So, this is my first time using Hooks and also be aware that Im learning please. Im currently working on a group project were only I was allowed to use React Hooks, we are working on a front-end project. I'll try my best to detail everything. We have an App class component were we hold default state currentProduct: ''. We use componentDidMount() to get data from an API and then update the state to be by default, the first product from an Array of Objects.
I created a separate component called RelatedItems, where Im using hooks.
This is how my component looks like:
import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
const RelatedItems = (props) => {
const [items, setItems] = useState(props.currentProduct);
useEffect(() => {
setItems(props.currentProduct);
}, [items])
return (
<div className="Related-Items">
<h1>Related Items</h1>
<h3>{items}</h3>
</div>
)
}
export default RelatedItems;
I tried using useEffect looking at the Docs and some other articles in StackOverflow, but I still keep my items state as an empty string. I figured it's happening because essentially componentDidMount is an async function.
This is how the App component looks like:
class App extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {
currentProduct: ''
}
this.handleClick = this.handleClick.bind(this);
}
handleClick(e, id) {
e.preventDefault();
this.setState({ currentProduct: Number(id) })
}
componentDidMount() {
axios.get('/sedna/products')
.then((response) => {
this.setState({
currentProduct: response.data[0].id
})
})
.catch((error) => {
console.error(error);
})
}
render() {
return (
<div>
<h1>Hello Sedna</h1>
<SearchBar handleClick={this.handleClick} />
<RelatedItems currentProduct={this.state.currentProduct} />
</div>
)
}
}
export default App;
I'm rendering items in an H3 just to test that I get the proper state, any feedback is welcome! Sorry any grammar mistakes
If you want to duplicate data inside the component state, you should specify props.currentProduct as a hook dependency.
...
useEffect(() => {
setItems(props.currentProduct);
}, [props.currentProduct])
...
But in the code that you have given, the RelatedItems component does not need an own state at all. In any case, it will be re-render when the prop changes
const RelatedItems = (props) => {
return (
<div className="Related-Items">
<h1>Related Items</h1>
<h3>{props.currentProduct}</h3>
</div>
)
}
Your current code will result in an infinite loop if the useEffect ever fires because the dependency is changed by the useEffect.
Instead you want the dependency to be the passed prop, so that when the prop changes the useEffect is triggered and the state is updated appropriately.
const RelatedItems = (props) => {
const [items, setItems] = useState(props.currentProduct);
useEffect(() => {
setItems(props.currentProduct);
}, [props.currentProduct])
return (
<div className="Related-Items">
<h1>Related Items</h1>
<h3>{items}</h3>
</div>
)
}
Keep in mind though that setting state from props is a bit of an anti-pattern because it fragments the state so there is no longer a single source of truth. (If you change items in RelatedItems the parent will hold a different value)
For this reason you are better off handling state management in the parent and passing props to the child for rendering.
const RelatedItems = (props) => {
return (
<div className="Related-Items">
<h1>Related Items</h1>
<h3>{props.currentProduct}</h3>
</div>
)
}