React Hooks Cheat Sheet/Fetch inside an effect

Fetch client-side data in an effect with cleanup guard.

Section: Effect Hooks

Fetch inside an effect

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useEffect(() => {
  let ignore = false;
  fetch(`/api/users/${userId}`)
    .then(r => r.json())
    .then(data => { if (!ignore) setUser(data); });
  return () => { ignore = true; };
}, [userId]);
Explanation

Guard against race conditions when multiple requests can finish out of order.

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