React hook for axios

import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
import axios from 'axios';

axios.defaults.baseURL = 'https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com';

const useAxios = ({ url, method, body = null, headers = null }) => {
	const [response, setResponse] = useState(null);
	const [error, setError] = useState('');
	const [loading, setloading] = useState(true);

	const fetchData = () => {
		axios[method](url, JSON.parse(headers), JSON.parse(body))
			.then((res) => {
				setResponse(res.data);
			})
			.catch((err) => {
				setError(err);
			})
			.finally(() => {
				setloading(false);
			});
	};

	useEffect(() => {
		fetchData();
	}, [method, url, body, headers]);

	return { response, error, loading };
};

export default useAxios;

Why?#

Axios calls can get repetitive so a hook to handle it can be handy.

Usage#

const { response, loading, error } = useAxios({
	method: 'post',
	url: '/posts',
	headers: JSON.stringify({ accept: '*/*' }),
	body: JSON.stringify({
		userId: 1,
		id: 19392,
		title: 'title',
		body: 'Sample text',
	}),
});

const [data, setData] = useState([]);

useEffect(() => {
	if (response !== null) {
		setData(response);
	}
}, [response]);