new Subject<string>();
const input$$ = input$.pipe(share());
const output$$ = input$$.pipe(
mergeMap(str => of(str).pipe(delay(10))),
share()
);
output$$.subscribe(console.log);
// This works
const [input, setInput] = useState("");
const [output, setOutput] = useState("");
useEffect(() => {
const subscription = input$$.subscribe(setInput);
return () => {
subscription.unsubscribe();
};
}, [input$$]);
useEffect(() => {
const subscription = output$$.subscribe(setOutput);
// This doesn't
return () => {
subscription.unsubscribe();
};
}, [output$$]);
return (
<div className="App">
<input
onChange={event => input$.next(event.target.value)}
value={input}
/>
<p>{output}</p>
</div>
);
}
it starts acting weird/unpredictable (e.g.: sometimes the text is updated in the middle of typing, sometimes it doesn't update at all).
Things I have noticed:
If the inner observable completes immediately/is a promise that
resolves immediately, it works fine.
If we print to console instead of useEffect, it works fine.
I believe this has to do something with the inner workings of useEffect and how it captures and notices outside changes, but cannot get it working.
Any help is much appreciated.
Minimal reproduction of the case:
https://codesandbox.io/s/hooks-and-observables-1-7ygd8

I'm not quite sure what you're trying to achieve, but I found a number of problems which hopefully the following code fixes:
function App() {
// Create these observables only once.
const [input$] = useState(() => new Subject<string>());
const [input$$] = useState(() => input$.pipe(share()));
const [output$$] = useState(() => input$$.pipe(
mergeMap(str => of(str).pipe(delay(10))),
share()
));
const [input, setInput] = useState("");
const [output, setOutput] = useState("");
// Create the subscription to input$$ on component mount, not on every render.
useEffect(() => {
const subscription = input$$.subscribe(setInput);
return () => {
subscription.unsubscribe();
};
}, []);
// Create the subscription to output$$ on component mount, not on every render.
useEffect(() => {
const subscription = output$$.subscribe(setOutput);
return () => {
subscription.unsubscribe();
};
}, []);
return (
<div className="App">
<input
onChange={event => input$.next(event.target.value)}
value={input}
/>
<p>{output}</p>
</div>
);
}

I had a similar task but the goal was to pipe and debounce the input test and execute ajax call.
The simple answer that you should init RxJS subject with arrow function in the react hook 'useState' in order to init subject once per init.
Then you should useEffect with empty array [] in order to create a pipe once on component init.
import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react";
import { ajax } from "rxjs/ajax";
import { debounceTime, delay, takeUntil } from "rxjs/operators";
import { Subject } from "rxjs/internal/Subject";
const App = () => {
const [items, setItems] = useState([]);
const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
const [filterChangedSubject] = useState(() => {
// Arrow function is used to init Singleton Subject. (in a scope of a current component)
return new Subject<string>();
});
useEffect(() => {
// Effect that will be initialized once on a react component init.
// Define your pipe here.
const subscription = filterChangedSubject
.pipe(debounceTime(200))
.subscribe((filter) => {
if (!filter) {
setLoading(false);
setItems([]);
return;
}
ajax(`https://swapi.dev/api/people?search=${filter}`)
.pipe(
// current running ajax is canceled on filter change.
takeUntil(filterChangedSubject)
)
.subscribe(
(results) => {
// Set items will cause render:
setItems(results.response.results);
},
() => {
setLoading(false);
},
() => {
setLoading(false);
}
);
});
return () => {
// On Component destroy. notify takeUntil to unsubscribe from current running ajax request
filterChangedSubject.next("");
// unsubscribe filter change listener
subscription.unsubscribe();
};
}, []);
const onFilterChange = (e) => {
// Notify subject about the filter change
filterChangedSubject.next(e.target.value);
};
return (
<div>
Cards
{loading && <div>Loading...</div>}
<input onChange={onFilterChange}></input>
{items && items.map((item, index) => <div key={index}>{item.name}</div>)}
</div>
);
};
export default App;

Is it efficient to dispatch data from just firebase listeners?

const listRef = firebase.database().ref();
const reducer = (state = {}, action) => {
switch (action.type) {
case: "GET_LIST" : {
const { list } = action;
return { list };
};
case: "ADD_ELEMENT" : {
const { elementId } = action;
return { ...state, [elementId]: true };
};
default : return state;
};
};
const getList = list => ({
type: "GET_LIST", list
});
const addElement = elementId => ({
type: "ADD_ELEMENT", elementId
})
const getListFromDb = () =>
async dispatch => listRef.once("value", snap => {
dispatch(
getList(
list
)
);
});
const listenToElementAdded = () =>
async dispatch => listRef.on("child_added", ({ key: elementId }) => {
dispatch(
addElement(
element
)
);
});
const addElementToDb = () =>
async dispatch => dispatch(
addElement(
listRef.push().key
)
);
const Component = ({
list,
getListFromDb,
listenToElementAdded,
addElementToDb
}) => {
useEffect(() => getListFromDb(), []);
useEffect(() => listenToElementsAdded());
return (
<div>
{ Object.keys(list).map(id => <p>{id}</p>) }
<p onClick={addElementToDb}>Add</p>
</div>
);
};
const mapStateToProps = list => ({ list });
const mapStateToProps = {
getListFromDb,
listenToElementAdded,
addElementToDb
};
export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapStateToProps)(Component);
The simplified example above shows what I mean. The question is: is firebase listeners fast enough to replace data pre-dispatching with redux?
If we want to build an application, where we want to refresh data live which comes from outside, listeners can help. But if we pre-dispatch the data we get, we're dispatching twice. Also, if we're using just listeners, and dispatch from there, it can make the code, and the working of it much more cleaner. But what if we have loads of data inside the database? Will the listeners be fast? Is it efficient to handle dispatching just through listeners, or is it worth for it to pre-dispatch in place?

I would recommend having your firebase event listeners call redux-thunk actions that then manipulate and dispatch data to your application. There's nothing wrong with that if done properly.
However consider some not better but different approaches.
There's react-redux-firebase which allows for tight-nit coupling with your applications store. However if that is too much of an integration (you're literally melding your app with firebase), then go with the former.
Regardless I recommend you search some more for content about using firebase with your redux app.

Executing async code on update of state with react-hooks

I have something like:
const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
...
setLoading(true);
doSomething(); // <--- when here, loading is still false.
Setting state is still async, so what's the best way to wait for this setLoading() call to be finished?
The setLoading() doesn't seem to accept a callback like setState() used to.
an example
class-based
getNextPage = () => {
// This will scroll back to the top, and also trigger the prefetch for the next page on the way up.
goToTop();
if (this.state.pagesSeen.includes(this.state.page + 1)) {
return this.setState({
page: this.state.page + 1,
});
}
if (this.state.prefetchedOrders) {
const allOrders = this.state.orders.concat(this.state.prefetchedOrders);
return this.setState({
orders: allOrders,
page: this.state.page + 1,
pagesSeen: [...this.state.pagesSeen, this.state.page + 1],
prefetchedOrders: null,
});
}
this.setState(
{
isLoading: true,
},
() => {
getOrders({
page: this.state.page + 1,
query: this.state.query,
held: this.state.holdMode,
statuses: filterMap[this.state.filterBy],
})
.then((o) => {
const { orders } = o.data;
const allOrders = this.state.orders.concat(orders);
this.setState({
orders: allOrders,
isLoading: false,
page: this.state.page + 1,
pagesSeen: [...this.state.pagesSeen, this.state.page + 1],
// Just in case we're in the middle of a prefetch.
prefetchedOrders: null,
});
})
.catch(e => console.error(e.message));
},
);
};
convert to function-based
const getNextPage = () => {
// This will scroll back to the top, and also trigger the prefetch for the next page on the way up.
goToTop();
if (pagesSeen.includes(page + 1)) {
return setPage(page + 1);
}
if (prefetchedOrders) {
const allOrders = orders.concat(prefetchedOrders);
setOrders(allOrders);
setPage(page + 1);
setPagesSeen([...pagesSeen, page + 1]);
setPrefetchedOrders(null);
return;
}
setIsLoading(true);
getOrders({
page: page + 1,
query: localQuery,
held: localHoldMode,
statuses: filterMap[filterBy],
})
.then((o) => {
const { orders: fetchedOrders } = o.data;
const allOrders = orders.concat(fetchedOrders);
setOrders(allOrders);
setPage(page + 1);
setPagesSeen([...pagesSeen, page + 1]);
setPrefetchedOrders(null);
setIsLoading(false);
})
.catch(e => console.error(e.message));
};
In the above, we want to run each setWhatever call sequentially. Does this mean we need to set up many different useEffect hooks to replicate this behavior?

useState setter doesn't provide a callback after state update is done like setState does in React class components. In order to replicate the same behaviour, you can make use of the a similar pattern like componentDidUpdate lifecycle method in React class components with useEffect using Hooks
useEffect hooks takes the second parameter as an array of values which React needs to monitor for change after the render cycle is complete.
const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
...
useEffect(() => {
doSomething(); // This is be executed when `loading` state changes
}, [loading])
setLoading(true);
EDIT
Unlike setState, the updater for useState hook doesn't have a callback, but you can always use a useEffect to replicate the above behaviour. However you need to determine the loading change
The functional approach to your code would look like
function usePrevious(value) {
const ref = useRef();
useEffect(() => {
ref.current = value;
});
return ref.current;
}
const prevLoading = usePrevious(isLoading);
useEffect(() => {
if (!prevLoading && isLoading) {
getOrders({
page: page + 1,
query: localQuery,
held: localHoldMode,
statuses: filterMap[filterBy],
})
.then((o) => {
const { orders: fetchedOrders } = o.data;
const allOrders = orders.concat(fetchedOrders);
setOrders(allOrders);
setPage(page + 1);
setPagesSeen([...pagesSeen, page + 1]);
setPrefetchedOrders(null);
setIsLoading(false);
})
.catch(e => console.error(e.message));
}
}, [isLoading, preFetchedOrders, orders, page, pagesSeen]);
const getNextPage = () => {
// This will scroll back to the top, and also trigger the prefetch for the next page on the way up.
goToTop();
if (pagesSeen.includes(page + 1)) {
return setPage(page + 1);
}
if (prefetchedOrders) {
const allOrders = orders.concat(prefetchedOrders);
setOrders(allOrders);
setPage(page + 1);
setPagesSeen([...pagesSeen, page + 1]);
setPrefetchedOrders(null);
return;
}
setIsLoading(true);
};

Wait until your component re-render.
const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
useEffect(() => {
if (loading) {
doSomething();
}
}, [loading]);
setLoading(true);
You can improve clarity with something like:
function doSomething() {
// your side effects
// return () => { }
}
function useEffectIf(condition, fn) {
useEffect(() => condition && fn(), [condition])
}
function App() {
const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
useEffectIf(loading, doSomething)
return (
<>
<div>{loading}</div>
<button onClick={() => setLoading(true)}>Click Me</button>
</>
);
}

Created a custom useState hook which works similar to the normal useState hook except that the state updater function for this custom hook takes a callback that will be executed after the state is updated and component rerendered.
Typescript Solution
import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
type OnUpdateCallback<T> = (s: T) => void;
type SetStateUpdaterCallback<T> = (s: T) => T;
type SetStateAction<T> = (newState: T | SetStateUpdaterCallback<T>, callback?: OnUpdateCallback<T>) => void;
export function useCustomState<T>(init: T): [T, SetStateAction<T>];
export function useCustomState<T = undefined>(init?: T): [T | undefined, SetStateAction<T | undefined>];
export function useCustomState<T>(init: T): [T, SetStateAction<T>] {
const [state, setState] = useState<T>(init);
const cbRef = useRef<OnUpdateCallback<T>>();
const setCustomState: SetStateAction<T> = (newState, callback?): void => {
cbRef.current = callback;
setState(newState);
};
useEffect(() => {
if (cbRef.current) {
cbRef.current(state);
}
cbRef.current = undefined;
}, [state]);
return [state, setCustomState];
}
Javascript solution
import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
export function useCustomState(init) {
const [state, setState] = useState(init);
const cbRef = useRef();
const setCustomState = (newState, callback) => {
cbRef.current = callback;
setState(newState);
};
useEffect(() => {
if (cbRef.current) {
cbRef.current(state);
}
cbRef.current = undefined;
}, [state]);
return [state, setCustomState];
}
Usage
const [state, setState] = useCustomState(myInitialValue);
...
setState(myNewValueOrStateUpdaterCallback, () => {
// Function called after state update and component rerender
})

you can create a async state hooks
const useAsyncState = initialState => {
const [state, setState] = useState(initialState);
const asyncSetState = value => {
return new Promise(resolve => {
setState(value);
setState((current) => {
resolve(current);
return current;
});
});
};
return [state, asyncSetState];
};
then
const [loading, setLoading] = useAsyncState(false)
const submit = async () => {
await setLoading(true)
dosomething()
}

I have a suggestion for this.
You could possibly use a React Ref to store the state of the state variable. Then update the state variable with the react ref. This will render a page refresh, and then use the React Ref in the async function.
const stateRef = React.useRef().current
const [state,setState] = useState(stateRef);
async function some() {
stateRef = { some: 'value' }
setState(stateRef) // Triggers re-render
await some2();
}
async function some2() {
await someHTTPFunctionCall(stateRef.some)
stateRef = null;
setState(stateRef) // Triggers re-render
}

Pass a function to the setter instead of value!
instead of giving a new value to the setter directly, pass it an arrow function that takes the current state value and returns the new value.
it will force it to chain the state updates and after it's done with all of them, it will rerender the component.
const [counter, setCounter] = useState(0);
const incrementCount = () => {
setCounter( (counter) => { return counter + 1 } )
}
now every time incrementCount is called, it will increase the count by one and it will no longer be stuck at 1.