I've been attempting to make a component using Reacts component functionality. In this case I was particularly interested in componentDidMount.
However, no matter what I try, my state wont propagate to the component.
Here is the component:
class MainPage extends React.Component
{
componentDidMount() {
this.props.actions.requestPosts();
}
render() {
return(
<div className="main-page">
<PreviewList posts={this.props.posts}/>
</div>
);
}
}
const mapStateToProps = state => ({
posts: state.main_posts,
errors: state.main_errors
});
const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => {
return {
actions: {
requestPosts: () => dispatch(requestPosts())
}
}
};
export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(MainPage);
The reducer:
export default (state = {main_posts: [], main_errors: []}, action) => {
switch(action.type) {
case USER_REQUESTS_POSTS_SUCCEEDED:
return Object.assign({}, state, {
main_posts: action.posts
});
case USER_REQUESTS_POSTS_FAILED:
return Object.assign({}, state, {
main_errors: action.errors
});
default:
return state;
}
};
For the purpose of simplicity, I did not include the import statements. I use redux-thunk. I've tested the actions, they successfully arrive at the reducer. The new state is successfully created and returned. It simply does not arrive at the desired component however.
I have tried researching and I've only found examples of reducers that mutated the state, but I can't see anything where I mutate the state. What am I doing wrong? (Ironically the code is similiar to my other react apps that work fine).
In case it is helpful, here is my store:
export const history = createHistory();
const middleware = [
thunk,
routerMiddleware(history)
];
const reducers = {
main: mainReducer,
router: routerReducer
};
const store = createStore(
combineReducers(reducers),
{},
applyMiddleware(...middleware)
);
export default store;
EDIT: As requested, here are my actions:
export const USER_REQUESTS_POSTS_SUCCEEDED = 'user/REQUESTS/POSTS/SUCCESS';
export const USER_REQUESTS_POSTS_FAILED = 'user/REQUESTS/POSTS/FAILURE';
export const requestPosts = () => {
return function(dispatch) {
return fetchPosts().then(
posts => dispatch(requestPostsSucceeded(posts)),
errors => dispatch(requestPostsFailed(errors))
);
};
};
function fetchPosts() {
return Promise.resolve([{title: 'Test Post', content_short: 'Hello World', author: 'Extremo', category: 'development', tags: ['test'], date: '15.11.17'}]);
}
export const requestPostsSucceeded = (posts) => {
return {type: USER_REQUESTS_POSTS_SUCCEEDED, posts: posts};
};
export const requestPostsFailed = (errors) => {
return {type: USER_REQUESTS_POSTS_FAILED, errors: errors};
};
From store definition
const reducers = {
main: mainReducer,
router: routerReducer
};
You should access your component state using your component reducer's key
which is main
.
const mapStateToProps = state => ({
posts: state.main.main_posts,
errors: state.main.main_errors
});