对象作为 React 子级无效（发现：[object Promise]）

Question

I am trying to render a list of posts by mapping through an array. I've done this many times before but for some reason

renderPosts = async () => {
    try {
      let res = await axios.get('/posts');
      let posts = res.data;
      return  posts.map((post, i) => {
        return (
          <li key={i} className="list-group-item">{post.text}</li>
        );
      });
    } catch (err) {
      console.log(err);
    }
  }

  render () {
    return (
      <div>
        <ul className="list-group list-group-flush">
          {this.renderPosts()}
        </ul>
      </div>
    );
  }

All I get is:

Uncaught Error: Objects are not valid as a React child (found: [object Promise]). If you meant to render a collection of children, use an array instead.

I've checked the data returned from renderPosts and it is an array with the correct values and no promises. What's going on here?

Answer 1

this.renderPosts() will return a Promise not the actual data, and AFAIK Reactjs will not resolve Promises implicitly in render .

You need to do it like this

componentDidMount() {
  this.renderPosts();
}

renderPosts = async() => {
  try {
    const res = await axios.get('/posts');
    const posts = res.data;

    // this will re render the view with new data
    this.setState({
      Posts: posts
    });
  } catch (err) {
    console.log(err);
  }
}

render() {
  const posts = this.state.Posts?.map((post, i) => (
    <li key={i} className="list-group-item">{post.text}</li>
  ));

  return (
    <div>
      <ul className="list-group list-group-flush">
        {posts}
      </ul>
    </div>
  );
}

Answer 2

I also received the same error message when creating an async functional component. Functional components should not be async.

const HelloApp = async (props) =>  { //<<== removing async here fixed the issue
  return (
    <div>
      <h2>Hello World</h2>
    </div>
  )
}
ReactDOM.render(<HelloApp />, document.querySelector("#app"))

jsfiddle

Answer 3

Using React Hooks:

UPDATE 2020-08-01: Amended with @ajrussellaudio's suggestion.

import React, {useState, useEffect} from "react"

const ShowPosts = () => {
    const [posts, setPosts] = useState([]);
    
    useEffect( () => { 
        async function fetchData() {
            try {
                const res = await axios.get('/posts'); 
                setPosts(res.data);
            } catch (err) {
                console.log(err);
            }
        }
        fetchData();
    }, []);
    return <div>{posts}</div>
}

Answer 4

Poor me

For anyone using jest test

And trying to call a function children then received this Error

please check:

const children = jest.fn().mockReturnValueOnce(null)

NOT

const children = jest.fn().mockRejectedValue(null);

Answer 5

If you use Next.js you can use this: Put your codes in {}, if you have some connection or some calculations thats need time, add await to your codes in {}.

import { useEffect } from 'react'

useEffect(async () => {.......},[])