Redux async actions

A small library that facilitates the development of asynchronous actions in the redux ecosystem. Without copy-paste code and without headache.

Installation

• npm: npm install --save redux-actions-async

• yarn: yarn add redux-actions-async

Basic usage

1. Create your async function, for example to make request with axios:

   import axios from 'axios';
   
   export const fetchPlanet = () =>
     axios.request({
       url: 'https://api.nasa.gov/planetary/apod',
       method: 'get',
     });
   

2. Create the first async action creator:

   import { createAsyncAction } from 'redux-actions-async';
       
   export const nasaFetchPlanet = createAsyncAction('NASA_DATA_FETCH', fetchPlanet);
   

3. Create async reducer:

   import { handleAsyncActions } from 'redux-actions-async';
   
   export default handleAsyncActions(nasaFetchPlanet);
   

4. Create selectors:

   import { createAsyncSelector, createLoadingSelector } from 'redux-actions-async';
   
   const _selector = state => state.nasa;
   export const dataSelector = createAsyncSelector(_selector);
   export const loadingSelector = createLoadingSelector(_selector);
   

5. Using in container:

   import { connect } from 'react-redux';
   import * as actionCreators from '../actionCreators';
   import * as selectors from '../selectors';
   
   const mapStateToProps = state => ({
     loading: selectors.loadingSelector(state),
     planet: selectors.dataSelector(state),
   });
   
   const mapDispatchToProps = {
     nasaFetchPlanet: actionCreators.nasaFetchPlanet,
   };
   
   export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(App);
   
   

Basic usage with nested reducers

    import { handleAsyncActions } from 'redux-actions-async';
    import { combineReducers } from 'redux';
    
    export default combineReducers({
      main: handleAsyncActions(nasaFetchPlanet),
      another: handleAsyncActions(nasaFetchAnotherPlanet),
    });

Usage with normalizr

1. Create function to make request (same as basic usage):

   import axios from 'axios';
   
   export const fetchCuriosityPhotos = () =>
     axios.request({
       url: 'https://api.nasa.gov/mars-photos/api/v1/rovers/curiosity/',
       method: 'get',
     });
   

2. Define schema:

   import { schema } from 'normalizr';
   
   const photo = new schema.Entity('photo');
   
   export default photo;
   
   

3. Create the first async action creator:

   import { createAsyncAction } from 'redux-actions-async';
   import photo from '../schemas/photo';
       
   export const nasaFetchCuriosity = createAsyncAction(
     'NASA_CURIOSITY_FETCH',
     fetchCuriosityPhotos,
     data => normalize(data.photos, [photo])
   );    
   

4. Create async reducer (same as basic usage):

   import { handleAsyncActions } from 'redux-actions-async';
   
   export default handleAsyncActions(nasaFetchCuriosity);
   

5. Create selectors:

   import { createAsyncSelector, createLoadingSelector } from 'redux-actions-async';
   import photo from '../schemas/photo';
   
   const _selector = state => state.nasaCuriosity;
   export const dataSelector = createAsyncSelector(_selector, [photo]);
   export const loadingSelector = createLoadingSelector(_selector);
   

6. Using in container:

   import { connect } from 'react-redux';
   import * as actionCreators from '../actionCreators';
   import * as selectors from '../selectors';
   
   const mapStateToProps = state => ({
     loading: selectors.loadingSelector(state),
     curiosity: selectors.dataSelector(state),
   });
   
   const mapDispatchToProps = {
     nasaFetchCuriosity: actionCreators.nasaFetchCuriosity,
   };
   
   export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(App);