I'm building this website with MERN stack and having this rendering bug:
On start, I have a foodList
table rendering out all of the food in the database.
I already have a useEffect()
with the foodList
inside the dependency array - so anytime the users make changes to the foodList
table (Add/Edit/Delete), it will instantly render out that added dish without refreshing the page.
When users search for something in this Search & Filter bar, it will hide the foodList
table and return a table of searchedFood
that is filtered from the foodList
array.
But when the users use this Search & Filter functionality and then try to Edit/Delete from that searchedFood
table. It won't render the changes instantly - they have to refresh the page to see the changes they made.
This might relate to the useEffect()
but I don't know how to apply it for the searchedFood
table without disrupting the foodList
table.
App.js
export default function App() {
const [foodName, setFoodName] = useState('')
const [isVegetarian, setIsVegetarian] = useState('no')
const [priceRange, setPriceRange] = useState('$')
const [foodUrl, setFoodUrl] = useState('')
const [foodList, setFoodList] = useState([])
const [searchedFood, setSearchedFood] = useState([])
const [noResult, setNoResult] = useState(false)
// Display food list:
useEffect(() => {
let unmounted = false
Axios.get("https://project.herokuapp.com/read")
.then((response) => {
if (!unmounted) {
setFoodList(response.data)
}
})
.catch(error => {
console.log(`The error is: ${error}`)
return
})
return () => {
unmounted = true
}
}, [foodList])
// Add Food to list:
const addToList = async (event) => {//Axios.post logic in here}
// Paginate states:
const [currentPage, setCurrentPage] = useState(1)
const [foodPerPage] = useState(5)
// Get current food:
const indexOfLastFood = currentPage * foodPerPage
const indexOfFirstFood = indexOfLastFood - foodPerPage
const currentFood = foodList.slice(indexOfFirstFood, indexOfLastFood)
const currentSearchedFood = searchedFood.slice(indexOfFirstFood, indexOfLastFood)
const paginate = (pageNumber) => {
setCurrentPage(pageNumber)
}
return (
<section>
<FilterSearch
foodList={foodList}
searchedFood={searchedFood}
setSearchedFood={setSearchedFood}
noResult={noResult}
setNoResult={setNoResult}
paginate={paginate}
/>
{noResult ? <ResultNotFound/>
:
<FoodListTable
foodName={foodName}
priceRange={priceRange}
isVegetarian={isVegetarian}
foodUrl={foodUrl}
foodList={foodList}
currentFood={currentFood}
searchedFood={searchedFood}
currentSearchedFood={currentSearchedFood}
totalFood={foodList.length}
totalSearchedFood={searchedFood.length}
currentPage={currentPage}
paginate={paginate}
noResult={noResult}
foodPerPage={foodPerPage}
/>
}
</section>
)
}
FoodListTable.js
export default function FoodListTable(props) {
return (
<div>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>
Food name
</th>
<th>Price</th>
<th>
Action
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<body>
// Return a table with data from searchFood on search:
{props.searchedFood.length > 0 ? props.currentSearchedFood.map((val) => {
return (
<FoodListRow
val={val}
key={val._id}
foodName={val.foodName}
isVegetarian={val.isVegetarian}
priceRange={val.priceRange}
foodUrl={val.foodUrl}
/>
)
}) : props.currentFood.map((val) => { // If not on search, return a table with data from foodList:
return (
<FoodListRow
val={val}
key={val._id}
foodName={val.foodName}
isVegetarian={val.isVegetarian}
priceRange={val.priceRange}
foodUrl={val.foodUrl}
/>
)
})
}
</tbody>
</table>
// Display different Pagination on searched table and food list table:
{props.searchedFood.length > 0 ?
<Pagination foodPerPage={props.foodPerPage} totalFood={props.totalSearchedFood} paginate={props.paginate} currentPage={props.currentPage} />
:<Pagination foodPerPage={props.foodPerPage} totalFood={props.totalFood} paginate={props.paginate} currentPage={props.currentPage} />
}
</div>
)
}
FoodListRow.js
export default function FoodListRow(props) {
// Edit food name:
const [editBtn, setEditBtn] = useState(false)
const handleEdit = () => {
setEditBtn(!editBtn)
}
// Update Food Name:
const [newFoodName, setNewFoodName] = useState('')
const updateFoodName = (id) => {
if (newFoodName) {
Axios.put("https://project.herokuapp.com/update", {
id: id,
newFoodName: newFoodName,
})
.catch(error => console.log(`The error is: ${error}`))
}
}
// Delete food:
const deleteFood = (id) => {
const confirm = window.confirm(`This action cannot be undone.\nAre you sure you want to delete this dish?`);
if(confirm === true){
Axios.delete(`https://project.herokuapp.com/delete/${id}`)
}
}
return (
<tr key={props.val._id}>
<td>
{props.val.foodName}
{editBtn &&
<div>
<input
type="text"
name="edit"
placeholder="New food name.."
autoComplete="off"
onChange={(event) => {setNewFoodName(event.target.value)}}
/>
<button
onClick={() => updateFoodName(props.val._id)}
>
✓
</button>
</div>
}
</td>
<td>{props.val.priceRange}</td>
<td>
<a
href={props.val.foodUrl}
target="_blank"
rel="noopener noreferrer"
>
🔗
</a>
<button
onClick={handleEdit}
>
✏️
</button>
<button
onClick={() => deleteFood(props.val._id)}
>
❌
</button>
</td>
</tr>
);
}
As Mohd Yashim Wong mentioned, we need to re-render every time there's change to the backend.
I ditched the foodList
inside the useEffect()
's dependency array and try another method because this is not the correct way to re-render the axios calls. It just keeps sending read
requests indefinitely if I use this way. That might be costly.
This is what I have switched to:
addToList function:
const addToList = async (event) => {
event.preventDefault()
try {
await Axios.post(
"https://project.herokuapp.com/insert",
{
foodName: foodName,
isVegetarian: isVegetarian,
priceRange: priceRange,
foodUrl: foodUrl,
}
)
.then((response) => {
// Return the data to the UI:
setFoodList([...foodList, { _id: response.data._id, foodName: foodName, isVegetarian: isVegetarian, priceRange: priceRange, foodUrl: foodUrl }])
setFoodName('')
setIsVegetarian('no')
setPriceRange('$')
setFoodUrl('')
})
} catch(err) {
console.error(`There was an error while trying to insert - ${err}`)
}
}
updateFoodName function:
const updateFoodName = (id) => {
if (newFoodName) {
Axios.put("https://project.herokuapp.com/update", {
id: id,
newFoodName: newFoodName,
})
.then(() => {
// Update on searchedFood:
props.searchedFood.length > 0 ?
props.setSearchedFood(props.searchedFood.map((val) => {
return (
val._id === id ?
{
_id: id,
foodName: newFoodName,
isVegetarian: props.isVegetarian, priceRange: props.priceRange,
foodUrl: props.foodUrl,
} : val
)
})) //Update on foodList
: props.setFoodList(props.foodList.map((val) => {
return (
val._id === id ?
{
_id: id,
foodName: newFoodName,
isVegetarian: props.isVegetarian, priceRange: props.priceRange,
foodUrl: props.foodUrl,
} : val
)
}))
})
.catch(error => console.log(`Update name failed: ${error}`))
}
}
deleteFood function:
const deleteFood = (id) => {
const confirm = window.confirm(`This action cannot be undone.\nAre you sure you want to delete this dish?`);
if(confirm === true){
Axios.delete(`https://project.herokuapp.com/delete/${id}`)
.then(() => {
props.searchedFood.length > 0
? props.setSearchedFood(props.searchedFood.filter((val) => {
return val._id !== id
}))
: props.setFoodList(props.foodList.filter((val) => {
return val._id !== id
}))
})
}
}