REDUX: Why won't the store provide data to my component? - redux

Question

Newbie here trying to learn some Redux.
GOAL: to get a button to click and login/logout, updating the store as true/false status whichever way.
const store = createStore(myReducer)
Created my store, passing in my reducer.
This has a default state of logged out. And returns the opposite, whenever the button is clicked.
I know this action works through debugging.
function myReducer(state = { isLoggedIn: false }, action) {
switch (action.type) {
case 'TOGGLE':
return {
isLoggedIn: !state.isLoggedIn
}
default:
return state
}
}
The problem starts here - when i try to access the store.getState() data.
class Main extends React.Component {
render() {
return (
<div>
<h1>Login Status: { state.isLoggedIn }</h1>
<button onClick={this.props.login}>Login</button>
</div>
)
}
}
const render = () => {
ReactDOM.render(<Main status={store.getState().isLoggedIn} login={() => store.dispatch({ type: 'TOGGLE' })}/>, document.getElementById('root'));
}
store.subscribe(render);
render();
I've tried store.getState().isLoggedIn & store.getState() & this.props.status and then assigning the store.getState().isLoggedIn in the Main component - but nothing works.
Can anyone tell me where i'm going wrong?

Answer 1

You don't directly access the store using getState to find data. The Redux docs explain the process in-depth, but basically you'll connect each component to the Redux store using connect method of the react-redux package.
Here's an example of how this could work for your above component:
import React, { Component } from 'react'
import { connect } from 'react-redux'
import Main from '../components/Main'
class MainContainer extends Component {
render() {
return <Main {...this.props} />
}
}
const mapStateToProps = state => ({
isLoggedIn: state.isLoggedIn,
})
const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => ({
login() {
dispatch({type: 'TOGGLE'})
},
})
MainContainer = connect(
mapStateToProps,
mapDispatchToProps,
)(MainContainer)
export default MainContainer
You would then want to render the MainContainer in place of the Main component. The container will pass down isLoggedIn and login as props to Main when it renders it.