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reactjsHow can I use ReactJS and Axios together to make a network request?


ReactJS and Axios can be used together to make a network request. Axios is a popular library used to make network requests from the browser. It works with React by providing an easy-to-use syntax for making requests.

Here is an example of a GET request using React and Axios:

import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
import axios from 'axios';

const App = () => {
  const [data, setData] = useState({});

  useEffect(() => {
    axios.get('http://example.com/data')
      .then(res => setData(res.data))
      .catch(err => console.log(err))
  }, [])

  return (
    <div>
      {JSON.stringify(data)}
    </div>
  )
}

export default App

This code will make a GET request to the URL http://example.com/data and store the response data in the data state variable. The response data will then be displayed in the view.

The code consists of the following parts:

  1. import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react'; - imports the React library and the useEffect and useState hooks.
  2. import axios from 'axios'; - imports the Axios library.
  3. const [data, setData] = useState({}); - creates a state variable called data and a function to set the value of data.
  4. useEffect(() => { ... }, []) - a hook which runs the code inside the function when the component is mounted.
  5. axios.get('http://example.com/data') - makes a GET request to the URL http://example.com/data.
  6. .then(res => setData(res.data)) - sets the response data to the data state variable.
  7. .catch(err => console.log(err)) - logs any errors to the console.
  8. {JSON.stringify(data)} - displays the response data in the view.

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