Axios: chaining multiple API requests

Question

I need to chain a few API requests from the Google Maps API, and I'm trying to do it with Axios.

Here is the first request, which is in componentWillMount()

axios.get('https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?&address=' + this.props.p1)
  .then(response => this.setState({ p1Location: response.data }))  }

Here is the second request:

axios.get('https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?&address=' + this.props.p2)
  .then(response => this.setState({ p2Location: response.data }))

Then we have a third request, which is dependent on the first two being completed:

axios.get('https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json?origin=place_id:' + this.state.p1Location.results.place_id + '&destination=place_id:' + this.state.p2Location.results.place_id + '&key=' + 'API-KEY-HIDDEN')
  .then(response => this.setState({ route: response.data }))

How can I chain these three calls so that the third happens after the first two?

Answer 1

First off, not sure you want to do this in your componentWillMount, it's better to have it in componentDidMount and have some default states that will update once done with these requests. Second, you want to limit the number of setStates you write because they might cause additional re-renders, here is a solution using async/await:

async componentDidMount() {

  // Make first two requests
  const [firstResponse, secondResponse] = await Promise.all([
    axios.get(`https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?&address=${this.props.p1}`),
    axios.get(`https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?&address=${this.props.p2}`)
  ]);

  // Make third request using responses from the first two
  const thirdResponse = await axios.get('https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json?origin=place_id:' + firstResponse.data.results.place_id + '&destination=place_id:' + secondResponse.data.results.place_id + '&key=' + 'API-KEY-HIDDEN');

  // Update state once with all 3 responses
  this.setState({
    p1Location: firstResponse.data,
    p2Location: secondResponse.data,
    route: thirdResponse.data,
  });

}