I am using MERN and Redux.
I have a clickHandler function that calls a findAuthor function which is imported from my actions. This finds a user by their id and returns it. I have added the user to the global state. I want to then retrieve the user and add their name to local state but i can't get this working. I keep getting this error TypeError: this.props.subAuthor is undefined. What am i missing here? When i try just printing to console i get no object showing until the second click. How do i get it t update straight away?
import React, { Component } from "react";
import PropTypes from "prop-types";
import GoogleSearch from "./GoogleSearch";
import { connect } from "react-redux";
import { fetchSubjects } from "../../actions/subject";
import { fetchComments } from "../../actions/comment";
import { updateSubject } from "../../actions/subject";
import { getUser } from "../../actions/authActions";
class Subject extends Component {
// on loading the subjects and comments
// are fetched from the database
componentDidMount() {
this.props.fetchSubjects();
this.props.fetchComments();
}
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {
// set inital state for subjects
// description, summary and comments all invisible
viewDesription: -1,
viewSummary: -1,
comments: [],
name: "",
};
}
componentWillReceiveProps(nextProps) {
// new subject and comments are added to the top
// of the arrays
if (nextProps.newPost) {
this.props.subjects.unshift(nextProps.newPost);
}
if (nextProps.newPost) {
this.props.comments.unshift(nextProps.newPost);
}
}
clickHandler = (id) => {
// when a subject title is clicked pass in its id
// and make the description and comments visible
const { viewDescription } = this.state;
this.setState({ viewDescription: viewDescription === id ? -1 : id });
// add relevant comments to the state
var i;
var temp = [];
for (i = 0; i < this.props.comments.length; i++) {
if (this.props.comments[i].subject === id) {
temp.unshift(this.props.comments[i]);
}
}
this.setState({
comments: temp,
});
// save the subject id to local storage
// this is done incase a new comment is added
// then the subject associated with it can be retrieved
// and added as a property of that comment
localStorage.setItem("passedSubject", id);
//testing getUser
this.findAuthor(id); // this updates the tempUser in state
this.setState({ name: this.props.subAuthor.name });
};
// hovering on and off subjects toggles the visibility of the summary
hoverHandler = (id) => {
this.setState({ viewSummary: id });
};
hoverOffHandler = () => {
this.setState({ viewSummary: -1 });
};
rateHandler = (id, rate) => {
const subject = this.props.subjects.find((subject) => subject._id === id);
// when no subject was found, the updateSubject won't be called
subject &&
this.props.updateSubject(id, rate, subject.noOfVotes, subject.rating);
alert("Thank you for rating this subject.");
};
// take in the id of the subject
// find it in the props
// get its author id
// call the getUser passing the author id
findAuthor(id) {
console.log("Hitting findAuthor function");
const subject = this.props.subjects.find((subject) => subject._id === id);
const authorId = subject.author;
console.log(authorId);
this.props.getUser(authorId);
}
render() {
const subjectItems = this.props.subjects.map((subject) => {
// if the state equals the id set to visible if not set to invisible
var view = this.state.viewDescription === subject._id ? "" : "none";
var hover = this.state.viewSummary === subject._id ? "" : "none";
var comments = this.state.comments;
var subjectAuthor = this.state.name;
return (
<div key={subject._id}>
<div className="subjectTitle">
<p
className="title"
onClick={() => this.clickHandler(subject._id)}
onMouseEnter={() => this.hoverHandler(subject._id)}
onMouseLeave={() => this.hoverOffHandler()}
>
{subject.title}
</p>
<p className="rate">
Rate this subject:
<button onClick={() => this.rateHandler(subject._id, 1)}>
1
</button>
<button onClick={() => this.rateHandler(subject._id, 2)}>
2
</button>
<button onClick={() => this.rateHandler(subject._id, 3)}>
3
</button>
<button onClick={() => this.rateHandler(subject._id, 4)}>
4
</button>
<button onClick={() => this.rateHandler(subject._id, 5)}>
5
</button>
</p>
<p className="rating">
Rating: {(subject.rating / subject.noOfVotes).toFixed(1)}/5
</p>
<p className="summary" style={{ display: hover }}>
{subject.summary}
</p>
</div>
<div className="subjectBody " style={{ display: view }}>
<div className="subjectAuthor">
<p className="author">
Subject created by: {subjectAuthor}
<br /> {subject.date}
</p>
</div>
<div className="subjectDescription">
<p className="description">{subject.description}</p>
</div>
<div className="subjectLinks">Links:</div>
<div className="subjectComments">
<p style={{ fontWeight: "bold" }}>Comments:</p>
{comments.map((comment, i) => {
return (
<div key={i} className="singleComment">
<p>
{comment.title}
<br />
{comment.comment}
<br />
Comment by : {comment.author}
</p>
</div>
);
})}
<a href="/addcomment">
<div className="buttonAddComment">ADD COMMENT</div>
</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
);
});
return (
<div id="Subject">
<GoogleSearch />
{subjectItems}
</div>
);
}
}
Subject.propTypes = {
fetchSubjects: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
fetchComments: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
updateSubject: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
getUser: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
subjects: PropTypes.array.isRequired,
comments: PropTypes.array.isRequired,
newPost: PropTypes.object,
subAuthor: PropTypes.object,
};
const mapStateToProps = (state) => ({
subjects: state.subjects.items,
newSubject: state.subjects.item,
comments: state.comments.items,
newComment: state.comments.item,
subAuthor: state.auth.tempUser[0],
});
// export default Subject;
export default connect(mapStateToProps, {
fetchSubjects,
fetchComments,
updateSubject, // rate subject
getUser, // used for getting author name
})(Subject, Comment);