Redux Thunk in React

Introduction

Redux Thunk is a middleware that allows you to write action creators that return a function instead of an action. This enables you to perform asynchronous operations and dispatch actions based on the results.

What is Redux Thunk?

Redux Thunk is a middleware for Redux that allows you to write action creators that return a function instead of an action. The thunk function can be asynchronous and can dispatch actions based on the results of asynchronous operations.

Installation

To install Redux Thunk, run the following command:

npm install redux-thunk

Usage

Step 1: Setup Redux Store

First, you need to set up your Redux store to use Redux Thunk as middleware.

import { createStore, applyMiddleware } from 'redux';
import thunk from 'redux-thunk';
import rootReducer from './reducers';

const store = createStore(
    rootReducer,
    applyMiddleware(thunk)
);

Step 2: Creating Async Actions

Here is an example of creating an asynchronous action using Redux Thunk:

export const fetchData = () => {
    return async (dispatch) => {
        dispatch({ type: 'FETCH_DATA_REQUEST' });
        try {
            const response = await fetch('https://api.example.com/data');
            const data = await response.json();
            dispatch({ type: 'FETCH_DATA_SUCCESS', payload: data });
        } catch (error) {
            dispatch({ type: 'FETCH_DATA_FAILURE', error });
        }
    };
};

Step 3: Dispatching Async Actions

To use the async action, you can dispatch it in your components:

import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
import { useDispatch, useSelector } from 'react-redux';
import { fetchData } from './actions';

const DataComponent = () => {
    const dispatch = useDispatch();
    const data = useSelector((state) => state.data);
    
    useEffect(() => {
        dispatch(fetchData());
    }, [dispatch]);

    return (
        

            {data.loading && 
Loading...
}
            {data.error && 
{data.error}
}
            {data.items && data.items.map(item => 
{item.name}
)}
        
    );
};

Best Practices

• Keep your action creators concise and focused.
• Use async/await for cleaner asynchronous code.
• Handle errors gracefully by dispatching failure actions.
• Avoid dispatching actions based on component state; use state derived from the store instead.

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