I am working on a react project with similar functionality to a social media site. I have a user profile component below that has links to other user profiles(towards bottom of code below) that are being followed by the current user. Essentially what I am trying to do is re-render the same component with a different user. However, the link to the new user profile doesn't result in the getProfile action getting called so the redux state doesn't update. How can I navigate to the new profile and have the useEffect hook get called again with the new username?
Thank You!
import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react";
import PropTypes from "prop-types";
import { connect } from "react-redux";
import { Link } from "react-router-dom";
import GalleryItem from "../gallery-item/gallery-item.component";
import {
getProfile,
addFollow,
removeFollow
} from "../../redux/profile/profile.actions";
import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
import { faSpinner, faUserEdit } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons";
const Profile = ({
getProfile,
addFollow,
removeFollow,
auth,
profile: { userProfile, loading },
props
}) => {
const userAlias = props.match.params.alias;
useEffect(() => {
getProfile(userAlias);
}, [getProfile]);
return loading ? (
<div class="d-flex justify-content-center">
<FontAwesomeIcon
icon={faSpinner}
className="fa-spin"
style={{ height: "50px", width: "50px", color: "white" }}
/>
</div>
) : (
<div className="container ">
<div className="row">
<div className="col-md-12 align-self-center">
<img
className="rounded-circle float-left shadow-lg"
alt="100x100"
src={userProfile.userProfileImage}
data-holder-rendered="true"
style={{ height: "200px", width: "200px" }}
/>
<div
className="vertical-center"
style={{ marginLeft: "260px", marginTop: "50px" }}
>
<h2>
{auth.user === null || auth.user.alias !== userAlias ? (
<b style={{ color: "white" }}>{userAlias}</b>
) : auth.user.alias === userAlias ? (
<b style={{ color: "white" }}>
{userAlias}
<Link className="" to="/profile/edit">
<FontAwesomeIcon
icon={faUserEdit}
className="fontAwesome"
style={{ paddingLeft: "10px", color: "limegreen" }}
/>
</Link>
</b>
) : (
<b>{userAlias}</b>
)}
</h2>
<p>
<b style={{ color: "white" }}>
{" "}
{userProfile.posts.length} Posts
</b>
<b style={{ color: "white" }}>
{" "}
{userProfile.followers.length} Followers{" "}
</b>
<b style={{ color: "white" }}>
{" "}
{userProfile.following.length} Following{" "}
</b>
</p>
{auth.user === null || auth.user.alias === userAlias ? null : auth
.user.alias !== userAlias &&
userProfile.followers.some(
e => e.userAlias === auth.user.alias
) ? (
<button
type="button"
className="btn btn-primary btn-lg "
onClick={e => removeFollow(userProfile.userId)}
>
Following
</button>
) : auth.user.alias !== userAlias ? (
<button
type="button"
className="btn btn-primary btn-lg "
onClick={e => addFollow(userProfile.userId)}
>
Not Following
</button>
) : (
<button
type="button"
className="btn btn-primary btn-lg "
disabled
>
Follow/Unfollow
</button>
)}
</div>
</div>
</div>
<hr />
<div className="row d-flex justify-content-center">
{userProfile.posts.map((post, i) => (
<GalleryItem key={i} post={post} />
))}
</div>
{userProfile.following.length > 0 ? (
<div>
<h1 className="text-white text-center mt-5">Following</h1>
<hr />
**<div className="row justify-content-center text-center px-auto">
{userProfile.following.map((profile, i) => (
<Link className="" to={`/profile/${profile.userAlias}`}>
<img
className="rounded-circle border border-info m-4"
alt="100x100"
src={profile.getFollowingUserProfileImageUrl}
data-holder-rendered="true"
style={{ height: "80px", width: "80px" }}
/>
<div
className="vertical-center"
style={{ marginBottom: "20px", color: "black" }}
>
<h5>{profile.userAlias}</h5>
</div>
</Link>
))}
</div>**
</div>
) :(<div></div>)}
</div>
);
};
Profile.propTypes = {
getProfile: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
profile: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
auth: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
props: PropTypes.object.isRequired
};
const mapStateToProps = (state, ownProps) => ({
auth: state.auth,
profile: state.profile,
props: ownProps
});
export default connect(
mapStateToProps,
{ getProfile, addFollow, removeFollow }
)(Profile);