The server sends a 401 response if the user is not authenticated and I was trying to check for authentication in the front end using a HOC as seen in Performing Authentication on Routes with react-router-v4.
However, I am getting an error saying TypeError: Cannot read property 'Component' of undefined
in RequireAuth
RequireAuth.js
import {React} from 'react'
import {Redirect} from 'react-router-dom'
const RequireAuth = (Component) => {
return class Apps extends React.Component {
state = {
isAuthenticated: false,
isLoading: true
}
async componentDidMount() {
const url = '/getinfo'
const json = await fetch(url, {method: 'GET'})
if (json.status !== 401)
this.setState({isAuthenticated: true, isLoading: false})
else
console.log('not auth!')
}
render() {
const { isAuthenticated, isLoading } = this.state;
if(isLoading) {
return <div>Loading...</div>
}
if(!isAuthenticated) {
return <Redirect to="/" />
}
return <Component {...this.props} />
}
}
}
export { RequireAuth }
App.js
import React from 'react';
import { BrowserRouter as Router, Route, Switch, withRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
import SignIn from './SignIn'
import NavigationBar from './NavigationBar'
import LandingPage from './LandingPage'
import Profile from './Profile'
import Register from './Register'
import { RequireAuth } from './RequireAuth'
class App extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
}
render() {
return (
<div>
<Router>
<NavigationBar />
<Switch>
<Route exact path = '/'
component = {LandingPage}
/>
<Route exact path = '/register'
component = {Register}
/>
<Route exact path = '/profile'
component = {RequireAuth(Profile)}
/>
<Route path="*" component = {() => "404 NOT FOUND"}/>
</Switch>
</Router>
</div>
);
}
}
export default withRouter(App);
I can think of some possibilities:
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{React}
,import React from 'react';
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const RequireAuth = ({ Component }) => {} // changed from Component to { Component }
In App.js, use Component start with capital letter
<Route exact path = '/' Component = {LandingPage}/>
<Route path="*" component = {() => "404 NOT FOUND"}/>
, looks like you're not passing in a React component because the function is not returning a JSX (I can't test now so I'm not very sure, though).try this instead:
() => <div>404 NOT FOUND</div>
or if it doesn't work, define a functional component externally and pass into the Route
:
const NotFoundComponent = () => <div>404 NOT FOUND</div>
<Route path="*" component = {NotFoundComponent}/>