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Fetched Object from API doesn’t appear in mapping

I call a get request to my api, and then register them to my state with this:

useEffect(() => {
    fetchPosts()
},)

const [posts, setPosts] = useState([])

const fetchPosts = async () => {
    const data = await fetch('http://localhost:3000/posts/')
    const posts_data = await data.json()
    setPosts(posts_data)
}

I even tried the axios approach:

await axios.get('http://localhost:3000/posts/')
.then(res => {
    setPosts(res.data)
    console.log(posts)
})

If I console.log posts_data and posts, it gives me the Object I got from my api:

[{title: "Sample post", desc: "sample desc"}, {...}]

But whenever I iterate and display it:

<div>
    {posts.map(post => {
        <div>
            <p>{post.title}</p>
            <h1>asdjasdljaskldjs</h1>
        </div>
    })}
</div>

It doesn’t show up on the page. I even tried adding that random string there asdjasdljaskldjs and it doesn’t show too. The data is received and stored, but I wonder why it doesn’t display.

Entire component code

import React, {useState, useEffect} from 'react'
import axios from 'axios'

function Posts() {

    useEffect(() => {
        fetchPosts()
    },)

    const [posts, setPosts] = useState([])

    const fetchPosts = async () => {

        await axios.get('http://localhost:3000/posts/')
            .then(res => {
                setPosts(res.data)
                console.log(posts)
            })

        // const data = await fetch('http://localhost:3000/posts/')
        // const posts_data = await data.json()
        // setPosts(posts_data)
        // console.log(posts)
    }

    return (
        <div className="container-fluid col-lg-7 mt-3">
            <h1>POSTS</h1>
            <div>
                {posts.map(post => {
                    <div>
                        <p>{post.title}</p>
                        <h1>asdjasdljaskldjs</h1>
                    </div>
                })}
            </div>
        </div>
    )
}

export default Posts

I also noticed when I console.log the posts_data or posts, it keeps printing over and over again while you’re on the page. Is that normal? enter image description here

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Answer

Your mapping function isn’t returning the JSX. Change your return to:

return (
    <div className="container-fluid col-lg-7 mt-3">
        <h1>POSTS</h1>
        <div>
            {posts.map(post => (
                <div>
                    <p>{post.title}</p>
                    <h1>asdjasdljaskldjs</h1>
                </div>
            ))}
        </div>
    </div>
)

You need to surround the returned JSX with parens, not {}, or you need a return before the {}.

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