make-the-api-call-in-componentdidmount.md

Make the API Call in componentDidMount()

You should populate data with AJAX calls in the componentDidMount lifecycle method. So you can use setState to update your component when the data is retrieved.

For example using Class:

function componentDidMount() {
  fetch('api/sms')
    .then(result => {
      const sms = result.data
      console.log('COMPONENT WILL Mount messages : ', sms)
      this.setState({sms: [...sms.content]})
    })
}

For example using Hook:

useEffect(() => {
  fetch('api/sms')
    .then(result => {
      const sms = result.data
      console.log('COMPONENT WILL Mount messages : ', sms)
      this.setState({sms: [...sms.content]})
    })
}, [])