ReactJS & Flux get data from promise - reactjs

Question

I am trying to get data from server with service function that I found in a template reactjs project. I do recieve a perfectly fine anwser from the server, I can see the arrays are ok while still in the service, but not when handed over to the component that called for it in the first place. At the component I get a promise object, which has the values (I have seen them in console) but I can't access them. What am I missing?
My component has following function:
calculate(dict) {
var results = Service.calc(dict)
.catch((err) => {
var errResp = JSON.parse(err.response);
console.log(errResp);
this.setState({responseErrors: errResp});
});
this.setState({results:results._handler});
}
When I printed the results in to console I saw the Promise object, inside _handler.handler was a value array with my values but I couldn't use them. The error appeared when accessing the results._handler.handler: undefined.
The called service looks like this:
class Service {
calc(dict) {
return this.handleCalculate(when(request({
url: UserConstants.URL,
method: 'POST',
type: 'json',
data: dict
})));
}
handleCalculate(calcPromise) {
return calcPromise.then(
function(data) {
console.log(data); //Success
return data;
}
)
}
Meanwhile I use ajax call directly in the component instead of the service. But I understand that is bad practice, how can I get this right?

Answer 1

Hi basically you put setState in the wrong place. (It sets state right away without waiting for result getting resolved). It should look like this
calculate(dict) {
var results = Service.calc(dict)
.then(results => {
this.setState({results: results});
})
.catch((err) => {
var errResp = JSON.parse(err.response);
console.log(errResp);
this.setState({responseErrors: errResp});
});
}