dispatch an action on componentDidMount (react/redux)

Question

I am relativity new to react/redux. There for I want to ask a (perhaps a philosophic) question.

Is it ok to to dispatch an action (e.g. to trigger an api-call) on

Answer 1

Yes, dispatching an action on componentDidMount() is OK, and even the recommended thing to do since it will not slow down the initial UI render.

Since the function runs after the component has initially rendered, keep in mind that you may have sometime between the moment the component is rendered, and the moment you receive the data from the api call.