Component in React does not change after state change (componentDidMount fetch)

Question

I'm following a tutorial to make a news app, I'm getting data from newapi, my code is the same as in the tutorial, but after I update the state (this.state.articles), my component doesn't change. I used the setState function, I tried logging the state in the console, the state looked fine after the update, the render method ran, but nothing changed, something may have gone wrong

My code/component

import React, { Component } from 'react'
import NewsItem from './NewsItem'

export default class News extends Component {
    articles = [
        {
            "source": {
                "id": "espn-cric-info",
                "name": "ESPN Cric Info"
            },
            "author": null,
            "title": "PCB hands Umar Akmal three-year ban from all cricket | ESPNcricinfo.com",
            "description": "Penalty after the batsman pleaded guilty to not reporting corrupt approaches | ESPNcricinfo.com",
            "url": "http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29103103/pcb-hands-umar-akmal-three-year-ban-all-cricket",
            "urlToImage": "https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fi%2Fcricket%2Fcricinfo%2F1099495_800x450.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2020-04-27T11:41:47Z",
            "content": "Umar Akmal's troubled cricket career has hit its biggest roadblock yet, with the PCB handing him a ban from all representative cricket for three years after he pleaded guilty of failing to report det… [+1506 chars]"
        },
        {
            "source": {
                "id": "espn-cric-info",
                "name": "ESPN Cric Info"
            },
            "author": null,
            "title": "What we learned from watching the 1992 World Cup final in full again | ESPNcricinfo.com",
            "description": "Wides, lbw calls, swing - plenty of things were different in white-ball cricket back then | ESPNcricinfo.com",
            "url": "http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28970907/learned-watching-1992-world-cup-final-full-again",
            "urlToImage": "https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fi%2Fcricket%2Fcricinfo%2F1219926_1296x729.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2020-03-30T15:26:05Z",
            "content": "Last week, we at ESPNcricinfo did something we have been thinking of doing for eight years now: pretend-live ball-by-ball commentary for a classic cricket match. We knew the result, yes, but we tried… [+6823 chars]"
        }
    ]

    constructor() {
        super();
        this.state = {
            articles: this.articles,
            loading: false
        }
    }

    async componentDidMount() {
        const URL = "https://newsapi.org/v2/top-headlines?country=us&category=business&apiKey="
        let data = await fetch(URL);
        let parsedData = await data.json()
        this.setState({
            articles: parsedData.articles
        })
        console.log(this.state.articles)
    }
    render() {
        console.log("render")
        return (
            <div>
                <div className="container">
                    <h2 className='my-4 mx-4'> NewsMonkey - Top Headlines </h2>
                    <div className="row">
                        {this.articles.map((elem) => {
                            return <div className="col-md-4" key={elem.url}>
                                <NewsItem title={elem.title?elem.title.slice(42):""} desc={elem.description?elem.description.slice(0, 88): ""} url={elem.url} imgURL={elem.urlToImage} />
                            </div>
                        })}
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        )
    }
}

Answer 1

Hi @Curious, your code is correct

Just need to pay attention when making map

You are using this.articles, which is a fixed (emulated) list

You need to call map in this.state.articles because this is the state you changed in didMount

Answer 2

this.articles and this.state.articles are not the same.

You have a static property this.articles, which you use in your rendering logic - this.articles.map(.... Your fetch is updating the state ( normal operation).

Update your rendering logic to read the data from this.state.articles and then it should work.