useEffect doesn't run after rendering - reactjs

Question

I'm kind of confused about how useEffect is triggered and how it work. I wrote a function like this but the useEffect doesn't run at all. I want to fetch the data from the API and then render a page based on the data. But it doesn't trigger the useEffect. If I don't use the useEffect, it will render the page three times.
async function getData() {
var tmpArrData = [];
await fetch("this API is hidden due to the privacy of the company - sorry")
.then((res) => res.json())
.then((data) => {
console.log("data", data);
tmpArrData = data;
});
console.log("tmpData ", tmpArrData);
return tmpArrData;
}
function App() {
const [arrData, setArrData] = useState();
const [loadData, setLoadData] = useState(false);
useEffect(() => {
console.log("if it works, this line should be shown");
const tmpArrData = getData();
setArrData(tmpArrData);
}, [arrData]);
const data = arrData[0];
console.log(data);
return (
<GifCompoment
id = {data.id}
name = {data.name}
activeTimeTo = {data.activeTimeTo}
activeTimeFrom = {data.activeTimeFrom}
requiredPoints = {data.requiredPoints}
imageUrl = {data.imageUrl}
/>
);
}
export default App;

Answer 1

The useEffect hook is guaranteed to run at least once at the end of the initial render.
getData is an async function and the useEffect callback code is not waiting for it to resolve. Easy solution is to chain from the implicitly returned Promise from getData and access the resolved value to update the arrData state. Make sure to remove the state from the useEffect's dependency array so that you don't create a render loop.
The getData implementation could be clean/tightened up by just returning the fetch result, no need to save into a temp variable first.
async function getData() {
return await fetch(".....")
.then((res) => res.json());
}
useEffect(() => {
console.log("if it works, this line should be shown");
getData().then((data) => {
setArrData(data);
});
}, []); // <-- empty dependency so effect called once on mount
Additionally, since arrData is initially undefined, arrData[0] is likely to throw an error. You may want to provide valid initial state, and a fallback value in case the first element is undefined, so you don't attempt to access properties of an undefined object.
const [arrData, setArrData] = useState([]);
...
const data = arrData[0] || {}; // data is at least an object
return (
<GifCompoment
id={data.id}
name={data.name}
activeTimeTo={data.activeTimeTo}
activeTimeFrom={data.activeTimeFrom}
requiredPoints={data.requiredPoints}
imageUrl={data.imageUrl}
/>
);

Answer 2

You should call state setter insede of Promise
function App() {
const [arrData, setArrData] = useState();
function getData() {
fetch("/api/hidden")
.then((res) => res.json())
.then((data) => setArrData(data));
}
useEffect(() => {
console.log("if it works, this line should be shown");
getData();
}, []);
return ...
}

Answer 3

By combining the answer from Drew Reese and Artyom Vancyan, I have solved my problem. I think the key points are setState right in the then function .then((data) => setArrData(data)) ,don't put the dependency in the useEffect, and await inside the useEffect. Thank you guy super ultra very much. Big love
useEffect(() => {
console.log("if it works, this line should be shown");
const getData = async () => {
await fetch("hidden API")
.then((ref) => ref.json())
.then((data) => {
setArrData(data);
});
}
getData();
}, []);

Answer 4

function App() {
const [arrData, setArrData] = useState([]);
const [loadData, setLoadData] = useState(false);
const async getData=()=> {
var tmpArrData = [];
await fetch("this API is hidden due to the privacy of the company - sorry")
.then((res) => res.json())
.then((data) => {
console.log("data", data);
setArrData(tmpArrData);
});
console.log("tmpData ", tmpArrData);
return tmpArrData;
}
useEffect(() => {
console.log("if it works, this line should be shown");
const callApi =async()=>{
await getData();
}
}, [arrData]);
const data = arrData[0];
console.log(data);
return (
<GifCompoment
id = {data.id}
name = {data.name}
activeTimeTo = {data.activeTimeTo}
activeTimeFrom = {data.activeTimeFrom}
requiredPoints = {data.requiredPoints}
imageUrl = {data.imageUrl}
/>
);
}
export default App;
Page will be rendered three to four times it's normal.