Learning Full-Stack JavaScript Development: MongoDB, Node and React


5. Rendering on the Server


019 Fetching data from a remote API

$ npm install --save axios


App.js

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import React from 'react';
import axios from 'axios';
import Header from './Header';
import ContestPreview from './ContestPreview';

class App extends React.Component {
  
 constructor(props){
super(props);
  
 this.state = {
pageHeader: 'Naming Contests',
contests: []
};
}
  
 componentDidMount() {
axios.get('/api/contests')
.then(resp => {
this.setState({
contests: resp.data.contests
});
  
 })
.catch(console.error);
}
  
 componentWillUnmount() {
  
 }

    render() {

        return (
            <h2 className="App">
                <Header message= {this.state.pageHeader} />
                <div>
                    {this.state.contests.map(contest =>
                        <ContestPreview key={contest.id} {...contest} />
                    )}
                </div>
            </h2>
        );
    }

};

export default App;

http://localhost/api/contests/


020 Fetching data from the server side

serverRender.js

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import config from './config';
import axios from 'axios';

axios.get(`${config.serverUrl}/api/contests`)
.then(resp => {
console.log(resp.data);
});


021 Server rendering with ReactDOMServer


serverRender.js


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import React from 'react';
import ReactDOMServer from 'react-dom/server';

import App from './src/components/App';

import config from './config';
import axios from 'axios';

const serverRender = () =>
axios.get(`${config.serverUrl}/api/contests`)
.then(resp => {
// console.log(resp.data);
return ReactDOMServer.renderToString(
<App initialContests={resp.data.contests} />
);
});

export default serverRender;


server.js


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import config from './config';
import apiRouter from './api';
import sassMiddleware from 'node-sass-middleware';
import path from 'path';

import express from 'express';
const server = express();

server.use(sassMiddleware({
src: path.join(**dirname, 'sass'),
dest: path.join(**dirname, 'public')
}));

server.set('view engine', 'ejs');

server.get('/', (req, res) => {
  
 serverRender()
.then(content => {
res.render('index', {
content
});
})
.catch(console.error);
});

import serverRender from './serverRender';

server.get('/about.html', (req, res) => {
res.send('The about page');
});

server.use('/api', apiRouter);
server.use(express.static('public'));

server.listen(config.port, config.host, () => {
console.info('Express listening on port ', config.port);
});


022 Fix the checksum problem


index.ejs


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<script type="text/javascript">
    window.initialData = <%- JSON.stringify(initialData) -%>
</script>

<%- include('header') -%>
<div id="root"><%- initialMarkup -%></div>
<%- include('footer') -%>


index.js


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import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';

import App from './components/App';

ReactDOM.render(
<App initialContests={window.initialData.contests} />,
document.getElementById('root')
);


server.js


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import config from './config';
import apiRouter from './api';
import sassMiddleware from 'node-sass-middleware';
import path from 'path';

import express from 'express';
const server = express();

server.use(sassMiddleware({
src: path.join(**dirname, 'sass'),
dest: path.join(**dirname, 'public')
}));

server.set('view engine', 'ejs');

server.get('/', (req, res) => {
  
 serverRender()
.then(( {initialMarkup, initialData}) => {
res.render('index', {
initialMarkup,
initialData
});
})
.catch(console.error);
});

import serverRender from './serverRender';

server.get('/about.html', (req, res) => {
res.send('The about page');
});

server.use('/api', apiRouter);
server.use(express.static('public'));

server.listen(config.port, config.host, () => {
console.info('Express listening on port ', config.port);
});


serverRender.js


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import React from 'react';
import ReactDOMServer from 'react-dom/server';

import App from './src/components/App';

import config from './config';
import axios from 'axios';

const serverRender = () =>
axios.get(`${config.serverUrl}/api/contests`)
.then(resp => {
return {
initialMarkup: ReactDOMServer.renderToString(
<App initialContests={resp.data.contests} />
),
initialData: resp.data
};
});

export default serverRender;