How to setState to new data in react?

Question

I just started looking at reactjs and trying to retrieve data from an API:

constructor(){
    super();
    this.state = {data: false}
    this.nextProps ={};

           


        

Answer 1

You can try with below example code and let me know if you needed any further help in this.

var YourComponentName = React.createClass({
  componentDidMount: function() {
    var that = this;
    // Your API would be calling here and get response and set state here as below example
    // Just an example here with AJAX something you can do that.
    $.ajax({
      url: 'YOURURL',
      dataType: 'json',
      type: 'POST',
      data: data,
      success: function(response) {
        that.setState({data: response})
      }
    });
  },
  render: function() {
    return ();
  }
});

Thanks!