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react-nativereact-native-flatlist
Rabbit
Rabbit

Reputation: 117

How to pass a list with objects from Server to FlatList?

I'm trying to create a FlatList that contains an array with objects that has an array from a server and I can't get it to work.

my error message:

TypeError: Cannot read proparty 'Data' of undefined

I can get it to work with my normal list that's not fetched from a Server. Heres the structure from my working list

[{"DATA":[{"filter_id":"44","filter_name":"filter 1"}, {"filter_id":"45","filter_name":"filter 2"},{"filter_id":"46","filter_name":"filter 3"},{"filter_id":"47","filter_name":"filter 4"},{"filter_id":"48","filter_name":"filter 5"}],"MESSAGE":"DATA FOUND","STATUS":200}]

My server list have the same structure but different values of filter_name and filter_id

here's my code:

constructor(props){
    super(props); 
    this.state = {
    data: [],
    oldData: [{"DATA":[{"filter_id":"44","filter_name":"filter 1"},{"filter_id":"45","filter_name":"filter 2"},{"filter_id":"46","filter_name":"filter 3"},{"filter_id":"47","filter_name":"filter 4"},{"filter_id":"48","filter_name":"filter 5"}],"MESSAGE":"DATA FOUND","STATUS":200}],
    page:1,
    status: null,
    isLoading: false,
    }
}
getData = async () => {
const url = 'api/getFilter.php?page='+this.state.page+'&row_per_page=5';
fetch(url).then((response) => response.json())
.then((responseJson) => {
   this.setState({
    data:this.state.data.concat(responseJson),
    isLoading:false
   });
})
}
componentDidMount() {
  this.getData();
}
renderRow = ({item}) => {
  console.log('item', item);
  return (
   <View style={styles.item}>
    <Text>{item.filter_name}</Text>
   </View>
  )
}
render() {
   console.log('state', this.state.data[0]);
   console.log('oldstate', this.state.oldData[0]) // this 
   return (
    <View style={styles.container}>
     <FlatList 
      data={this.state.data[0].DATA}
      renderItem={this.renderRow} 
      keyExtractor={(item, index) => index.toString()}
      />
     </View>
  );
}

Expo: https://snack.expo.io/@thesvarta/tenacious-sandwich

Upvotes: 0

Views: 219

Answers (1)

Tim
Tim

Reputation: 10709

The issue is that on the initial rendering of your component this.state.data is empty, because we have to wait until getData returns any data. That's why you cannot access this.state.data[0].DATA at the beginning.

The solution is to update your getData function a little bit. 

getData = async () => {
    const url = 'http://ollenorstrom.se/ollenorstrom.se/avoka/api/getFilter.php?page='+this.state.page+'&row_per_page=5';
    fetch(url).then((response) => response.json())
    .then((responseJson) => {
      // here we save the data, we want to access later. 
      console.log('responseJson', responseJson[0].DATA);
       this.setState({
        data:this.state.data.concat(responseJson[0].DATA),
        isLoading:false
       });
    })
  }

Now your data is directly stored in this.state.data. We now can simplify your render() function: 

 <FlatList 
       data={this.state.data} // simplified, passing an empty array at the beginning is ok
       renderItem={this.renderRow} 
       keyExtractor={(item, index) => index.toString()}
      />

Working example:

https://snack.expo.io/HJ--GFlnN

Upvotes: 1

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