I am building a web application using React and Redux. Redux works when I set the state on that page and then reaccess it through a statement like this.props.book.bookTitle
, however, when I navigate to another page, redux loses it's state and defaults to the initialState. Here is my code:
bookDuck.js:
const BOOK_SELECT = "book/SELECT";
const BOOK_DESELECT = "book/DESELECT";
const initialState = {
_id: "",
bookTitle: "",
bookCover: "",
bookAuthors: [],
bookDescription: ""
};
export default function reducer(state = initialState, action) {
switch(action.type) {
case BOOK_SELECT:
return Object.assign({}, action.book);
case BOOK_DESELECT:
return initialState;
}
return state;
}
export function selectBook(book) {
console.log(book);
return {type: BOOK_SELECT, book};
}
export function deselectBook() {
return {type: BOOK_DESELECT};
}
reducer.js:
import { combineReducers } from 'redux';
import user from './ducks/userDuck';
import book from './ducks/bookDuck';
export default combineReducers({
user,
book
});
store.js:
import { createStore } from 'redux';
import reducer from './reducer';
export default createStore(reducer);
index.js:
ReactDOM.render(
<center>
<Provider store={store}>
<Router history={browserHistory}>
<div>
<Route exact path="/" component={Home} />
<Route path="/login" component={Login} />
<Route path="/createAccount" component={CreateAccount} />
<Route path="/createBookGroup" component={CreateBookGroup} />
<Route path="/addMembers" component={AddMembers} />
</div>
</Router>
</Provider>
</center>
, document.getElementById('root'));
In the following piece of code, I set the state, and navigate to a new window.
createBookGroup() {
let groupToCreateInfo = {
bookTitle: this.props.bookTitle,
bookCover: this.props.bookCover,
bookAuthors: this.props.bookAuthors,
bookDescription: this.props.bookDescription
}
console.log("Create book group is " + groupToCreateInfo.bookTitle);
store.dispatch(selectBook(groupToCreateInfo));
window.location = '/addMembers'
}
This is performed in a childComponent. I made a test button in it's parent component that access this.props.book
from the store without navigating to a new page, and it accesses the properties in redux just fine. But as soon as I navigate to a new page using window.location
, the redux value returns to it's initial state of:
const initialState = {
_id: "",
bookTitle: "",
bookCover: "",
bookAuthors: [],
bookDescription: ""
};
I am also connecting to the store when exporting the class like this:
export default connect(state => ({book: state.book}))(AddMembers);
Does anyone know what I could be doing wrong? I appreciate the help.