So I’m fetching an API call which I’m then trying to iterate over in order to display as a list. My code so far is:
import React, { useState, useEffect } from "react";
import "./App.css";
function App() {
const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(true);
const [trendingMovies, setTrendingMovies] = useState();
useEffect(() => {
fetch(
"https://api.themoviedb.org/3/trending/all/day?api_key=***"
)
.then((res) => res.json())
.then((results) => console.log(results))
.then((data) => setTrendingMovies(data))
.catch((error) => console.log(error))
.then(setIsLoading(false));
}, [trendingMovies]);
function Loading() {
return <h1>Loading...</h1>;
}
function DisplayTrendingMovies() {
return (
<>
<p>Trending:</p>
{console.log(trendingMovies)}
<ul>
{trendingMovies &&
trendingMovies.map((movie) => (
<li key={movie.results}>{movie.results.original_title}</li>
))}
</ul>
</>
);
}
return <>{isLoading ? Loading() : DisplayTrendingMovies()}</>;
}
export default App;
And in fact, the json loads, a sample call is:
{"page": 1,
"results": [
{
"genre_ids": [28, 12, 878],
"original_language": "en",
"original_title": "Spider-Man: No Way Home",
"poster_path": "/1g0dhYtq4irTY1GPXvft6k4YLjm.jpg",
"video": false,
"vote_average": 8.2,
"vote_count": 9831,
"overview": "Peter Parker is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life from the high-stakes of being a super-hero. When he asks for help from Doctor Strange the stakes become even more dangerous, forcing him to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.",
"release_date": "2021-12-15",
"title": "Spider-Man: No Way Home",
"id": 634649,
"adult": false,
"backdrop_path": "/iQFcwSGbZXMkeyKrxbPnwnRo5fl.jpg",
"popularity": 9675.798,
"media_type": "movie"
},
{
"adult": false,
"backdrop_path": "/qswImgf57wBf2i8Fv6K2O2BdMoe.jpg",
"genre_ids": [53, 10749, 18],
"id": 619979,
"original_language": "en",
"original_title": "Deep Water",
"overview": "Vic and Melinda Van Allen are a couple in the small town of Little Wesley. Their loveless marriage is held together only by a precarious arrangement whereby, in order to avoid the messiness of divorce, Melinda is allowed to take any number of lovers as long as she does not desert her family.",
"poster_path": "/6yRMyWwjuhKg6IU66uiZIGhaSc8.jpg",
"release_date": "2022-03-18",
"title": "Deep Water",
"video": false,
"vote_average": 6.0,
"vote_count": 1,
"popularity": 111.471,
"media_type": "movie"
},
{
"genre_ids": [28, 53],
"original_language": "sv",
"original_title": "Svart krabba",
"poster_path": "/mcIYHZYwUbvhvUt8Lb5nENJ7AlX.jpg",
"id": 760868,
"vote_average": 0.0,
"overview": "To end an apocalyptic war and save her daughter, a reluctant soldier embarks on a desperate mission to cross a frozen sea carrying a top-secret cargo.",
"release_date": "2022-03-18",
"vote_count": 0,
"video": false,
"adult": false,
"backdrop_path": "/w8pSD1jVt2OzBCr8QQTTjk0mBHt.jpg",
"title": "Black Crab",
"popularity": 41.066,
"media_type": "movie"
},
{
"genre_ids": [16, 10751, 35, 14],
"original_language": "en",
"original_title": "Turning Red",
"poster_path": "/qsdjk9oAKSQMWs0Vt5Pyfh6O4GZ.jpg",
"video": false,
"vote_average": 7.4,
"vote_count": 565,
"overview": "Thirteen-year-old Mei is experiencing the awkwardness of being a teenager with a twist – when she gets too excited, she transforms into a giant red panda.",
"release_date": "2022-03-10",
"title": "Turning Red",
"id": 508947,
"adult": false,
"backdrop_path": "/iPhDToxFzREctUA0ZQiYZamXsMy.jpg",
"popularity": 7663.359,
"media_type": "movie"
},
{
"video": false,
"vote_average": 6.0,
"overview": "At an elite New England university built on the site of a Salem-era gallows hill, three black women strive to find their place. Navigating politics and privilege, they encounter increasingly terrifying manifestations of the school's haunted past… and present.",
"release_date": "2022-03-18",
"vote_count": 1,
"adult": false,
"backdrop_path": "/bW0zTTdvc9zafc6hDEG1pMDuMCW.jpg",
"title": "Master",
"genre_ids": [27, 53, 18, 9648],
"id": 680829,
"original_language": "en",
"original_title": "Master",
"poster_path": "/gxbwRHsQ2v6DQv28ttp7pIx7Utj.jpg",
"popularity": 37.859,
"media_type": "movie"
},
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"video": false,
"vote_average": 0.0,
"overview": "A man breaks into a tech billionaire's empty vacation home, but things go sideways when the arrogant mogul and his wife arrive for a last-minute getaway.",
"release_date": "2022-03-11",
"vote_count": 0,
"adult": false,
"backdrop_path": "/cc7Nmid20lcfNh1eucWdLKidi7s.jpg",
"title": "Windfall",
"genre_ids": [80, 18, 53],
"original_title": "Windfall",
"original_language": "en",
"popularity": 12.777,
"media_type": "movie"
},
{
"id": 691683,
"video": false,
"title": "Cheaper by the Dozen",
"overview": "This remake of the beloved classic follows the raucous exploits of a blended family of 12, the Bakers, as they navigate a hectic home life while simultaneously managing their family business.",
"release_date": "2022-03-18",
"vote_count": 1,
"adult": false,
"backdrop_path": "/4YOpxmGyQZFELwLB7JqcpYKnmKw.jpg",
"vote_average": 10.0,
"genre_ids": [35, 10751, 18],
"poster_path": "/qNRsouZh5zmhaE3n4QpLDXzy1gQ.jpg",
"original_language": "en",
"original_title": "Cheaper by the Dozen",
"popularity": 43.263,
"media_type": "movie"
},
{
"title": "The Adam Project",
"overview": "After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future.",
"release_date": "2022-03-11",
"adult": false,
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"genre_ids": [878, 12, 35],
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"video": false,
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},
{
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"original_language": "en",
"original_title": "Rescued by Ruby",
"overview": "Chasing his dream to join an elite K-9 unit, a state trooper partners with a fellow underdog: clever but naughty shelter pup Ruby. Based on a true story.",
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"release_date": "2022-03-17",
"title": "Rescued by Ruby",
"video": false,
"vote_average": 7.4,
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"popularity": 47.237,
"media_type": "movie"
},
{
"overview": "In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.",
"release_date": "2022-03-01",
"adult": false,
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},
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"adult": false,
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},
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},
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"title": "Loveland",
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}
],
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}
But I never get the iterating ul elements. I think this is somehow related to how I’m running my useEffect, because in logs I get undefined before the json call is completed, the correct json (although it doesn’t iterate/display as ul elements) and then another undefined.
Any pointers?
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Answer
I think the problem is with the way fetch api’s promise is handled. .then((results) => console.log(results)) seems to return undefined and the following .then is receiving data as undefined. Please try like below and let me know if it works!
import React, { useState, useEffect } from "react";
function App() {
const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(true);
const [trendingMovies, setTrendingMovies] = useState();
useEffect(() => {
fetch(
"https://api.themoviedb.org/3/trending/all/day?api_key=***"
)
.then((res) => res.json())
.then((data) => setTrendingMovies(data.results))
.catch((error) => console.log(error))
.then(setIsLoading(false));
}, []);
function Loading() {
return <h1>Loading...</h1>;
}
function DisplayTrendingMovies() {
return (
<>
<p>Trending:</p>
{console.log(trendingMovies)}
<ul>
{trendingMovies &&
trendingMovies.map((movie) => (
<li key={movie.name}>{movie.original_title}</li>
))}
</ul>
</>
);
}
return <>{isLoading ? Loading() : DisplayTrendingMovies()}</>;
}
export default App;
