I have this Dropdown Menu (done with MUI) which allows to choose the day value. When it changes, I’d like it to make a new GET request with the new parameter, but I don’t know how to do it as it uses useEffect.
My function to fetch data
const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
const [prepData, setPrepData] = useState([]);
const [day, setDay] = React.useState(3);
console.log(day);
const options=["J+1","J+2","J+3", "J+4"]
const handleChange = (event) => {
setDay(event.target.value);
};
useEffect(() => {
const fetchData = async () => {
setLoading(true);
try {
const {data: response} = await axios.get('/api/home?day=' + day)
setPrepData(response)
} catch (err) {
console.log(err.message)
}
setLoading(false)
}
fetchData()
}, []);
My dropdown menu :
<Box key={'box' + index} sx={{ minWidth: 120 }}>
<FormControl key={'form' + index} fullWidth>
<InputLabel key={'input' + index} id="dropdown">Date Liv.</InputLabel>
<Select
key={'select' + index}
labelId="select-label"
id="dateLiv"
value={day}
label="Date Liv."
onChange={handleChange}
type='submit'
>
{(options).map((option, index) => (
<MenuItem key={'menuItem' + index} value={index + 1}>{option}</MenuItem>
))}
</Select>
</FormControl>
</Box>
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Answer
You can add day as dependency in useEffect. So that when day value is changed, automatically useEffect will be executed.
useEffect(() => {
const fetchData = async () => {
setLoading(true);
try {
const {data: response} = await axios.get('/api/home?day=' + day)
setPrepData(response)
} catch (err) {
console.log(err.message)
}
setLoading(false)
}
fetchData()
}, [day]); // added day as dependent property