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Conditional rendering in React based on current component state

I am struggling with figuring out how to implement conditional rendering in React. Basically, what I want to do is this: if there is a reviewResponse in the reviewResponses array, I no longer want to render the reviewResponseForm. I only want to render that ReviewResponse. In other words, each review can only have one response in this app.
I am not sure what I am doing wrong when trying to implement this logic. I know I need to implement some kind of conditional statement saying if the length of my reviewResponses array is greater than 0, I need to render the form. Otherwise, I need to render that reviwResponse. Every statement I have written has not worked here. Does anybody have a suggestion?
Here is my code so far:
My review cardDetails component renders my ReviewResponseBox component and passed the specific reviewId as props:
import React from "react";
import { useLocation } from "react-router-dom";
import StarRatings from "react-star-ratings";
import ReviewResponseBox from "../ReviewResponse/ReviewResponseBox";
const ReviewCardDetails = () => {
const location = useLocation();
const { review } = location?.state; // ? - optional chaining
console.log("history location details: ", location);
return (
<div key={review.id} className="card-deck">
<div className="card">
<div>
<h4 className="card-title">{review.place}</h4>
<StarRatings
rating={review.rating}
starRatedColor="gold"
starDimension="20px"
/>
<div className="card-body">{review.content}</div>
<div className="card-footer">
{review.author} - {review.published_at}
</div>
</div>
</div>
<br></br>
{/*add in conditional logic to render form if there is not a response and response if there is one*/}
<ReviewResponseBox review_id={review.id}/>
</div>
);
};
export default ReviewCardDetails;
Then eventually I want this component, ReviewResponseBox, to determine whether to render the responseform or the reviewresponse itself, if it exists already.
import React from 'react';
import ReviewResponse from './ReviewResponse';
import ReviewResponseForm from './ReviewResponseForm';
class ReviewResponseBox extends React.Component {
constructor() {
super()
this.state = {
reviewResponses: []
};
}
render () {
const reviewResponses = this.getResponses();
const reviewResponseNodes = <div className="reviewResponse-list">{reviewResponses}</div>;
return(
<div className="reviewResponse-box">
<ReviewResponseForm addResponse={this.addResponse.bind(this)}/>
<h3>Response</h3>
{reviewResponseNodes}
</div>
);
}
addResponse(review_id, author, body) {
const reviewResponse = {
review_id,
author,
body
};
this.setState({ reviewResponses: this.state.reviewResponses.concat([reviewResponse]) }); // *new array references help React stay fast, so concat works better than push here.
}
getResponses() {
return this.state.reviewResponses.map((reviewResponse) => {
return (
<ReviewResponse
author={reviewResponse.author}
body={reviewResponse.body}
review_id={this.state.review_id} />
);
});
}
}
export default ReviewResponseBox;
Here are the ReviewResponseForm and ReviewResponse components:
import React from "react";
class ReviewResponseForm extends React.Component {
render() {
return (
<form className="response-form" onSubmit={this.handleSubmit.bind(this)}>
<div className="response-form-fields">
<input placeholder="Name" required ref={(input) => this.author = input}></input><br />
<textarea placeholder="Response" rows="4" required ref={(textarea) => this.body = textarea}></textarea>
</div>
<div className="response-form-actions">
<button type="submit">Post Response</button>
</div>
</form>
);
}
handleSubmit(event) {
event.preventDefault(); // prevents page from reloading on submit
let review_id = this.review_id
let author = this.author;
let body = this.body;
this.props.addResponse(review_id, author.value, body.value);
}
}
export default ReviewResponseForm;
import React from 'react';
class ReviewResponse extends React.Component {
render () {
return(
<div className="response">
<p className="response-header">{this.props.author}</p>
<p className="response-body">- {this.props.body}</p>
<div className="response-footer">
</div>
</div>
);
}
}
export default ReviewResponse;
Any advice would be helpful, thank you.

If I understand your question correctly, you want to render ReviewResponseForm if the this.state.reviewResponses state array is empty.
Use the truthy (non-zero)/falsey (zero) array length property to conditionally render either UI element.
render () {
const reviewResponses = this.getResponses();
const reviewResponseNodes = <div className="reviewResponse-list">{reviewResponses}</div>;
return(
<div className="reviewResponse-box">
{reviewResponses.length
? (
<>
<h3>Response</h3>
{reviewResponseNodes}
</>
)
: (
<ReviewResponseForm addResponse={this.addResponse.bind(this)}/>
)}
</div>
);
}

Display list of trails in React - "Warning: Failed prop type"

React Newbie
I am coding in React. I am taking an object of JSON data from a GET request to an api, and trying to pass it as a prop in a component. Then I am mapping over it to make a list of "trail" objects.
I am getting this error in the console:
"Warning: Failed prop type: Invalid prop trail of type array supplied to TrailItem, expected object."
Here's the code for my app level component:
import React, { Component } from "react";
import "./App.css";
import Navbar from "./components/layout/Navbar";
import Trails from "./components/trails/Trails";
import axios from "axios";
class App extends Component {
state = {
trails: {},
};
async componentDidMount() {
const res = await axios.get(
`https://www.hikingproject.com/data/get-trails?lat=35.0844&lon=-106.6504&maxDistance=10&key=${process.env.REACT_APP_HIKING_PROJECT_KEY}`
);
console.log(res.data);
this.setState({ trails: res.data });
}
render() {
return (
<div className='App'>
<Navbar />
<div>
<Trails trails={this.state.trails} />
</div>
</div>
);
}
}
export default App;
As far as I can tell, there is no problem with the data. A console.log(res.data); returns an object, so I know the api request is working.
Here's the code for my "Trails" component:
import React, { Component } from "react";
import TrailItem from "./TrailItem";
class Trails extends Component {
render() {
return (
<div style={trailStyle}>
{Object.keys(this.props.trails).map((key) => (
<TrailItem key={key} trail={this.props.trails[key]} />
))}
</div>
);
}
}
const trailStyle = {
display: "grid",
gridTemplateColumns: "repeat(3, 1fr)",
gridGap: "1rem",
};
export default Trails;
I feel like maybe I'm not using the correct syntax to step into the object, and then further into the "trails" array, but I'm stumped. Thank you for you help!
EDIT
Here is the "TrailItem" code:
import React from "react";
import PropTypes from "prop-types";
const TrailItem = ({ trail: { name, location, imgSmall } }) => {
return (
<div className='card text-center'>
<img src={imgSmall} alt='trail' style={{ width: "25%" }} />
<h3>{name}</h3>
<p>{location}</p>
</div>
);
};
TrailItem.propTypes = {
trail: PropTypes.array.isRequired,
};
export default TrailItem;
I followed the advice of one of the comments and changed the PropType to array, and that fixed one of the warnings. But I still can't get a list of <TrailItem />.

Inside you App render method put this at the start:
if (!this.state.trails.length) {
return <div>Loading...</div>;
}

You can give trails a default or initial value of an empty array so the map function can be invoked. By using an empty array the component will map over an the empty array and return an empty array to render.
Default Value:
const Trails = ({ trails }) => {
console.log(trails.trails);
return (
<div style={trailStyle}>
{trails.map(trail => <TrailItem key={trail.id} trail={trail} />)}
</div>
);
};
TrailItem.propTypes = {
trail: PropTypes.array.isRequired,
};
TrailItem.defaultValue = {
trail: [],
};
Initial Value:
const Trails = ({ trails = [] }) => {
console.log(trails.trails);
return (
<div style={trailStyle}>
{trails.map(trail => <TrailItem key={trail.id} trail={trail} />)}
</div>
);
};
TrailItem.propTypes = {
trail: PropTypes.array.isRequired,
};
Note: This won't fix passing a prop of the incorrect type, but the prop validation react does will. It sounds like you got that bit sorted out though.

I solved it! Granted, I may not have been clear in my original question, but I figured out why I couldn't get access to the data object from the API.
I needed to step into the object one more time upon receiving the response in my App component:
this.setState({ trails: res.data.trails });
Once I did that, in my Trails component I needed Object.key() to make turn the "trails" prop into an array so I could .map() over it.
And finally, the "tricky" part was that I needed to use each "key" as the index for each "trail" prop I was trying to pass to <TrailItem />:
{Object.keys(trails).map((key) => (
<TrailItem key={key} trail={trails[key]} />
))}

How to handle multiple context within React?

New to React - I am trying to use multiple contexts within my App component, I tried following the official guide on multiple contexts.
Here is my current code:
App.js
import React from "react";
import { render } from "react-dom";
import Login from "./Login";
import AuthContext from "./AuthContext";
import LayoutContext from "./LayoutContext";
import LoadingScreen from "./LoadingScreen";
class App extends React.Component {
render() {
const { auth, layout } = this.props;
return (
<LayoutContext.Provider value={layout}>
<LoadingScreen />
<AuthContext.Provider value={auth}>
<AuthContext.Consumer>
{auth => (auth.logged_in ? console.log("logged in") : <Login />)}
</AuthContext.Consumer>
</AuthContext.Provider>
</LayoutContext.Provider>
);
}
}
render(<App />, document.getElementById("root"));
Login.js
import React from "react";
class Login extends React.Component {
render() {
return (
<div></div>
);
}
}
export default Login;
AuthContext.js
import React from "react";
const AuthContext = React.createContext({
logged_in: false
});
export default AuthContext;
LayoutContext.js
import React from "react";
const LayoutContext = React.createContext({
show_loading: false
});
export default LayoutContext;
LoadingScreen.js
import React from "react";
import LayoutContext from "./LayoutContext";
class LoadingScreen extends React.Component {
render() {
return (
<LayoutContext.Consumer>
{layout =>
layout.show_loading ? (
<div id="loading">
<div id="loading-center">
<div className="sk-chasing-dots">
<div className="sk-child sk-dot1"></div>
<div className="sk-child sk-dot2"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
) : null
}
</LayoutContext.Consumer>
);
}
}
export default LoadingScreen;
Following the example, I never really understood how this.props (in App.js) could hold my different contexts.
Both auth and layout show up as undefined, this.props is empty, which will in turn cause my app to throw errors such as Cannot read property 'show_loading' of undefined
I immediately liked the example provided in the React documentation, but I can't get this to work.

I've made a small snippet to show you how you could structure your context providers and consumers.
My App component in this case is the root of the app. It has all the providers, along with the value for each one of them. I am not changing this value, but I could if I wanted to.
This then has a single child component, MyOutsideComponent, containing all the chained consumers. There are better ways to do this, I just wanted to show you, one by one, how chaining consumers work. In practice you can neatly reduce this using a few techniques.
This MyOutsideComponent has the actual component, MyComponent, which takes all the context elements and just puts their value on the page. Nothing fancy, the point was to show how the values get passed.
let FirstContext = React.createContext('first');
let SecondContext = React.createContext('second');
let ThirdContext = React.createContext('third');
let FourthContext = React.createContext('fourth');
let MyComponent = (props) => {
return (<span >{Object.values(props).join(" ")}</span>);
};
let App = (props) => {
return (
<FirstContext.Provider value="this is">
<SecondContext.Provider value="how you">
<ThirdContext.Provider value="pass context">
<FourthContext.Provider value="around">
<MyOutsideComponent />
</FourthContext.Provider>
</ThirdContext.Provider>
</SecondContext.Provider>
</FirstContext.Provider>
);
};
let MyOutsideComponent = () => {
return ( < FirstContext.Consumer >
{first =>
(< SecondContext.Consumer >
{second =>
(< ThirdContext.Consumer >
{third =>
(<FourthContext.Consumer >
{fourth =>
(<MyComponent first={first} second={second} third={third} fourth={fourth} />)
}
</FourthContext.Consumer>)
}
</ThirdContext.Consumer>)
}
</SecondContext.Consumer>)
}
</FirstContext.Consumer>);
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('app'));
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/16.6.3/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react-dom/16.6.3/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script>
<div id="app"></div>
Now, for the actual explanation. createContext gives you two actual components: a Provider and Consumer. This Provider, as you found out, has the value. The Consumer takes as child a single function taking one argument, which is your context's value.
This is where the docs are a bit unclear, and a bit which I hope I can help a bit. This does not get passed automatically in props unless the Provider is the direct parent of the component. You have to do it yourself. So, in the example above, I chained four consumers and then lined them all up in the props of my component.
You've asked about class-based components, this is how it ends up looking like:
let FirstContext = React.createContext('first');
let SecondContext = React.createContext('second');
let ThirdContext = React.createContext('third');
let FourthContext = React.createContext('fourth');
class MyComponent extends React.Component {
render() {
return ( < span > {Object.values(this.props).join(" ")} < /span>);
}
}
class App extends React.Component {
render() {
return (
<FirstContext.Provider value = "this is" >
<SecondContext.Provider value = "how you" >
<ThirdContext.Provider value = "pass context" >
<FourthContext.Provider value = "around" >
<MyOutsideComponent / >
</FourthContext.Provider>
</ThirdContext.Provider >
</SecondContext.Provider>
</FirstContext.Provider >
);
}
}
class MyOutsideComponent extends React.Component {
render() {
return (
<FirstContext.Consumer >
{ first =>
(< SecondContext.Consumer >
{ second =>
( < ThirdContext.Consumer >
{ third =>
( < FourthContext.Consumer >
{ fourth =>
( < MyComponent first = {first} second={second} third={third} fourth={fourth} />)
}
</FourthContext.Consumer>)
}
</ThirdContext.Consumer>)
}
</SecondContext.Consumer>)
}
</FirstContext.Consumer>
);
}
}
ReactDOM.render( < App / > , document.getElementById('app'));
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/16.6.3/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react-dom/16.6.3/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script>
<div id="app" />

Sending props two times from parent component to child component

I am getting map undefined when i am sending props Two times as separate components
import React, { Component } from 'react'
import Todo from './Todo';
export default class App extends Component {
state = {
todos: [
{id : 1 , content: "lets sleep"},
{id: 2, content:"lets eat "}
]}
deletTodo = (id) => {
console.log(id)
}
render() {
return (
<div className="App container">
<h1 className="center blue-text">Todo's</h1>
<Todo todo = {this.state.todos} />
{ <Todo deletTodo = {this.deletTodo}/> }
</div>
)
}
}
It is throwing me map of undefined but the following code does the trick i don't know why any one explain
<Todo todo = {this.state.todos} deletTodo= {this.deletTodo}/>
The following is my Todo.js where i am getting the props
import React, { Component } from 'react'
export default class Todo extends Component {
render() {
return (
<div className= "todos collection">
{
this.props.todo.map((td)=>{
return (
<div className="collection-item" key ={td.id} >
<span>{td.content}</span>
</div>
)})}
</div>
)
}
}

Both the usage of component will create seperate instances. Only the props that you provide in that instance will be available as this.props.
in <Todo todo = {this.state.todos} /> only todo prop is available and deletTodo is not available. In { <Todo deletTodo = {this.deletTodo}/> } only deletTodo is available and todos prop is not available. This is the reason you will get the error Cannot read property 'map' of undefined. You can fix this by providing a default prop so that none of the props are ever undefined.
Todo.defaultProps = {
todo: [],
deletTodo: () => null,
}

Set your state in a constructor
constructor() {
super();
this.state = {
//set state here
}

How do I access some data of a property I passed from parent component to child component?

I am learning React and I am trying to call a function in a child component, that accesses a property that was passed from parent component and display it.
The props receives a "todo" object that has 2 properties, one of them is text.
I have tried to display the text directly without a function, like {this.props.todo.text} but it does not appear. I also tried like the code shows, by calling a function that returns the text.
This is my App.js
import React, { Component } from "react";
import NavBar from "./components/NavBar";
import "./App.css";
import TodoList from "./components/todoList";
import TodoElement from "./components/todoElement";
class App extends Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {
todos: []
};
this.addNewTodo = this.addNewTodo.bind(this);
}
addNewTodo(input) {
const newTodo = {
text: input,
done: false
};
const todos = [...this.state.todos];
todos.push(newTodo);
this.setState({ todos });
}
render() {
return (
<div className="App">
<input type="text" id="text" />
<button
onClick={() => this.addNewTodo(document.getElementById("text"))}
>
Add new
</button>
{this.state.todos.map(todo => (
<TodoElement key={todo.text} todo={todo} />
))}
</div>
);
}
}
export default App;
This is my todoElement.jsx
import React, { Component } from "react";
class TodoElement extends Component {
state = {};
writeText() {
const texto = this.props.todo.text;
return texto;
}
render() {
return (
<div className="row">
<input type="checkbox" />
<p id={this.writeText()>{this.writeText()}</p>
<button>x</button>
</div>
);
}
}
export default TodoElement;
I expect that when I write in the input box, and press add, it will display the text.

From documentation
Refs provide a way to access DOM nodes or React elements created in the render method.
I'll write it as:
class App extends Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {
todos: []
};
this.textRef = React.createRef();
this.addNewTodo = this.addNewTodo.bind(this);
}
addNewTodo() {
const newTodo = {
text: this.textRef.current.value,
done: false
};
const todos = [...this.state.todos, newTodo];
this.setState({ todos });
}
render() {
return (
<div className="App">
<input type="text" id="text" ref={this.textRef} />
<button onClick={this.addNewTodo}>Add new</button>
{this.state.todos.map(todo => (
<TodoElement key={todo.text} todo={todo} />
))}
</div>
);
}
}
In your approach, what you got as an argument to the parameter input of the method addNewTodo is an Element object. It is not the value you entered into the text field. To get the value, you need to call input.value. But this is approach is not we encourage in React, rather we use Ref when need to access the html native dom.