getting text input from a form in react.js using Refs

Question

Fairly new to React.js and I am running into a problem using Refs to grab my form data. I want to be able to pass the data to multiple components that I will be creating. I am using a tutorial that I purchased and everything works fine but when I use that information in my own app and submit the form I am getting the error below. Cant figure out for the life of me what I could be missing. The code for my component is below and the error I am receiving is pasted below as well. Any help is super appreciated. Thanks!

ERROR:

VM7473:1 Fetch API cannot load webpack://%5Bname%5D_%5Bchunkhash%5D/./node_modules/react-dom/cjs/react-dom.development.js?. URL scheme must be "http" or "https" for CORS request.
(anonymous) @ VM7473:1
_callee$ @ index.js:2429
tryCatch @ index.js:2616
invoke @ index.js:2850
prototype.(anonymous function) @ index.js:2668
step @ index.js:2493
(anonymous) @ index.js:2493
(anonymous) @ index.js:2493
(anonymous) @ index.js:2452
_callee2$ @ index.js:2421
tryCatch @ index.js:2616
invoke @ index.js:2850
prototype.(anonymous function) @ index.js:2668
step @ index.js:2493
(anonymous) @ index.js:2493
(anonymous) @ index.js:2493
map @ index.js:2489
getStackFrames @ index.js:2270
crashWithFrames @ index.js:1927
(anonymous) @ index.js:1942
errorHandler @ index.js:1992
invokeGuardedCallbackDev @ react-dom.development.js:199
invokeGuardedCallback @ react-dom.development.js:256
invokeGuardedCallbackAndCatchFirstError @ react-dom.development.js:270
executeDispatch @ react-dom.development.js:561
executeDispatchesInOrder @ react-dom.development.js:583
executeDispatchesAndRelease @ react-dom.development.js:680
executeDispatchesAndReleaseTopLevel @ react-dom.development.js:688
forEachAccumulated @ react-dom.development.js:662
runEventsInBatch @ react-dom.development.js:816
runExtractedEventsInBatch @ react-dom.development.js:824
handleTopLevel @ react-dom.development.js:4820
batchedUpdates$1 @ react-dom.development.js:18932
batchedUpdates @ react-dom.development.js:2150
dispatchEvent @ react-dom.development.js:4899
interactiveUpdates$1 @ react-dom.development.js:18987
interactiveUpdates @ react-dom.development.js:2169
dispatchInteractiveEvent @ react-dom.development.js:4876
error (async)
registerUnhandledError @ index.js:2005
listenToRuntimeErrors @ index.js:1941
startReportingRuntimeErrors @ index.js:1786
connect @ hot-dev-client.js:84
_default @ webpack-hot-middleware-client.js:89
./node_modules/next/dist/client/next-dev.js @ next-dev.js:21
__webpack_require__ @ bootstrap:789
fn @ bootstrap:150
0 @ module.js:22
__webpack_require__ @ bootstrap:789
checkDeferredModules @ bootstrap:45
webpackJsonpCallback @ bootstrap:32
(anonymous) @ main.js:1
AddOfferForm.js:12 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'value' of undefined
    at AddOfferForm.js:12
    at HTMLUnknownElement.callCallback (react-dom.development.js:149)
    at Object.invokeGuardedCallbackDev (react-dom.development.js:199)
    at invokeGuardedCallback (react-dom.development.js:256)
    at invokeGuardedCallbackAndCatchFirstError (react-dom.development.js:270)
    at executeDispatch (react-dom.development.js:561)
    at executeDispatchesInOrder (react-dom.development.js:583)
    at executeDispatchesAndRelease (react-dom.development.js:680)
    at executeDispatchesAndReleaseTopLevel (react-dom.development.js:688)
    at forEachAccumulated (react-dom.development.js:662)
    at runEventsInBatch (react-dom.development.js:816)
    at runExtractedEventsInBatch (react-dom.development.js:824)
    at handleTopLevel (react-dom.development.js:4820)
    at batchedUpdates$1 (react-dom.development.js:18932)
    at batchedUpdates (react-dom.development.js:2150)
    at dispatchEvent (react-dom.development.js:4899)
    at interactiveUpdates$1 (react-dom.development.js:18987)
    at interactiveUpdates (react-dom.development.js:2169)
    at dispatchInteractiveEvent (react-dom.development.js:4876)
(anonymous) @ AddOfferForm.js:12
callCallback @ react-dom.development.js:149
invokeGuardedCallbackDev @ react-dom.development.js:199
invokeGuardedCallback @ react-dom.development.js:256
invokeGuardedCallbackAndCatchFirstError @ react-dom.development.js:270
executeDispatch @ react-dom.development.js:561
executeDispatchesInOrder @ react-dom.development.js:583
executeDispatchesAndRelease @ react-dom.development.js:680
executeDispatchesAndReleaseTopLevel @ react-dom.development.js:688
forEachAccumulated @ react-dom.development.js:662
runEventsInBatch @ react-dom.development.js:816
runExtractedEventsInBatch @ react-dom.development.js:824
handleTopLevel @ react-dom.development.js:4820
batchedUpdates$1 @ react-dom.development.js:18932
batchedUpdates @ react-dom.development.js:2150
dispatchEvent @ react-dom.development.js:4899
interactiveUpdates$1 @ react-dom.development.js:18987
interactiveUpdates @ react-dom.development.js:2169
dispatchInteractiveEvent @ react-dom.development.js:4876
react-dom.development.js:289 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'value' of undefined
    at AddOfferForm.js:12
    at HTMLUnknownElement.callCallback (react-dom.development.js:149)
    at Object.invokeGuardedCallbackDev (react-dom.development.js:199)
    at invokeGuardedCallback (react-dom.development.js:256)
    at invokeGuardedCallbackAndCatchFirstError (react-dom.development.js:270)
    at executeDispatch (react-dom.development.js:561)
    at executeDispatchesInOrder (react-dom.development.js:583)
    at executeDispatchesAndRelease (react-dom.development.js:680)
    at executeDispatchesAndReleaseTopLevel (react-dom.development.js:688)
    at forEachAccumulated (react-dom.development.js:662)
    at runEventsInBatch (react-dom.development.js:816)
    at runExtractedEventsInBatch (react-dom.development.js:824)
    at handleTopLevel (react-dom.development.js:4820)
    at batchedUpdates$1 (react-dom.development.js:18932)
    at batchedUpdates (react-dom.development.js:2150)
    at dispatchEvent (react-dom.development.js:4899)
    at interactiveUpdates$1 (react-dom.development.js:18987)
    at interactiveUpdates (react-dom.development.js:2169)
    at dispatchInteractiveEvent (react-dom.development.js:4876)
(anonymous) @ AddOfferForm.js:12
callCallback @ react-dom.development.js:149
invokeGuardedCallbackDev @ react-dom.development.js:199
invokeGuardedCallback @ react-dom.development.js:256
invokeGuardedCallbackAndCatchFirstError @ react-dom.development.js:270
executeDispatch @ react-dom.development.js:561
executeDispatchesInOrder @ react-dom.development.js:583
executeDispatchesAndRelease @ react-dom.development.js:680
executeDispatchesAndReleaseTopLevel @ react-dom.development.js:688
forEachAccumulated @ react-dom.development.js:662
runEventsInBatch @ react-dom.development.js:816
runExtractedEventsInBatch @ react-dom.development.js:824
handleTopLevel @ react-dom.development.js:4820
batchedUpdates$1 @ react-dom.development.js:18932
batchedUpdates @ react-dom.development.js:2150
dispatchEvent @ react-dom.development.js:4899
interactiveUpdates$1 @ react-dom.development.js:18987
interactiveUpdates @ react-dom.development.js:2169
dispatchInteractiveEvent @ react-dom.development.js:4876

CODE:

import React from 'react';

class AddOfferForm extends React.Component {

    nameRef = React.createRef();


    addOffer = (event) =>{
        // 1. Stop form from submitting
        event.preventDefault();
        // 2. get the text from that input
        console.log(this.nameRef.value.value);

        // 3. Do Something with my data
    }



    render() {
        return (
            <>
            <form onSubmit={this.addOffer}>
                <input 
                    name="name"
                    ref={this.nameRef} 
                    type = "text" 
                    placeholder="Name"
                />
                <input 
                    name="exp-date"
                    ref={this.expRef} 
                    type = "text" 
                    placeholder="Experation Date"
                />
                <textarea 
                    name="desc"
                    ref={this.descRef} 
                    placeholder="Desciption"
                />
                <input 
                    name="exempt"
                    ref={this.exemptRef} 
                    type = "text" 
                    placeholder="Exempt Description"
                />

                <button type="submit">+ Add Offer</button>
            </form>
            </>
        );
    }
}

export default AddOfferForm;

why do you log two values? "value.value"? nameRef should be the reference to the native dom element, there is not value.value on that — Luke
– Luke, Commented Nov 26, 2018 at 17:57

Frank Condezo Fabián · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-26 18:05:51Z

2

change this console.log(this.nameRef.value.value); for console.log(this.nameRef.current.value);

The documentation always helps => https://reactjs.org/docs/refs-and-the-dom.html

answered Nov 26, 2018 at 18:05

Frank Condezo Fabián

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JasonS Over a year ago

That took care of it. Thanks so much for the help!

Frank Condezo Fabián Over a year ago

You're welcome, you can help me with my first answer vote xd

kr1tzy · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-26 18:02:20Z

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You're not too far off. You need to wrap the React.createRef() inside of a constructor and use this.nameRef.current to access it inside of render. Check out the docs.

answered Nov 26, 2018 at 18:02

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