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Funkystuff
Funkystuff

Reputation: 35

Reactjs - Why can't i set state?

Hi i'm trying to fetch a user data from jsonplaceholder and update my state with that data. I had no problem fetching the data and logging it to the console. But when i try to setState, i still get an empty object. I appreciate any help. Thanks.

This is my code:

class ProfilePage extends React.Component {
  state = {
    profileDetails: {},
  };

  componentDidMount() {
    this.fetchDetails();
  }

  fetchDetails = async () => {
    const baseUrl = "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com";
    const pathname = this.props.history.location.pathname;
    const response = await fetch(`${baseUrl}${pathname}`);
    const data = await response.json();
    console.log(data);                 // I can see the data i want here in the console.

    this.setState = { profileDetails: data };
    console.log(this.state.profileDetails);       // I get an empty object here.
  };

  render() {
    return <h1>Name: {this.state.profileDetails.name}</h1>;
  }
}

export default ProfilePage;

Thanks everyone for taking the time to answer. Apparently i used setState wrong and missed the fact that it's asynchronous.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 95

Answers (5)

pergy
pergy

Reputation: 5521

From docs of setState

React does not guarantee that the state changes are applied immediately.

If you want to use up-to-date data, use callback argument (and use it as function, instead of assignment, because it is a method, not a property)

this.setState({ profileDetails: data }, () => {
  console.log(this.state.profileDetails)
})

Upvotes: 6

Jovylle
Jovylle

Reputation: 961

Change this

this.setState = { profileDetails: data };
console.log(this.state.profileDetails);

into this

this.setState({ profileDetails: data });

Put console.log(this.state.profileDetails); inside render for you to see your new state.

setState is a function that recieves data as parameters. but you use it like setState is a json object

Upvotes: 3

Atif Zia
Atif Zia

Reputation: 793

The right way to set state is this,

this.setState({ profileDetails: data  })

You have to set state by this way only.

Upvotes: 2

Subhadeep
Subhadeep

Reputation: 149

setState - is a method. Please change code like this - this.setState({ profileDetails: data });

Upvotes: 2

Mehadi Hassan
Mehadi Hassan

Reputation: 1220

Give a condition for check the data is available or not:-

if(data)
this.setState = ({ profileDetails: data });

Upvotes: 0

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