How to make a rest post call from ReactJS code?

Question

I am new to ReactJS and UI and I wanted to know how to make a simple REST based POST call from ReactJS code.

If there is any example present it would be really h

Answer 1

I think this way also a normal way. But sorry, I can't describe in English ((

    submitHandler = e => {
    e.preventDefault()
    console.log(this.state)
    fetch('http://localhost:5000/questions',{
        method: 'POST',
        headers: {
            Accept: 'application/json',
                    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
        },
        body: JSON.stringify(this.state)
    }).then(response => {
            console.log(response)
        })
        .catch(error =>{
            console.log(error)
        })
    
}

https://googlechrome.github.io/samples/fetch-api/fetch-post.html

fetch('url/questions',{ method: 'POST', headers: { Accept: 'application/json', 'Content-Type': 'application/json', }, body: JSON.stringify(this.state) }).then(response => { console.log(response) }) .catch(error =>{ console.log(error) })

Answer 2

Straight from the React docs:

fetch('https://mywebsite.com/endpoint/', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Accept': 'application/json',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    firstParam: 'yourValue',
    secondParam: 'yourOtherValue',
  })
})

(This is posting JSON, but you could also do, for example, multipart-form.)

Answer 3

React doesn't really have an opinion about how you make REST calls. Basically you can choose whatever kind of AJAX library you like for this task.

The easiest way with plain old JavaScript is probably something like this:

var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.open('POST', '/my/url', true);
request.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=UTF-8');
request.send(data);

In modern browsers you can also use fetch.

If you have more components that make REST calls it might make sense to put this kind of logic in a class that can be used across the components. E.g. RESTClient.post(…)

Answer 4

Here is a the list of ajax libraries comparison based on the features and support. I prefer to use fetch for only client side development or isomorphic-fetch for using in both client side and server side development.

For more information on isomorphic-fetch vs fetch

Answer 5

As of 2018 and beyond, you have a more modern option which is to incorporate async/await in your ReactJS application. A promise-based HTTP client library such as axios can be used. The sample code is given below:

import axios from 'axios';
...
class Login extends Component {
    constructor(props, context) {
        super(props, context);
        this.onLogin = this.onLogin.bind(this);
        ...
    }
    async onLogin() {
        const { email, password } = this.state;
        try {
           const response = await axios.post('/login', { email, password });
           console.log(response);
        } catch (err) {
           ...
        }
    }
    ...
}

Answer 6

Here is an example: https://jsfiddle.net/69z2wepo/9888/

$.ajax({
    type: 'POST',
    url: '/some/url',
    data: data
  })
  .done(function(result) {
    this.clearForm();
    this.setState({result:result});   
  }.bind(this)
  .fail(function(jqXhr) {
    console.log('failed to register');
  });

It used jquery.ajax method but you can easily replace it with AJAX based libs like axios, superagent or fetch.