I'm new to React and I'm currently setup my first project using Gatsby. Essentially I'm creating a website that use an API created with Strapi. So far, I would like to load the navbar items using an API call like that: http://localhost:3001/sections, where for sections, I mean the items of the navbar.
For doing so, I have defined an Index page like that:
import React from "react"
import Layout from "../components/layout/layout"
import SEO from "../components/layout/seo"
import BGTState from "../context/bgt/bgtState"
import "../styles/css/begreentannery.css"
const IndexPage = () => {
return (
<BGTState>
<Layout>
<SEO title="Home" />
</Layout>
</BGTState>
)
}
export default IndexPage
the BGTState contains the getSections() method that is used inside Layout:
import React, { useContext, useEffect } from "react"
import PropTypes from "prop-types"
import { injectIntl } from "gatsby-plugin-intl"
import BGTContext from "../../context/bgt/bgtContext"
import { Spinner } from "react-bootstrap"
import Footer from "./footer"
import SearchState from "../../context/search/SearchState"
import Search from "../../components/search"
import NavbarMobile from "../../components/layout/navbarMobile"
import NavbarDesktop from "../../components/layout/navbarDesktop"
const Layout = ({ children, intl }) => {
const bgtContext = useContext(BGTContext)
const { loading, getSections, sections } = bgtContext
useEffect(() => {
getSections()
//eslint-disable-next-line
}, [])
return !loading ? (
<>
<NavbarMobile sections={sections} />
<NavbarDesktop sections={sections} />
<SearchState>
<Search />
<div className="container-fluid">
<div className="main">
{children}
<Footer />
</div>
</div>
</SearchState>
</>
) : (
<div className="container" style={{ height: "100vh" }}>
<div className="row h-100 justify-content-center align-items-center">
<Spinner animation="grow" />
</div>
</div>
)
}
Layout.propTypes = {
children: PropTypes.node.isRequired,
}
export default injectIntl(Layout)
the problem is in the code above, essentially I call useEffect hook which grab the sections from the API. So, until the sections are downloaded, I stop the code like so:
return !loading ? (
this is the getSections() method inside BGTState:
const getSections = async () => {
try {
setLoading()
const res = await axios.get(
`${process.env.API_URL}/sections?_sort=order:ASC`
)
dispatch({
type: GET_SECTIONS,
payload: res.data,
})
} catch (err) {
dispatch({
type: GET_SECTIONS,
payload: err.response.msg,
})
}
}
in the Index page all works fine, but the problem is in the CollectionsPage, infact I have this structure:
import React from "react"
import { injectIntl } from "gatsby-plugin-intl"
import Layout from "../components/layout/layout"
import SEO from "../components/layout/seo"
import BGTState from "../context/bgt/bgtState"
import CollectionState from "../context/collection/collectionState"
import Collection from "../components/collection"
const CollectionsPage = ({ intl }) => {
return (
<BGTState>
<Layout>
<SEO
lang={intl.locale}
title={`${intl.formatMessage({ id: "collections" })}`}
/>
<CollectionState>
<Collection id={1} />
</CollectionState>
</Layout>
</BGTState>
)
}
export default injectIntl(CollectionsPage)
essentially, the component <CollectionState> isn't mounting 'cause in Layout there is the async call on getSections().
So in Collection component, I have:
import React, { useContext, useEffect } from "react"
import CollectionContext from "../context/collection/collectionContext"
import { Link } from "gatsby"
const Collection = ({ id }) => {
const collectionContext = useContext(CollectionContext)
const { loading, collection, getCollection } = collectionContext
useEffect(() => {
getCollection(id)
}, [])
if (loading) return React.Fragment
return (
<div className="container">
<div className="row">
{/*
<img
src={`${process.env.API_URL}${collection.feature_media.url}`}
className="w-100 mt-2 mb-2"
alt={""}
/>*/}
<Link to="#" className="bg-caption bg-no-underline">
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</Link>
</div>
</div>
)
}
export default Collection
which generate that error:
and of course getCollection is not called and will generate other errors in the Collection component
How can I revisit this mechanism? Essentially I have to:
- Load all the sections
- Load all the components
