React state clearing onChange [duplicate] - node.js

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Why does calling react setState method not mutate the state immediately?
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Closed 9 months ago.
i am trying to build a calculation platform and i got an issue in that process when i am trying to clearing the state of my input value its last value store in it and because of that i am not able to perform certain task here the code
import React, { useState } from "react";
const App = () => {
const [buyPrice, setBuyPrice] = useState(8000);
const [buyAMount, setBuyAMount] = useState(0);
const [buy_total, setBuy_total] = useState(0);
const handleBuyChange = (e) => {
var { name, value } = e.target;
if (name == 'buyPrice') {
setBuyPrice(value);
}
if (name == 'buyAMount') {
setBuyAMount(value);
}
if (name == 'buy_total') {
setBuy_total(value);
}
console.log('alert',buyPrice,buyAMount,buy_total)
};
return (
<div>
<div>
<input
type={"number"}
name="buyPrice"
value={buyPrice}
onChange={(e) => handleBuyChange(e)}
/>
<input
type={"number"}
name="buyAMount"
value={buyAMount}
onChange={handleBuyChange}
/>
<input
type={"number"}
name="buy_total"
value={buy_total}
onChange={handleBuyChange}
/>
</div>
</div>
);
};
Heres the console:--
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React setState functions are asynchronous in nature so the console.log showing previous values might be due to the fact that the state hasn't been updated yet so if you perform console.log outside the function you will get the updated values
import React, { useState } from "react";
const App = () => {
const [buyPrice, setBuyPrice] = useState(8000);
const [buyAMount, setBuyAMount] = useState(0);
const [buy_total, setBuy_total] = useState(0);
const handleBuyChange = (e) => {
var { name, value } = e.target;
if (name == 'buyPrice') {
setBuyPrice(value);
}
if (name == 'buyAMount') {
setBuyAMount(value);
}
if (name == 'buy_total') {
setBuy_total(value);
}
};
console.log('alert',buyPrice,buyAMount,buy_total)
return (
<div>
<div>
<input
type={"number"}
name="buyPrice"
value={buyPrice}
onChange={(e) => handleBuyChange(e)}
/>
<input
type={"number"}
name="buyAMount"
value={buyAMount}
onChange={handleBuyChange}
/>
<input
type={"number"}
name="buy_total"
value={buy_total}
onChange={handleBuyChange}
/>
</div>
</div>
);
};

total become read-only mode.
Check this code
const { useState } = React;
const App = () => {
const [buyPrice, setBuyPrice] = useState(8000);
const [buyAMount, setBuyAMount] = useState(0);
const [buy_total, setBuy_total] = useState(0);
const handleBuyChange = (e) => {
var { name, value } = e.target;
if (name == 'buyPrice') {
setBuyPrice(value);
}
if (name == 'buyAMount') {
setBuyAMount(value);
}
setBuy_total(buyPrice * buyAMount);
console.log('alert',buyPrice,buyAMount,buyPrice * buyAMount)
};
return (
<div>
<div>
<input
type="number"
name="buyPrice"
value={buyPrice}
onChange={(e) => handleBuyChange(e)}
/>
<input
type="number"
name="buyAMount"
value={buyAMount}
onChange={(e) =>handleBuyChange(e)}
/>
<input
type="number"
name="buy_total"
value={buyPrice * buyAMount}
readOnly
/>
</div>
</div>
);
};
ReactDOM.render(
<App />,
document.getElementById('root')
);
<script src="https://unpkg.com/react#16/umd/react.development.js" crossorigin></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom#16/umd/react-dom.development.js" crossorigin></script>
<div id="root"></div>

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Cors error when sending data from front-end client side react component to node.js server [duplicate]

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CORS error even after setting Access-Control-Allow-Origin or other Access-Control-Allow-* headers on client side
(2 answers)
Closed 7 months ago.
I am attempting to send data from my client side react component below to my node.js server. Within my console it shows the data is being passed through from client side to server. However, I am getting the following cors error:
Cross-Origin Request Blocked: The Same Origin Policy disallows reading the remote resource at http://localhost:4000/. (Reason: CORS header ‘Access-Control-Allow-Origin’ missing). Status code: 200.
I am not sure why I am still getting this as I have required and implemented cors below, as well as put res.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*"); in the post request.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you :)
UPDATE
I solved the issue by enabling the cors middleware app.use(cors())
node server.js file
const express = require("express");
const cors = require("cors");
const app = express();
const port = 4000;
app.post("/", cors(), (req, res) => {
res.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
const emailInfo = req.body.emailUserInput;
console.log(emailInfo);
// sendgrid details //
require("dotenv").config();
const sgMail = require("#sendgrid/mail");
const apikey = process.env.SENDGRID_API_KEY;
sgMail.setApiKey(apikey);
const msg = {
to: emailInfo,
from: "email",
subject: "Sending with Twilio SendGrid is Fun",
text: "and easy to do anywhere, even with Node.js",
html: "<strong>and easy to do anywhere, even with Node.js</strong>",
};
// email sending logic //
//ES8
(async () => {
try {
await sgMail.send(msg);
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
if (error.response) {
console.error(error.response.body);
}
}
})();
});
app.listen(port, hostname, () => {
console.log(`Server running at http://${hostname}:${port}/`);
});
client-side react component
import "../StyleComponents/CreateEvent.css";
import { useState } from 'react';
import { db } from '../firebase';
import { uid } from "uid";
import { set, ref } from "firebase/database";
import Header from "./Header";
import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
import { getStorage, ref as sref, uploadBytes } from "firebase/storage";
import PlacesAutocomplete from 'react-places-autocomplete';
import { geocodeByAddress, getLatLng } from 'react-places-autocomplete';
import axios from 'axios';
function CreateEvent() {
// store user inputs in state //
const [titleUserInput, setTitleUserInput] = useState('');
const [dateUserInput, setDateUserInput] = useState('');
const [timeUserInput, setTimeUserInput] = useState('');
const [address, setAddress] = useState('');
const [setCoordinates] = useState({
lat: null,
lng: null,
})
const [headerUserInput, setHeaderUserInput] = useState('');
const [detailsUserInput, setDetailsUserInput] = useState('');
const [lengthUserInput, setLengthUserInput] = useState('');
const [emailUserInput, setEmailUserInput] = useState('');
const [userSubmit, setUserSubmit] = useState('');
const [error, setError] = useState(false);
// Create a root reference for storing event photos //
const storage = getStorage();
// handle changing user input data //
const handleTitleChange = (e) => {
setTitleUserInput(e.target.value);
}
const handleDateChange = (e) => {
setDateUserInput(e.target.value);
}
const handleTimeChange = (e) => {
setTimeUserInput(e.target.value);
}
const handleSelect = async (value) => {
const results = await geocodeByAddress(value);
const latLng = await getLatLng(results[0]);
setAddress(value);
setCoordinates(latLng);
}
const handleDetailsChange = (e) => {
setDetailsUserInput(e.target.value);
}
const handleLengthChange = (e) => {
setLengthUserInput(e.target.value);
}
const handleHeaderChange = (e) => {
// Create a root reference for storing event photos //
setHeaderUserInput(e.target.files[0]);
}
const handleEmailChange = (e) => {
setEmailUserInput(e.target.value);
}
const navigate = useNavigate();
// make call to the backend database to send email user input data //
const url = 'http://localhost:4000';
const getEmailInput = () => {
axios.post(url, {emailUserInput}).then((res) => {
console.log(res);
}).catch(console.log('error'));
}
// submit user data to database with unique ID for each event //
const writeToDataBase = () => {
let uuid = uid()
if (titleUserInput.length === 0 || dateUserInput.length === 0 || timeUserInput.length === 0 || address.length === 0 || emailUserInput.length === 0) {
setError(true);
}
if (titleUserInput && dateUserInput && timeUserInput && address && emailUserInput) {
const storageRef = sref(storage, uuid);
set(ref(db, `/${uuid}`), {
EventPhoto: headerUserInput,
EventTitle: titleUserInput,
EventDate: dateUserInput,
EventTime: timeUserInput,
EventLength: lengthUserInput,
EventLocation: address,
EventDetails: detailsUserInput,
});
getEmailInput('');
setUserSubmit('');
uploadBytes(storageRef, headerUserInput).then(() => {
navigate(`/EventCreated/${uuid}`);
});
}
}
return (
<>
< Header />
<div className="event-creation-container">
<h1>Create a New Event</h1>
<form>
<div className="event-name-container event-input">
<label for="eventTitle">Name of Event<span>*</span></label>
<input type="text" id="EventTitle" value={titleUserInput} onChange={handleTitleChange} />
{error && titleUserInput === '' ?
<label id="form-validation-label">Event name must be filled</label> : ""}
</div>
<div className="date-time-length">
<div className="date-input-container event-input">
<label for="Date">Date<span>*</span></label>
<input type="date" id="EventDate" value={dateUserInput} onChange={handleDateChange} />
{error && dateUserInput === '' ? <label id="form-validation-label">Event date must be filled</label>: ""}
</div>
<div className="time-input-container event-input">
<label for="Time">Time<span>*</span></label>
<input id="EventTime" type="time" name="time" timezone="timezone" value={timeUserInput} onChange={handleTimeChange} />
</div>
{error && timeUserInput === '' ? <label id="form-validation-label">Event time must be filled</label> : ""}
<div className="length-input-container event-input">
<label for="Length">Length</label>
<input id="EventLength" type="text" value={lengthUserInput} onChange={handleLengthChange} />
</div>
</div>
<div className="location-input-container event-input">
<label for="Location">Location<span>*</span></label>
<PlacesAutocomplete onChange={setAddress} value={address} onSelect={handleSelect}
>
{({ getInputProps, suggestions, getSuggestionItemProps, loading }) => (
<div>
<input id="EventLocation" {...getInputProps()} />
<div className="location-suggestions">
{loading ? <div>...loading</div> : null}
{suggestions.map((suggestion) => {
const style = {
backgroundColor: suggestion.active ? "#41b6e6" : "#fff"
};
return <div {...getSuggestionItemProps(suggestion, { style })}>{suggestion.description}</div>
})}
</div>
</div>
)}
</PlacesAutocomplete>
</div>
{error && address ==='' ? <label id="form-validation-label">Event location must be filled</label> : ""}
<div className="details-input-container event-input">
<label for="Event_Details">Event Details</label>
<textarea type="text" id="EventDetails" value={detailsUserInput} onChange={handleDetailsChange} />
</div>
<div className="header-input-container event-input">
<div className="upload-image-flex-container">
<label for="header_image">Upload Header Image (optional)</label>
<input className="upload-input" type="file" id="
EventImage" name="filename" accept="image/png, image/jpeg" onChange={handleHeaderChange} />
</div>
</div>
<div className="orangizer-email-container">
<label for="organizer-email">Organizer's Email<span>*</span></label>
<p>The event page link will be sent to your email</p>
<input id="EventEmail" type="email" name="email" value={emailUserInput} onChange={handleEmailChange} />
{error && emailUserInput === '' ? <label id="form-validation-label">Event organizer's email must be entered</label> : ""}
</div>
<div className="create-event-btn-container">
<button className="event-create-button" type="button" value={userSubmit} onClick={writeToDataBase}>Create Event</button>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</>
)}
export default CreateEvent;
Your issue here may be the browser sending out a CORS preflight request which is then followed by your POST request. This is an OPTIONS request sent automatically which is where it is expecting to get the CORS headers from. See here.
Currently even though you've implemented CORS on your post endpoint, it's not catching that preflight request which is likely what you need to do. The 'cors' npm package describes that on their page. Implementing this should then allow the browser to recognise the origin so you no longer get errors back.

how to post form data to the server backend

Form.js
import "./form.css";
import React, {useEffect,useState} from "react";
import {addBeauty,deleteB} from "./beauty";
import Modal from "./Modal";
import axios from 'axios';
export default function CreateForm() {
const [Name, setName] = useState("");
const [Intro, setIntro] = useState("");
const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = useState();
const [backendData, setBackendData] = useState([{}]);
useEffect(()=>{
fetch("http://localhost:5000/api").then(
response=>response.json()
).then(
data=>{ setBackendData(data)}
)
},[]);
const handleSubmit = (event)=>{
event.preventDefault();
axios.post("http://localhost:5000/api",{
id: userList[userList.length - 1].id + 1, Name:Name, Introduction:Intro
}).then(res=>{
console.log(res.data);
})
}
return (
<div className="container">
<form className="add" onSubmit={handleSubmit} >
<h2>User</h2>
<label htmlFor= "name">Name</label>
<input type="text" value={Name}
onChange={(event) => {setName(event.target.value);}}/>
<label htmlFor= "Intro">Introduction</label>
<input type="text" value={Intro}
onChange={(event) => {setIntro(event.target.value);}}/>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<div className = "press">
<button id = "1" type="submit">
Add Beauty
</button>
<button id = "2"
onClick={clearForm}
>
Clear Form
</button>
</div>
</form>
<br></br>
<br></br>
<br></br>
<div className="display">
{(typeof userData.user1 === 'undefined')?(
<h1>Loading</h1>):(
backendData.user1.map((user,i)=>{
return (
<div>
<h1> {user.Name}</h1>
<button onClick={()=>{
setIsOpen(user.id);
}}>View in popup</button>
<Modal open={isOpen === user.id} onClose={()=>setIsOpen(undefined)}>
<h3> {User.Introduction}</h3>
</Modal>
</div>
);})
)}
</div>
</div>
);
}
Server.js
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
const cors=require("cors");
const corsOptions ={
origin:'*',
credentials:true, //access-control-allow-credentials:true
optionSuccessStatus:200,
}
app.use(cors(corsOptions)) // Use this after the variable declaration
app.get("/api",(req,res)=> {
res.json({"user1":[
{
id: 1,
Name: "Isabella",
},
{
id:2,
Name: "Catalina
}
]})
});
app.listen(5000,()=>{
console.log("Server started on port 5000");
})
I create a from using react. And I try to send the formdata to backend and insert the formdata into the data stored at backend using axios.post. But it doesn't work. I know it's because I didn't add the prefix of backend data "user1" in axios.post. But I am not sure how to do that. Could anyone help me with this?
You have not created the route on the server correctly. You have opened a route for GETting "/api" but you need to open a route for POSTing
Replace this line:
app.get("/api",(req,res)=> {
with
app.post("/api",(req,res)=> {
Hi Here you need to create one route for post API as below
app.post("/api",(req,res)=> {
console.log(req.body) //here you got the requested data.
res.send("Success !");
});

How to upload files from a backend (Heroku) to frontend in (Netlify) hosted on github

I've developed an app that's uploaded to Github and I'm using Heroku to host the (Backend folder) from Github using (automatic deployment) and also using Netlify to host the (Frontend folder) and it's working great in my local computer, but when I try to upload files from my form in frontend it sends a request to the backend and the backend it self saves the file to /uploads folder that's located in frontend directory.
My file structure is like this:
[Server]
- controllers
- - food.js
[Client]
- public
-- uploads
- src
-- pages
--- dashboard
---- food
----- AddFood.js
it's working great on localhost, and this is my code:
(client)
AddFood.js:
import { useState, useEffect } from 'react'
import { Link } from 'react-router-dom'
import Axios from 'axios'
import useDocumentTitle from '../../../hooks/useDocumentTitle'
import Modal from '../../../components/Modal/Modal'
import { Success, Error, Loading } from '../../../components/Icons/Status'
import { createSlug } from '../../../functions/slug'
import goTo from '../../../functions/goTo'
const AddFood = () => {
useDocumentTitle('Add Food')
//Form States
const [foodName, setFoodName] = useState('')
const [foodPrice, setFoodPrice] = useState('')
const [foodDesc, setFoodDesc] = useState('')
const [foodFile, setFoodFile] = useState('')
const [preview, setPreview] = useState()
const [addFoodStatus, setAddFoodStatus] = useState()
const [addFoodMessage, setAddFoodMessage] = useState()
//Form errors messages
const ImgErr = document.querySelector('[data-form-img-msg]')
const foodNameErr = document.querySelector('[data-form-name-msg]')
const priceErr = document.querySelector('[data-form-price-msg]')
const descErr = document.querySelector('[data-form-desc-msg]')
const formMsg = document.querySelector('[data-form-msg]')
const modalLoading = document.querySelector('#modal')
const BASE_URL =
process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development'
? process.env.REACT_APP_API_LOCAL_URL
: process.env.REACT_APP_API_URL
const updateFoodImg = e => {
const file = e.target.files[0]
if (file) {
const fileType = file.type.split('/')[0]
if (fileType === 'image') setFoodFile(file)
const fileSizeToMB = file.size / 1000000
const MAX_FILE_SIZE = 1 //mb
if (fileSizeToMB > MAX_FILE_SIZE) {
if (ImgErr)
ImgErr.textContent = `file size can't be more than ${MAX_FILE_SIZE} MB`
} else {
ImgErr.textContent = ''
}
}
}
useEffect(() => {
// if there's an image
if (foodFile) {
const reader = new FileReader()
reader.onloadend = () => setPreview(reader.result)
reader.readAsDataURL(foodFile)
} else {
setPreview(null)
}
}, [foodFile])
const handleAddFood = async e => {
e.preventDefault()
//using FormData to send constructed data
const formData = new FormData()
formData.append('foodName', foodName)
formData.append('foodPrice', foodPrice)
formData.append('foodDesc', foodDesc)
formData.append('foodImg', foodFile)
if (
ImgErr.textContent === '' &&
foodNameErr.textContent === '' &&
priceErr.textContent === '' &&
descErr.textContent === ''
) {
//show waiting modal
modalLoading.classList.remove('hidden')
try {
const response = await Axios.post(`${BASE_URL}/foods`, formData)
const { foodAdded, message } = response.data
setAddFoodStatus(foodAdded)
setAddFoodMessage(message)
//Remove waiting modal
setTimeout(() => {
modalLoading.classList.add('hidden')
}, 300)
} catch (err) {
formMsg.textContent = `Sorry something went wrong ${err}`
}
} else {
formMsg.textContent = 'please add all details'
}
}
return (
<>
{addFoodStatus === 1 ? (
<Modal
status={Success}
msg='Added food'
redirectLink='menu'
redirectTime='3000'
/>
) : addFoodStatus === 0 ? (
<Modal
status={Error}
msg={addFoodMessage}
msg=''
/>
) : null}
<section className='py-12 my-8 dashboard'>
<div className='container mx-auto'>
<h3 className='mx-0 mt-4 mb-12 text-2xl text-center'>Add food</h3>
<div>
<div className='food'>
{/* Show Modal Loading when submitting form */}
<Modal
status={Loading}
modalHidden='hidden'
classes='text-blue-500 text-center'
msg='Please wait'
/>
<form
method='POST'
className='form'
encType='multipart/form-data'
onSubmit={handleAddFood}
>
<label className='flex flex-wrap items-center justify-center gap-4 mb-8 sm:justify-between'>
<img
src={
preview === null
? 'https://source.unsplash.com/random?food'
: preview
}
alt='food' //change with food image name
className='object-cover p-1 border border-gray-400 w-28 h-28 dark:border-gray-300 rounded-xl'
/>
<input
type='file'
name='foodImg'
id='foodImg'
accept='image/*'
onChange={updateFoodImg}
className='grow-[.7] cursor-pointer text-lg text-white p-3 rounded-xl bg-orange-800 hover:bg-orange-700 transition-colors'
required
/>
<span
className='inline-block my-2 text-red-400 font-[600]'
data-form-img-msg
></span>
</label>
<label htmlFor='foodName' className='form-group'>
<input
type='text'
id='foodName'
className='form-input'
autoFocus
required
onChange={e => setFoodName(createSlug(e.target.value.trim()))}
/>
<span className='form-label'>Food Name</span>
<span
className='inline-block my-2 text-red-400 font-[600]'
data-form-name-msg
></span>
</label>
<label htmlFor='foodPrice' className='form-group'>
<input
type='number'
id='foodPrice'
className='form-input'
min='5'
max='500'
required
onChange={e => setFoodPrice(e.target.value.trim())}
/>
<span className='form-label'>Price</span>
<span
className='inline-block my-2 text-red-400 font-[600]'
data-form-price-msg
></span>
</label>
<label htmlFor='foodDescription' className='form-group'>
<textarea
name='foodDescription'
id='foodDescription'
minLength='10'
maxLength='300'
className='form-input'
required
onChange={e => setFoodDesc(e.target.value.trim())}
></textarea>
<span className='form-label'>Description</span>
<span
className='inline-block my-2 text-red-400 font-[600]'
data-form-desc-msg
></span>
</label>
<div
className='my-14 text-red-400 font-[600] text-center text-xl'
data-form-msg
></div>
<div className='flex items-center justify-evenly'>
<button
type='submit'
className='min-w-[7rem] bg-green-600 hover:bg-green-700 text-white py-1.5 px-6 rounded-md'
>
Add
</button>
<Link
to={goTo('menu')}
className='text-gray-800 underline-hover text-bold dark:text-white'
>
Food Menu
</Link>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</section>
</>
)
}
export default AddFood
(server)
foods.js:
const FoodsModel = require(`${__dirname}/../models/food-model.js`)
const { v4: uuidv4 } = require('uuid')
const sharp = require('sharp')
const deleteFile = require('../functions/deleteFile')
const addFood = async (req, res) => {
const { foodName, foodPrice, foodDesc } = req.body
const { foodImg } = req.files
const foodImgName = uuidv4() + foodImg.name
const foodImgMovePath = `${__dirname}/../../client/public/uploads/${foodImgName}.webp`
const foodImgDisplayPath = `/uploads/${foodImgName}`
const foods = new FoodsModel({
foodImgDisplayPath,
foodName,
foodPrice,
foodDesc
})
sharp(foodImg.data)
.rotate()
.resize(200)
.jpeg({ mozjpeg: true, quality: 50 })
.toBuffer()
.then(newBuffer => {
//changing the old jpg image buffer to new webp buffer
foodImg.data = newBuffer
foodImg.mv(foodImgMovePath, err => {
if (err) {
res.json({
message: `Sorry something wrong with server! 😥: ${err}`
})
return
}
foods.save()
res.json({
message: 'Food Added Successfully',
foodAdded: 1
})
})
})
.catch(err => {
res.json({
//https://mhmdhidr-restaurant.netlify.app/uploads/20cc09a0-1811-48b0-bffa-49e7a1981537chicken-legs.webp
message: `Sorry! Something went wrong, check the error => 😥: \n ${err}`,
foodAdded: 0
})
})
}
const getFood = async (req, res) => {
res.json(res.paginatedResults)
}
const deleteFood = async (req, res) => {
const { prevFoodImg } = req.body
const { foodId } = req.params
deleteFile(prevFoodImg)
try {
await FoodsModel.findByIdAndRemove(foodId)
res.json({
message: 'Food Deleted Successfully',
foodDeleted: 1
})
} catch (error) {
res.json({
message: `Sorry! Something went wrong, check the error => 😥: \n ${error}`,
foodDeleted: 0
})
}
}
const updateFood = async (req, res) => {
const { foodName, foodPrice, foodDesc, prevFoodImg } = req.body
const { foodId } = req.params
const { foodImg } = req.files || ''
const foodImgName = uuidv4() + foodImg?.name || ''
const foodImgMovePath = `${__dirname}/../../client/public/uploads/${foodImgName || ''}`
const foodImgDisplayPath =
foodImg !== '' && foodImg !== undefined ? `/uploads/${foodImgName}` : prevFoodImg
try {
await FoodsModel.findByIdAndUpdate(foodId, {
foodImgDisplayPath,
foodName,
foodPrice,
foodDesc
})
if (foodImg !== '' && foodImg !== undefined) {
deleteFile(prevFoodImg)
foodImg.mv(foodImgMovePath, err => {
if (err) {
res.json({ message: `Sorry something wrong with server! 😥: ${err}` })
}
})
}
res.json({
message: 'Food Updated Successfully',
foodUpdated: 1
})
} catch (error) {
res.json({
message: `Sorry! Something went wrong, check the error => 😥: \n ${error}`,
foodUpdated: 0
})
}
}
module.exports = { addFood, getFood, deleteFood, updateFood }
But when I try to upload a file in the Netlify app this error shows up:
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/app/controllers/../../client/public/uploads/9631bb96-e41d-4c9a-aa35-d22b551ab662MASHAWI-IN-DUBAI.jpeg.webp'
I've tried to Google it a lot but unfortunately didn't find a solution.
Thanks for your help.
A two part answer:
Your back-end has no business putting files into your front-end's directory structure.
A better choice might be to use an uploads/ folder in the back-end project, exposing those over HTTPS, and linking to them from your front-end.
But that won't work on Heroku due to its ephemeral filesystem.
An even better choice would be to save them to a cloud-based object store like Amazon S3 or Azure Blob Storage, or a more specialized service like Cloudinary if they're images. Heroku tends to recommend S3.
Your back-end now just needs to store the URL to each file and provide that link to your front-end upon request.
Even on other hosts that allow you to save files into your back-end's filesystem, using a third-party service has many benefits. You can trivially scale horizontally (adding new nodes), your application becomes less stateful, etc.
User uploads never belong in your code repository, no matter how and where you choose to host them. They are content, not code, and should not be tracked and versioned alongside your code.

Show added posts without refreshing page in React

I have been working on a personal project outside university, developing a blog.
Right now I'm trying to implement a "home page" where after a succesfull login, the user can post text, and right after that it appears under the Create post div you can see in the pic
This is what I have managed to accomplish so far:
This is the home page after login
Right now I can login, and post a new post which saves it in the database.
This is the home.js functional componenet which the user sees after a login:
import '../App.css';
import { useHistory } from "react-router-dom";
import React , {useState, useEffect} from 'react';
import jwt_decode from 'jwt-decode'
import logo from '../images/home-logo.png';
import {Col,Form,Input,Button,Card,CardTitle,Navbar,Nav,NavbarBrand} from 'reactstrap'
import { createPost,getUserPosts } from '../fucntions/user_functions'
function Home(){
var _decoded;
var _email;
let history = useHistory();
const[post_text,setPost] = useState('');
const handleChangePost = e =>{ setPost(e.target.value);};
function handlePost(e){
e.preventDefault();
const toPost = {
post :post_text, email :_email
}
createPost(toPost).then(res =>{
setPost('')
})
}
function getPosts() {
const container ={
email:_email
}
getUserPosts(container).then(res=>{
})
}
function handleLogout (e) {
e.preventDefault();
localStorage.removeItem('usertoken')
history.push(`/login`)
}
useEffect(() =>{
if (localStorage.getItem("usertoken") === null) {
history.push('/login')
} else {
const token = localStorage.usertoken
const user_email = localStorage.useremail
const decoded = jwt_decode(token)
_decoded = decoded;
_email = decoded.email
getPosts()
};
});
return (
<div className = "box">
<div>
<Navbar color="light" light expand="md">
<Nav>
<NavbarBrand type = "button" onClick = {handleLogout}>Logout</NavbarBrand>
</Nav>
</Navbar>
<div className = "wrapper">
<Card body outline color="secondary" className = "card-home " >
<CardTitle><img src={logo} alt="logo"></img>Create post</CardTitle>
<Form onSubmit = {handlePost}>
<Input id = "tx" name = "input1" type = "textarea" value = {post_text} placeholder="Enter your post here" onChange= {handleChangePost}></Input>
<br></br>
<Col sm={{ span: 10, offset: 5 }}>
<Button outline color="primary" type="submit">Post!</Button>
</Col>
</Form>
</Card>
</div>
</div>
</div>
)
}
export default Home;
I have implemented a getPosts method in the backend which gives back an array of the posts
router.post("/getPosts",
async (req, res) => {
const {email,} = req.body;
try {
let user = await User.findOne({email:email});
allPosts = user.posts
res.render('/home',{posts : hello})
} catch (e) {
console.error(e);
res.json("Error")
}
}
);
As you can see above, in the function getPosts(), the response is an Array of all the post's ids the user has posted, they are stored in the mongodb collection called "posts"
And after calling that function, I can iterate over them:
function getPosts() {
const container ={
email:_email
}
getUserPosts(container).then(res=>{
forEach(res.posts) {
}
})
}
I want to render all those posts live, so each time the user posts a new post, it will show right after the Create post div you can see in the picture, What's the best way?
Thanks
First define your posts collection state:
const [allPosts, setAllPosts] = useState([]);
Then every time you successfully save a post in the database, append it to that state:
function handlePost(e){
e.preventDefault();
const toPost = {
post :post_text, email :_email
}
createPost(toPost).then(res =>{
setPost('')
setAllPosts(allPosts.concat(toPost);
})
}
The same goes for getPosts:
function getPosts() {
const container ={
email:_email
}
getUserPosts(container).then(res=>{
setAllPosts(res.data); // <-- if the data is the same structure as the created before
})
}
Then you can render them in an example way:
return (
<div className = "box">
<div>
<Navbar color="light" light expand="md">
<Nav>
<NavbarBrand type = "button" onClick = {handleLogout}>Logout</NavbarBrand>
</Nav>
</Navbar>
<div className = "wrapper">
<Card body outline color="secondary" className = "card-home " >
<CardTitle><img src={logo} alt="logo"></img>Create post</CardTitle>
<Form onSubmit = {handlePost}>
<Input id = "tx" name = "input1" type = "textarea" value = {post_text} placeholder="Enter your post here" onChange= {handleChangePost}></Input>
<br></br>
<Col sm={{ span: 10, offset: 5 }}>
<Button outline color="primary" type="submit">Post!</Button>
</Col>
</Form>
<div>
{
allPosts.map(post => {
return <div><div>email: {post.email}</div><div>post: post.post</div></div>
})
}
</div>
</Card>
</div>
</div>
</div>
)
Feel free to change the HTML structure, so it matches your design

I am getting a Warning: A component is changing an uncontrolled input of type text to be controlled

I building a simple todo app using the MERN stack with router and able to get it going except the edit part. I have 3 routes, the "Todos" page where i use axios to get the data from my express server route. The "Add" page for create new todo and the "Edit" page for editing and deleting. Here's my todos page where each todo has a button that takes the id as a url parameter unto the Edit page.
That little pencil/paper icon on each todo is a button link that get's the ID on click. Here's my Edit page with the data.
The warning:
Here's my Todos page i'm using a custom hook to fetch the data from express server route:
import React from 'react';
import useGetAPI from '../custom_hooks/useGetAPI';
import Todo from './todo_item/Todo';
const Todos = () =>{
const data = useGetAPI('http://localhost:4000');
return (
<div className="page">
<div className="page-header">
<h1>Todo Lists</h1>
</div>
<div className="page-content">
<ul className="todo-list">
{
data.map((todo)=><Todo todo={todo} key={todo._id}/>)
}
</ul>
</div>
</div>
);
}
export default Todos;
Here's my custom hooks for fetching data - used in Todos.
import {useState,useEffect} from 'react';
import axios from 'axios';
const useGetAPI = (url)=>{
const [data,setData] = useState([]);
useEffect(()=>{
const fetchData = async ()=>{
const response = await axios.get(url);
const data = [...response.data];
const error = response.error;
if(error)
console.log(error)
else{
console.log(data);
setData(data);
}
};
fetchData();
},[url])
return data;
}
export default useGetAPI;
Here's my Edit Page
import React,{useState, useEffect, useContext, useCallback} from 'react';
import useGetApiWithParams from '../custom_hooks/useGetApiWithParams';
import {FaTelegramPlane} from 'react-icons/fa';
import axios from 'axios';
import { matchPath } from 'react-router'
const EditTodo = (props) =>{
const todoID = props.match.params.id;
const [todo,setTodo] = useState(null);
const responseData = useGetApiWithParams('http://localhost:4000/edit',todoID);
console.log(`Todo id: ${todoID}`);
/* Set default data from database */
useEffect(()=>{
setTodo(responseData);
},[responseData,setTodo]);
const [description,setDescription] = useState('');
const [responsible,setResponsible] = useState('');
const [priority,setPriority] = useState('');
const [completed,setCompleted] = useState(false);
const handleDescription = useCallback((e)=>{
setDescription(e.target.value);
},[setDescription]);
const handleResponsible = useCallback((e)=>{
setResponsible(e.target.value);
},[setResponsible]);
const handlePriority = useCallback((e)=>{
setPriority(e.target.value);
},[setPriority]);
const handleCompleted = useCallback((e)=>{
setCompleted(!completed);
},[completed,setCompleted])
const handleSubmit = useCallback((e)=>{
e.preventDefault();
console.log('Form submitted');
console.log(`Description ${description}`);
console.log(`Description ${responsible}`);
console.log(`Description ${priority}`);
console.log(`Description ${completed}`);
const updatedTodo = {
description,
responsible,
priority,
completed: false
}
axios.put(`http://localhost/4000/edit/${props.match.params.id}`, updatedTodo)
.then(res=>console.log(res.data))
.catch(function (error) {
console.log(error);
});
},[description,responsible,priority,completed,props.match.params.id]);
return (
<div className="page">
<div className="page-header">
<h1>Edit Todo</h1>
</div>
<div className="page-content">
<form id="edit-todo-form" className="todo-form" onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
<div className="form-group">
<label htmlFor="description">Description:</label>
<input id="description" type="text" className="form-control" onChange={handleDescription} value={responseData.description} />
</div>
<div className="form-group">
<label htmlFor="responsible">Responsible:</label>
<input id="responsible" type="text" className="form-control" onChange={handleResponsible} value={responseData.responsible} />
</div>
<div className="form-group">
<label htmlFor="priorities">Priorities:</label>
<div id="priorities" className="form-radios">
<label htmlFor="radio1" className="radio-label">
<input name="priorityOptions" type="radio" id="radio1" value={responseData.priority} checked={priority === 'Low'} onChange={handlePriority}/>
<span className="radiomark"></span>
<span className="radiotext">Low</span>
</label>
<label htmlFor="radio2" className="radio-label">
<input type="radio" id="radio2" value={responseData.priority} checked={priority === 'Medium'} onChange={handlePriority}/>
<span className="radiomark"></span>
<span className="radiotext">Medium</span>
</label>
<label htmlFor="radio3" className="radio-label">
<input type="radio" id="radio3" value={responseData.priority} checked={priority === 'High'} onChange={handlePriority}/>
<span className="radiomark"></span>
<span className="radiotext">High</span>
</label>
</div>
</div>
<div className="form-group">
<label htmlFor="todo_completed">Status:</label>
<div id="todo_completed">
<label htmlFor="checkcompleted" className="check-label">
<input type="checkbox" id="checkcompleted" value={responseData.completed} onChange={handleCompleted}/>
<span className="checkmark"></span>
<span className="checktext">Completed</span>
</label>
</div>
</div>
<div className="form-group">
<button type="submit" className="form-btn"><FaTelegramPlane />Save Changes</button>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
);
}
export default EditTodo;
Here's my custom hook for fetching data based on the Todo ID i get from the url:
import { useState,useEffect } from 'react';
import axios from 'axios';
const useGetApiWithParams = (url,params)=>{
const [data,setData] = useState([]);
useEffect(()=>{
const fetchData = async ()=>{
const response = await axios.get(`${url}/${params}`);
const data = response.data;
const error = response.error;
if(error)
console.log(`Error: ${error}`)
else{
console.log(...data);
setData(...data);
}
};
fetchData();
},[url,params])
return data;
}
export default useGetApiWithParams;
And the url with id param from MongoDB:
How to solve this? I tried the placeholder and set it's value to the response data from api but it only works for text boxes, what about the radio buttons and checkboxes? They don't seem to set the default value. For example the radio button for setting the priority value={responseData.priority} doesn't set the value as you can see here:
What i would like to happen is: from the Todos page on clicking the edit button, the edit page with a form already filled with values based on the todo id from the url parameter and be able to edit the values as well. Need help, thanks!

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