retrieve text from db using draft.js - reactjs

Question

My draft.js <TextEditor /> populates body with the text e.g: '{"blocks":[{"key":"3mont","text":"lorem ipsum","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{}}'.
In Post.js, I want to retrieve and display the formatted text from the db. I've read that in order to do this, I must use convertToRaw() and then convertFromRaw() when retrieving it from the db but I'm having the same problems as this (I'm receiving the cors error and Unexpected token u in JSON at position 0) whenever I use convertFromRaw() and try to retrieve the formatted text from the db.
I have setup my server to support cors so is it because I am trying to parse an invalid response into JSON? Why am I getting the cors error and how can I solve it?
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How can I get the formatted text from the db in Post.js? Any help would be really appreciated!
CreatePost.js
class CreatePost extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {
title: "",
body: EditorState.createEmpty(),
};
}
changeHandler = (e) => {
this.setState({ [e.target.name]: e.target.value });
};
submitHandler = (e) => {
e.preventDefault();
const {
user: { _id },
} = isAuthenticated();
axios({
url: `${API}/post/new-post/${_id}`,
method: "POST",
data: {
...this.state,
body: JSON.stringify(convertToRaw(this.state.body.getCurrentContent())),
},
})
.then((response) => {
// this.setState({ createdPost: this.state.title });
return response
})
.catch((error) => {
if (!this.state.title || !this.state.body) {
this.setState({
error: "This post must contain a title and a body.",
});
}
console.log(error);
});
};
// Attempt to map through blocks
//getText = () => {
// const {body} = this.state;
//const arr = body.blocks.map(({ text }) => text).join(' ')
// console.log(arr)
//}
render() {
const { title, body } = this.state;
return (
<>
<Navbar />
<Tabs>
<TabList>
<Tab>Draft</Tab>
<Tab>Preview</Tab>
</TabList>
<TabPanel>
<div>
<form onSubmit={this.submitHandler}>
<div>
// title input
</div>
<div>
<TextEditor
onChange={(value) => this.setState({ body: value })}
editorState={body}
/>
</div>
<button type="submit">
Publish
</button>
</form>
</div>
</TabPanel>
<TabPanel>
<div>
<h1>{title}</h1>
// display body text value here too
{this.getText()}
</div>
</TabPanel>
</Tabs>
</>
);
}
}
Post.js (display body text)
const [post, setPost] = useState({});
const [error, setError] = useState(false);
const id = props.match.params.id;
const loadSinglePost = (slug, id) => {
read(slug, id).then((data) => {
if (error) {
console.log(data.error);
setError(data.error);
} else {
setPost(data)
console.log(data);
}
});
};
useEffect(() => {
const slug = props.match.params.slug;
loadSinglePost(slug, id);
}, [props]);
return (
<>
<div>
<h3>{post.title}</h3>
...
// display text value below
<p>{post.body}</p>
</div>
</div>
</>
);
};
TextEditor.js
class TextEditor extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.plugins = [addLinkPlugin];
}
toggleBlockType = (blockType) => {
this.props.onChange(RichUtils.toggleBlockType(this.props.editorState, blockType));
};
handleKeyCommand = (command) => {
const newState = RichUtils.handleKeyCommand(
this.props.editorState,
command
);
if (newState) {
this.props.onChange(newState);
return "handled";
}
return "not-handled";
};
onUnderlineClick = () => {
this.props.onChange(
RichUtils.toggleInlineStyle(this.props.editorState, "UNDERLINE")
);
};
onBoldClick = (event) => {
this.props.onChange(RichUtils.toggleInlineStyle(this.props.editorState, "BOLD"));
};
onItalicClick = () => {
this.props.onChange(
RichUtils.toggleInlineStyle(this.props.editorState, "ITALIC")
);
};
onAddLink = () => {
const editorState = this.props.editorState;
const selection = editorState.getSelection();
const link = window.prompt("Paste the link -");
if (!link) {
this.props.onChange(RichUtils.toggleLink(editorState, selection, null));
return "handled";
}
const content = editorState.getCurrentContent();
const contentWithEntity = content.createEntity("LINK", "MUTABLE", {
url: link,
});
const newEditorState = EditorState.push(
editorState,
contentWithEntity,
"create-entity"
);
const entityKey = contentWithEntity.getLastCreatedEntityKey();
this.props.onChange(RichUtils.toggleLink(newEditorState, selection, entityKey));
};
toggleBlockType = (blockType) => {
this.props.onChange(RichUtils.toggleBlockType(this.props.editorState, blockType));
};
render() {
return (
<div>
// formatting buttons
<div>
<Editor
blockStyleFn={getBlockStyle}
editorState={this.props.editorState}
handleKeyCommand={this.handleKeyCommand}
onChange={this.props.onChange}
plugins={this.plugins}
placeholder="Post Content"
/>
</div>
</div>
);
}
}