How to update the user feed after updating the post? - node.js

Question

I have a UserFeed component and EditForm component. As soon as I edit the form, I need to be redirected to the UserFeed and the updated data should be shown on UserFeed(title and description of the post).
So, the flow is like-UserFeed, which list the posts, when click on edit,redirected to EditForm, updates the field, redirected to UserFeed again, but now UserFeed should list the posts with the updated data, not the old one.
In this I'm just redirectin to / just to see if it works. But I need to be redirected to the feed with the updated data.
EditForm
import React, { Component } from "react";
import { connect } from "react-redux";
import { getPost } from "../actions/userActions"
class EditForm extends Component {
constructor() {
super();
this.state = {
title: '',
description: ''
};
handleChange = event => {
const { name, value } = event.target;
this.setState({
[name]: value
})
};
componentDidMount() {
const id = this.props.match.params.id
this.props.dispatch(getPost(id))
}
componentDidUpdate(prevProps) {
if (prevProps.post !== this.props.post) {
this.setState({
title: this.props.post.post.title,
description: this.props.post.post.description
})
}
}
handleSubmit = () => {
const id = this.props.match.params.id
const data = this.state
this.props.dispatch(updatePost(id, data, () => {
this.props.history.push("/")
}))
}
render() {
const { title, description } = this.state
return (
<div>
<input
onChange={this.handleChange}
name="title"
value={title}
className="input"
placeholder="Title"
/>
<textarea
onChange={this.handleChange}
name="description"
value={description}
className="textarea"
></textarea>
<button>Submit</button>
</div>
);
}
}
const mapStateToProps = store => {
return store;
};
export default connect(mapStateToProps)(EditForm)
UserFeed
import React, { Component } from "react"
import { getUserPosts, getCurrentUser } from "../actions/userActions"
import { connect } from "react-redux"
import Cards from "./Cards"
class UserFeed extends Component {
componentDidMount() {
const authToken = localStorage.getItem("authToken")
if (authToken) {
this.props.dispatch(getCurrentUser(authToken))
if (this.props && this.props.userId) {
this.props.dispatch(getUserPosts(this.props.userId))
} else {
return null
}
}
}
render() {
const { isFetchingUserPosts, userPosts } = this.props
return isFetchingUserPosts ? (
<p>Fetching....</p>
) : (
<div>
{userPosts &&
userPosts.map(post => {
return <Cards key={post._id} post={post} />
})}
</div>
)
}
}
const mapStateToPros = state => {
return {
isFetchingUserPosts: state.userPosts.isFetchingUserPosts,
userPosts: state.userPosts.userPosts.userPosts,
userId: state.auth.user._id
}
}
export default connect(mapStateToPros)(UserFeed)
Cards
import React, { Component } from "react"
import { connect } from "react-redux"
import { compose } from "redux"
import { withRouter } from "react-router-dom"
class Cards extends Component {
handleEdit = _id => {
this.props.history.push(`/post/edit/${_id}`)
}
render() {
const { _id, title, description } = this.props.post
return (
<div className="card">
<div className="card-content">
<div className="media">
<div className="media-left">
<figure className="image is-48x48">
<img
src="https://bulma.io/images/placeholders/96x96.png"
alt="Placeholder image"
/>
</figure>
</div>
<div className="media-content" style={{ border: "1px grey" }}>
<p className="title is-5">{title}</p>
<p className="content">{description}</p>
<button
onClick={() => {
this.handleEdit(_id)
}}
className="button is-success"
>
Edit
</button>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
)
}
}
const mapStateToProps = state => {
return {
nothing: "nothing"
}
}
export default compose(withRouter, connect(mapStateToProps))(Cards)
updatePost action
export const updatePost = (id, data, redirect) => {
return async dispatch => {
dispatch( { type: "UPDATING_POST_START" })
try {
const res = await axios.put(`http://localhost:3000/api/v1/posts/${id}/edit`, data)
dispatch({
type: "UPDATING_POST_SUCCESS",
data: res.data
})
redirect()
} catch(error) {
dispatch({
type: "UPDATING_POST_FAILURE",
data: { error: "Something went wrong"}
})
}
}
}
I'm not sure if my action is correct or not.
Here's the updatePost controller.
updatePost: async (req, res, next) => {
try {
const data = {
title: req.body.title,
description: req.body.description
}
const post = await Post.findByIdAndUpdate(req.params.id, data, { new: true })
if (!post) {
return res.status(404).json({ message: "No post found "})
}
return res.status(200).json({ post })
} catch(error) {
return next(error)
}
}

Answer 1

One mistake is that to set the current fields you need to use $set in mongodb , also you want to build the object , for example if req.body does not have title it will generate an error
updatePost: async (req, res, next) => {
try {
const data = {};
if(title) data.title=req.body.title;
if(description) data.description=req.body.description
const post = await Post.findByIdAndUpdate(req.params.id, {$set:data}, { new: true })
if (!post) {
return res.status(404).json({ message: "No post found "})
}
return res.status(200).json({ post })
} catch(error) {
return next(error)
}
}