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× TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'map') in reactjs

hey guys i don't understand why am I getting this error when i want get api from api.Covid19 and it return a object that contain Countries array whenever i want map over Countries i get this error and if i get Countries api separately it work find :| help me plsenter image description here

getting from api

using context

looping over data.Countries (this is problem section)

and the image below shows what api returns : object return by api

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza
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The initial data state is an object with no defined Countries property, so in the component data.countries is undefined and throws error when you attempt to map it.

The https://api.covid19api.com/summary endpoint does return an object with a Countries property.

/ 20211121231605
// https://api.covid19api.com/summary

{
  "ID": "03b65afe-02ad-4835-abb5-9916c44bae85",
  "Message": "",
  "Global": {
    "NewConfirmed": 408370,
    "TotalConfirmed": 256947981,
    "NewDeaths": 5200,
    "TotalDeaths": 5144527,
    "NewRecovered": 0,
    "TotalRecovered": 0,
    "Date": "2021-11-22T06:09:08.91Z"
  },
  "Countries": [
    {
      "ID": "19a0f201-0385-42ee-bfec-cfe99666a87c",
      "Country": "Afghanistan",
      "CountryCode": "AF",
      "Slug": "afghanistan",
      "NewConfirmed": 32,
      "TotalConfirmed": 156896,
      "NewDeaths": 2,
      "TotalDeaths": 7365,
      "NewRecovered": 0,
      "TotalRecovered": 0,
      "Date": "2021-11-22T06:09:08.91Z",
      "Premium": {
        
      }
    },
    ...

The solution seems to be to provide valid initial state in the provider for what you expect all consumers to render from:

const [data, setData] = useState({ Countries: [] });

Or just use null/checks/guard-clauses or Optional Chaining operator to protect against the null/undefined accesses.

data.Countries && data.Countries.map(country => (
  <h2 key={country.ISO2}>
    {country.Country}
  </h2>
))

...

data.Countries?.map(country => (
  <h2 key={country.ISO2}>
    {country.Country}
  </h2>
))
about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Report
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