Changing input value after populating it with data in react.js
Idris
Posted on October 4, 2023
Have you ever faced this problem, when you're trying to edit an input value after populating it with data you get from a server but the input is not responding?
Let's take this scenario:
Let's say you're building a blog and want to edit something after posting it on your blog site, after creating your edit-blog page. You fetch data and then populate the input with the data, but when you click on the input to change its value, the input does not respond.
The solution:
//Declare your states
const [author,setAuthor] = useState('')
const [data,setData] = useState('')
// fetch the data with use effect
useEffect(() =>{
const fetch = async () =>{
const res = await fetch('http://yourUrl.com')
const data = await res.json()
setData(data)
}}
fetch()
},[data])
// use another useEffect hook to set the input value
// using setTimeout
useEffect(() =>{
setTimeout(()=>{
setAuthor(data.author)
.... // rest of the states, if you have more
}, 1000}
},[author]) //Don't forget to set the dependency array
your input
<input
type='text'
value={author}
>
Done you fix it.
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Idris
Posted on October 4, 2023
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