React hooks: dispatch action from useEffect

Question

My folder structure:

|--App
  |--Components
    |--PageA.js
    |--PageB.js
    |--PageC.js
  |--common-effects
    |--useFetching.js

I am refactoring my code to fetch data from API, using react hooks. I want to dispatch an action from useEffect in useFetching.js that is intercepted by saga middleware. The action should be dispatched only when the components(PageA, PageB, PageC) mount.

I am using redux, react-redux and redux-saga.

PageA.js:

function(props) {
  useFetching(actionParams)
  //....//
}

Similar code for PageB and PageC components.

I have abstracted the reusable code to fetch data in useFetching Custom hook.

useFetching.js

const useFetching = actionArgs => {
  useEffect( () => {
    store.dispatch(action(actionArgs)); // does not work
  })
}

I don't know how to access redux dispatch in useFetching. I tried it with useReducer effect, but the sagas missed the action.

Answer 1

Version using react-redux hooks:

You can even cut out the connect function completely by using useDispatch from react-redux:

export default function MyComponent() {
  useFetching(fetchSomething);

  return <div>Doing some fetching!</div>
}

with your custom hook

import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux';

const useFetching = (someFetchActionCreator) => {
  const dispatch = useDispatch();
  useEffect(() => {
    dispatch(someFetchActionCreator());
  }, [])
}

Edit: removed dispatch from custom hook as suggested by @yonga-springfield

Note: React guarantees that dispatch function identity is stable and won’t change on re-renders. This is why it’s safe to omit from the useEffect or useCallback dependency list.