Convert an Axios promise to a regular JSON array

Question

I'm trying to return data from a function, but it's giving me issues.

I need this function to return JSON, but it's returning a promise.

Here is the function:

import axios from 'axios';

const fetchData = async () => {
  const result = await axios(
    'https://localhost:44376/api/parts',
  );
  return JSON.stringify(result, null, 2);
};

export default fetchData;

It's throwing this error when I try to use the returned data:

Uncaught TypeError: data.map is not a function

When I write out to the console, here is what I see:

data from machineParts API call:

Promise {<pending>}
 [[PromiseStatus]]: "resolved"
    [[PromiseValue]]: {"data": [ { "id": 5, "title": "Steel Rods", "partId": 39482  etc...

But here is what I need it to return:

data from machineParts API call: (7) [ {...}, {...}, {...}, {...}, {...}, {...}, {...}]

0:
   id: 5
   title: "Steel Rods"
   partId: 39482

1:
   id: 23
   title: "Honed Cylinder head"
   partId: 23412      

etc...

Is there anyway to convert a promise to a JSON array?

Thanks!

Answer 1

You just want to call .then() after you calling fetchData function:

// fetchData.js
import axios from "axios";

const fetchData = async () => {
  const result = await axios(
    'https://localhost:44376/api/parts',
  );
  // return the result
  return result;
};

export default fetchData;

Now import it inside your component like so:

// App.js 
import fetchData from './fetchData' // fetchData path

const App = () => {
  const [data, setData] = React.useState([])

  React.useEffect(() => {

   fetchData().then(res => {
     setData(res.data)
   })
  },[])

  return (
    <div>
      <pre>
        <code> {JSON.stringify(data, null, 2)} </code>
      </pre>
    </div>
  )
}

export default App

See sandbox example.