reactjsflash-message

displaying Flash message in react


My task is to display flash message("successfully created") on clicking the submit button.[On clicking the submit button , data will be stored in the server]I have run this command npm i react-flash-message.

<form onSubmit={this.handleSubmit}>
   <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
 </form>

handleSubmit function:

  handleSubmit(event) {
     fetch('url', {
            method: 'POST',
            headers: {
                'Content-Type': 'application/json'
            },
            body: JSON.stringify({
                name: this.state.name,
                description: this.state.description
            })
        }).then(res => {
            return res.json()
        })
            .then(data => console.log(data))
            .then(() => {
                window.location.reload(false)
                /* return (
                     <div>
                        <FlashMessage duration={5000}>
                            <strong>I will disapper in 5 seconds!</strong>
                       </FlashMessage>
                   </div>
                 ) */
            })
            /* window.flash('record has been created successfully!', 'success') */

            .catch(error => console.log('ERROR from create component'))
      }
     }

I have commented the code I have tried to display flash message. But it is not working. Please someone help me to display the flash message.


Solution

  • According to react-flash-message page , you should include the FlashMessage in your render. So you may need to have a flag variable to set as true when you want to show the FlashMessage

    Example: in your render :

    <form onSubmit={this.handleSubmit}>
       <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
       { this.state.showMessage &&  
            <div>
                <FlashMessage duration={5000}>
                    <strong>I will disappear in 5 seconds!</strong>
                </FlashMessage>
            </div>
       }
      
     </form>
    

    handleSubmit function :

    handleSubmit(event) {
     this.setState({ showMessage: false });
     fetch('url', {
                method: 'POST',
                headers: {
                    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
                },
                body: JSON.stringify({
                    name: this.state.name,
                    description: this.state.description
                })
            }).then(res => {
                return res.json()
            })
                .then(data => console.log(data))
                .then(() => {
                    this.setState({ showMessage: true });
                })
                /* window.flash('record has been created successfully!', 'success') */
    
                .catch(error => console.log('ERROR from create component'))
          }
    }
    

    main function if you are using class:

     constructor(props) {
        super(props);
        this.state = {
          showMessage: false
        };
      }
    

    https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-flash-message