How can I initialize in useState with the data from custom hooks? - reactjs

Question

I'm learning to React Hooks.
And I'm struggling initialize data that I fetched from a server using a custom hook.
I think I'm using hooks wrong.
My code is below.
const useFetchLocation = () => {
const [currentLocation, setCurrentLocation] = useState([]);
const getCurrentLocation = (ignore) => {
...
};
useEffect(() => {
let ignore = false;
getCurrentLocation(ignore);
return () => { ignore = true; }
}, []);
return {currentLocation};
};
const useFetch = (coords) => {
console.log(coords);
const [stores, setStores] = useState([]);
const fetchData = (coords, ignore) => {
axios.get(`${URL}`)
.then(res => {
if (!ignore) {
setStores(res.data.results);
}
})
.catch(e => {
console.log(e);
});
};
useEffect(() => {
let ignore = false;
fetchData(ignore);
return () => {
ignore = true;
};
}, [coords]);
return {stores};
}
const App = () => {
const {currentLocation} = useFetchLocation();
const {stores} = useFetch(currentLocation); // it doesn't know what currentLocation is.
...
Obviously, it doesn't work synchronously.
However, I believe there's the correct way to do so.
In this case, what should I do?
I would appreciate if you give me any ideas.
Thank you.

Answer 1

Not sure what all the ignore variables are about, but you can just check in your effect if coords is set. Only when coords is set you should make the axios request.
const useFetchLocation = () => {
// Start out with null instead of an empty array, this makes is easier to check later on
const [currentLocation, setCurrentLocation] = useState(null);
const getCurrentLocation = () => {
// Somehow figure out the current location and store it in the state
setTimeout(() => {
setCurrentLocation({ lat: 1, lng: 2 });
}, 500);
};
useEffect(() => {
getCurrentLocation();
}, []);
return { currentLocation };
};
const useFetch = coords => {
const [stores, setStores] = useState([]);
const fetchData = coords => {
console.log("make some HTTP request using coords:", coords);
setTimeout(() => {
console.log("pretending to receive data");
setStores([{ id: 1, name: "Store 1" }]);
}, 500);
};
useEffect(() => {
/*
* When the location is set from useFetchLocation the useFetch code is
* also triggered again. The first time coords is null so the fetchData code
* will not be executed. Then, when the coords is set to an actual object
* containing coordinates, the fetchData code will execute.
*/
if (coords) {
fetchData(coords);
}
}, [coords]);
return { stores };
};
function App() {
const { currentLocation } = useFetchLocation();
const { stores } = useFetch(currentLocation);
return (
<div className="App">
<ul>
{stores.map(store => (
<li key={store.id}>{store.name}</li>
))}
</ul>
</div>
);
}
Working sandbox (without the comments) https://codesandbox.io/embed/eager-elion-0ki0v