Sometimes it would be useful to create one store per instance in Redux applications. The creator of Redux itself created a Gist which describes how to achieve this: https://gist.github.com/gaearon/eeee2f619620ab7b55673a4ee2bf8400
I asked this question already in the Gist but I think StackOverflow would be a better place for this question:
I wonder how to dispatch
actions to the component's own special store? Is there a way to access the store
-prop of the <Provider />
for each <SubApp />
(and their child-components)?
For example: I have some API classes that call dispatch
after fetching data from a remote server. But since I can't import the "normal" store, what would be the best way to deal with custom stores to make them available for other classes/files/services?
Update 1
So I got it working, but I think it's a really dirty way (mind the UGLY?
comments inside the code):
Provider:
Create a store per instance by creating the store inside the constructor:
export default class OffersGridProvider extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props)
this.store = createStore(reducers);
}
render() {
return (
<Provider store={this.store}>
<OffersGridContainer offers={this.props.offers} />
</Provider>
);
}
}
Container:
The Provider injects a dispatch
method for this store to my OffersGridContainer
which I can use to dispatch actions just to the store of this instance:
class OffersGridContainer extends React.Component {
componentDidMount() {
// UGLY???
const { dispatch } = this.props;
let destinationIds = [];
this.props.offers.forEach((offer) => {
offer.to.forEach((destination) => {
destinationIds.push(destination.destination);
});
});
// MORE UGLY???
destinationsApi.getDestinations(dispatch, destinationIds);
}
render() {
return (
<OffersGridLayout destinations={this.props.destinations} />
);
}
}
const mapStateToProps = function(store) {
return {
destinations: store.offersGridState.destinations
};
}
export default connect(mapStateToProps)(OffersGridContainer);
API method:
Just use the dispatch
-method that I've passed as argument to my API method:
export function getDestinations(dispatch, ids) {
const url = $('meta[name="site-url"]').attr('content');
const filter = ids.map((id) => {
return `filter[post__in][]=${id}`;
}).join('&');
return axios.get(`${url}/wp-json/wp/v2/destinations?filter[posts_per_page]=-1&${filter}`)
.then(response => {
dispatch(getOffersGridSuccess(response.data));
return response;
});
}
Update 2
Just received a hint about mapDispatchToProps
in the comments, so my Container
now looks like this:
class OffersGridContainer extends React.Component {
componentDidMount() {
let destinationIds = [];
this.props.offers.forEach((offer) => {
offer.to.forEach((destination) => {
destinationIds.push(destination.destination);
});
});
this.props.getDestinations(destinationIds);
}
render() {
return (
<OffersGridLayout destinations={this.props.destinations} />
);
}
}
const mapStateToProps = function(store) {
return {
destinations: store.offersGridState.destinations
};
}
const mapDispatchToProps = function(dispatch) {
return {
getDestinations: function(ids) {
return destinationsApi.getDestinations(dispatch, ids);
}
}
}
export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(OffersGridContainer);
Update 3 (the final answer)
Now everything works! Here's to code:
Provider:
export default class OffersGridProvider extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props)
this.store = createStore(reducers, applyMiddleware(thunk));
}
render() {
return (
<Provider store={this.store}>
<OffersGridContainer offers={this.props.offers} />
</Provider>
);
}
}
Container:
class OffersGridContainer extends React.Component {
componentDidMount() {
const destinationIds = this.props.offers.reduce((acc, offer) => {
return [...acc, ...offer.to.map(d => d.destination)];
}, []);
this.props.getDestinations(destinationIds);
}
render() {
return (
<OffersGridLayout destinations={this.props.destinations} />
);
}
}
const mapStateToProps = function(store) {
return {
destinations: store.offersGridState.destinations
};
}
const mapDispatchToProps = function(dispatch) {
return {
getDestinations: function(ids) {
return dispatch(destinationsApi.getDestinations(ids));
}
}
}
export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(OffersGridContainer);
API method:
export function getDestinations(ids) {
return function(dispatch) {
const url = $('meta[name="site-url"]').attr('content');
const filter = ids.map((id) => {
return `filter[post__in][]=${id}`;
}).join('&');
return axios.get(`${url}/wp-json/wp/v2/destinations?filter[posts_per_page]=-1&${filter}`)
.then(response => {
return dispatch(getOffersGridSuccess(response.data));
});
}
}