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react- adding a child component inside a main component


I creating a react app.

when I am trying to import a component inside header app becomes blank in browser. below is my code

main component

  import React, { Component } from 'react';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
import {
  Nav,
  Navbar,
  Collapse,
  DropdownMenu,
  DropdownItem,
  NavbarToggler,
  DropdownToggle,
  UncontrolledDropdown,
} from 'reactstrap';
import { Link, withRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
import Config from '../../../constants/config';
//import { SidebarNavItems } from '../Sidebar';
import Search from '../search';
import logoImages from '../../../images/logo.png';

require('./styles.scss');

class Header extends Component {
  static propTypes = {
    member: PropTypes.shape({
      firstName: PropTypes.string,
      email: PropTypes.string,
    }),
    logout: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
    history: PropTypes.shape({
      push: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
    }).isRequired,
  };

  static defaultProps = {
    member: {},
  };

  constructor(props) {
    super(props);

    this.toggleDropDown = this.toggleDropDown.bind(this);
    this.state = { isOpen: false };
  }

  onLogout = () => {
    const { logout, history } = this.props;
    logout().then(() => history.push('/login'));
  };

  toggleDropDown = () => {
    const { isOpen } = this.state;
    this.setState({ isOpen: !isOpen });
  };

  render() {
    const { member } = this.props;
    const { isOpen } = this.state;
    const loggedIn = !!(member && member.email);

    return (
      <header className="header_warp">
        <Navbar className="header_inner">
          <div className="logomain">
            <a to="/" className="" style={{ color: '#FFF' }}>
              <img src={logoImages} className="logo" title={Config.appName} alt={Config.appName} />
              <h1>Capture The Moment  <span>A Picture Worth a Thousand Words</span></h1>
            </a>
          </div>
        <Search/>
        </Navbar> 
      </header>
    );
  }
}

export default withRouter(Header);

child component

     import React, { Component } from 'react';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
import {
  Nav,
  Navbar,
  Collapse,
  DropdownMenu,
  DropdownItem,
  NavbarToggler,
  DropdownToggle,
  UncontrolledDropdown,
} from 'reactstrap';
import { Link, withRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
import Config from '../../../constants/config';
import { SidebarNavItems } from '../Sidebar';

import logoImages from '../../../images/logo.png';

require('./styles.scss');

class Search extends Component {
  static propTypes = {
    member: PropTypes.shape({
      firstName: PropTypes.string,
      email: PropTypes.string,
    }),
    logout: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
    history: PropTypes.shape({
      push: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
    }).isRequired,
  };

  static defaultProps = {
    member: {},
  };

  constructor(props) {
    super(props);

    this.toggleDropDown = this.toggleDropDown.bind(this);
    this.state = { isOpen: false };
  }

  onLogout = () => {
    const { logout, history } = this.props;
    logout().then(() => history.push('/login'));
  };

  toggleDropDown = () => {
    const { isOpen } = this.state;
    this.setState({ isOpen: !isOpen });
  };

  render() {
    const { member } = this.props;
    const { isOpen } = this.state;
    const loggedIn = !!(member && member.email);

    return (
      <div className="header_warp">
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      </div>
    );
  }
}

export default withRouter(Search);

I updated after importing the child component and attached the new error message. I am using a stater kit to create this app. so some of the component parts already there when I stated. mostly I edited inside the render method. please find the error message below .thanks...

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Solution

  • A child component has first to be imported in the parent component in order to be used. To do so:

    import Search from '../search';
    

    in the parent component. This will only works if the parent component is in the same folder as the child one, otherwise you have to adapt the path, e.g. :

    import Search from './subfolder/search';
    

    Do not put { Search } as it is a default export and not a named export.

    Moreover the child component has to be exported as default:

    export default Search;
    

    or in your case:

    export default withRouter(Search)