so I want to add conditional statements in my POST method function in React. I have a useState variable called empType that could be toggled by buttons to be set to "normal" or "others". I want to be able to exclude data2 from the JSON data that will be posted if empType is set to normal. I tried using {empType !== "normal" && data2: "something"}
but obviously its a syntax error.
Here is my code
export default function App() {
const [empType, setEmpType] = useState("blank");
const onSubmit = () => {
fetch(`/apiendpoint`, {
method: "POST",
headers: { "Content-type": "application/json; charset=UTF-8" },
body: JSON.stringify({
data1: "something",
data2: "something"
})
})
.then((response) => response.json())
.then((message) => console.log(message))
.catch((error) => {
console.log(error);
});
};
return (
<div className="App">
<button onClick={() => setEmpType("normal")}>
set Emp type to normal
</button>
<br />
<button onClick={() => setEmpType("others")}>
set Emp type to others
</button>
<br />
Emp Type = {empType}
<br />
<button onClick={onSubmit}>submit</button>
</div>
);
}
I highly appreciate any help. Thank you
CodePudding user response:
why not try building the data before the fetch call.
const onSubmit = () => {
const data = {
data1: "something"
}
if (empType !== "normal") data.data2 = "something"
fetch(`/apiendpoint`, {
method: "POST",
headers: { "Content-type": "application/json; charset=UTF-8" },
body: JSON.stringify(data)
})
.then((response) => response.json())
.then((message) => console.log(message))
.catch((error) => {
console.log(error);
});
};