I am using React and trying to load data into my component from a local json file. I am trying to print all information, including the 'name' in a name:value pair (not just the value) to make it look like a form.
I am looking for the best way to do this. Do I need to parse? Do I need to use a map function? I am new to React so please show me solution with code. I've seen other questions similar to this but they include a lot of other code that I don't think I need.
Example of my code:
test.json
{"person": {
"name": "John",
"lastname": "Doe",
"interests":
[
"hiking",
"skiing"
],
"age": 40
}}
test.js
import React, {Component} from 'react';
class Test extends Component {
render () {
return (
)
}
};
export default Test;
I need code that lets me import from json and code inside component that displays ALL fields.
If your json is stored locally, you don't have to use any library to get it. Just import it.
import React, {Component} from 'react';
import test from 'test.json';
class Test extends Component {
render () {
const elem = test.person;
return (
<ul>
{Object.keys(elem).map((v, i) => <li key={i}>{v} {test[v]}</li> )}
</ul>
)
}
};
export default Test;
The first important question to care about is how you want to get this JSON, if I understood your problem very well it's a local JSON file. So you need to run a local server inside your app to get these values.
I'd recommend the live-server, made in node.js.
After that you can use axios to fetch data and then ...
import React, {Component} from 'react';
import axios from 'axios';
constructor (props) {
this.state = {
items: [],
}
axios.get('http://localhost:8080/your/dir/test.json')
.then(res => {
this.setState({ items: res.data });
});
}
class Test extends Component {
console.log(this.state.items);
render () {
return (
)
}
};
export default Test;
I've already put a console.log before render to show your object, and after that do whatever you want!
Use JSON.parse(json)
Example:
JSON.parse(`{"person": {
"name": "John",
"lastname": "Doe",
"interests": [
"hiking",
"skiing"
],
"age": 40
}}`);
Hi the best solution to this is using Axios.
https://github.com/mzabriskie/axios
Try look at their API its very straightforward.
And yes, you might need a map function to loop the parsed data.
I have a sample code here, which I used Axios.
import axios from 'axios';
const api_key = 'asda99';
const root_url = `http://api.jsonurl&appid=${api_key}`;
export function fetchData(city) { //export default???
const url = `${root_url}&q=${city},us`;
const request = axios.get(url);
}
request is where you get your parsed data. Go ahead and play with it
Heres another example using ES5
componentDidMount: function() {
var self = this;
this.serverRequest =
axios
.get("http://localhost:8080/api/stocks")
.then(function(result) {
self.setState({
stocks: result.data
});
})
},
by using the 2nd one. you stored the stocks as a state in here. parse the state as pieces of data.