I do not fully understand this.setState in reactjs with async functions, so I posted a question on SO,
https://stackoverflow.com/questions...

I have accepted the given answer as it makes sense. but in reality the solution does not work, can anyone shed some light on it?

What exactly doesn't work?

@11000100111000 well, this.setState should update the state of the form, in this case, I'm clearing the form if (form.status === 200), but it is not quite working. You'll find code and more details in link.

@nothappy H! Checkout this way:

Set an initial state "status" as null. Then in the function that calls the API, after the axios promise, call setstate to change the status like

const res = await axios.post()

this.setState({ status: res.status })

Then Keep the success div inside a function component like

renderSuccess(){
If(this.state.status === 200){
// Success component
return </div>
}else if (this.state.status === 400){
// Failed component
return <Fail/>
}else {
Since the status is null from when the component mounts, render nothing, so this else statement should return null
}
}

So you can now add this function in your main form page as
{this.renderStatus()}

- it doesn't render anything when the component mounts

- after the request, it changes the status from null to the actual status

- after changing, the component gets the state change and reacts to it. Then it either renders the fail or success component.

Good luck!

Sorry if I made any typo. I typed it in a rush

@leksyib yes, for showing success message I did something like this and for clearing rest of the form fields I did a patchwork (IMO), like this
getElementByID("formid").reset(); on (form.status === 200).

@nothappy You really shouldn't be doing that in react. You don't manipulate the dom directly like that. React uses a virtual dom so every manipulation you're doing should be react-based

@leksyib yeah I know, but this.setState isn't updating the state

@nothappy can I see the repo you're doing this? I can raise a PR so you'll get what I'm talking about

@leksyib private project, sorry 😓

@nothappy setState is not an immediate operation

@leksyib okay I'll share repo give you le gitlab username

@nothappy sure! it's leksyib14

@nothappy seen the invite, what file?

@leksyib Contact.jsx

@nothappy okay I just raised a merge request

@leksyib I'll make a different branch and merge it