ReactJs displays error Cannot read property setState of undefined with Axios form submission










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ReactJs displays the error:




Cannot read property setState of undefined.




I know that this question has been asked more often but most solutions I found do not address my current problem.



This code below was used to post files to server and it works fine. Now If I implement the code below immediately after the Axios response returns:



this.setState(
filename:res.data.filename,
message:res.data.message,
);


It will display said error. Please which setState do I need to bind



Here is the code



import React, Component from 'react';
import $ from 'jquery';
import axios, post from 'axios';

class FilePage extends React.Component
constructor(props)
super(props);
this.state =
value:'',
filename:'',
myfile:'',
submitted: false
;

this.handleChange = this.handleChange.bind(this);
this.handleSubmit = this.handleSubmit.bind(this);


handleChange(event)
this.setState( [event.target.name]: event.target.value );


handleSubmit(event)
event.preventDefault();
this.setState( submitted: true );

var formData = new FormData();
formData.append('myfile', $('#myfile')[0].files[0]);
formData.append('filename', $('#filename').val());

axios
.post('http://localhost/api.php', formData)
.then(function (res)
console.log(res);
this.setState(
filename:res.data.filename,
message:res.data.message,
);
)
.catch(function (err)
console.log(err.message);
);


render()
const submitted = this.state;
var style1 =
background: 'green',
color: 'white',
fontSize: 30
;

return (
<form onSubmit=this.handleSubmit id="myform">
<label>
<div style=style1> Testing Data </div>
<input className="form-control" name="myfile" type="file" id="myfile" value=this.state.myfile onChange=this.handleChange />
<b>filename:</b><input tyle="text" className="form-control" value=this.state.filename name="filename" onChange=this.handleChange />
</label>
<input className="btn btn-primary" type="submit" value="Submit" id="btn"/>
</form>
);











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  • function(res) disconnects the this context in your success callback, use an arrow function there (same goes for function(err) but you are not referring to thisat that time. Also, when you look for help, take some effort in formatting your code, cause as it is at the moment it's quite a jumble...

    – Icepickle
    Nov 14 '18 at 21:35












  • Please Icepickle can you illustrate with example

    – jmarkatti
    Nov 14 '18 at 21:36











  • I am sorry but if this is not clear how this scope is handled, then you really should learn javascript and scopes / context a bit more in detail. In the meantime, an answer got added that gives you a solution, though it might not directly expand on the why. It is by far not the only problem in your code (though the problems I would be referring to would be react specific things)

    – Icepickle
    Nov 14 '18 at 21:38
















1















ReactJs displays the error:




Cannot read property setState of undefined.




I know that this question has been asked more often but most solutions I found do not address my current problem.



This code below was used to post files to server and it works fine. Now If I implement the code below immediately after the Axios response returns:



this.setState(
filename:res.data.filename,
message:res.data.message,
);


It will display said error. Please which setState do I need to bind



Here is the code



import React, Component from 'react';
import $ from 'jquery';
import axios, post from 'axios';

class FilePage extends React.Component
constructor(props)
super(props);
this.state =
value:'',
filename:'',
myfile:'',
submitted: false
;

this.handleChange = this.handleChange.bind(this);
this.handleSubmit = this.handleSubmit.bind(this);


handleChange(event)
this.setState( [event.target.name]: event.target.value );


handleSubmit(event)
event.preventDefault();
this.setState( submitted: true );

var formData = new FormData();
formData.append('myfile', $('#myfile')[0].files[0]);
formData.append('filename', $('#filename').val());

axios
.post('http://localhost/api.php', formData)
.then(function (res)
console.log(res);
this.setState(
filename:res.data.filename,
message:res.data.message,
);
)
.catch(function (err)
console.log(err.message);
);


render()
const submitted = this.state;
var style1 =
background: 'green',
color: 'white',
fontSize: 30
;

return (
<form onSubmit=this.handleSubmit id="myform">
<label>
<div style=style1> Testing Data </div>
<input className="form-control" name="myfile" type="file" id="myfile" value=this.state.myfile onChange=this.handleChange />
<b>filename:</b><input tyle="text" className="form-control" value=this.state.filename name="filename" onChange=this.handleChange />
</label>
<input className="btn btn-primary" type="submit" value="Submit" id="btn"/>
</form>
);











share|improve this question
























  • function(res) disconnects the this context in your success callback, use an arrow function there (same goes for function(err) but you are not referring to thisat that time. Also, when you look for help, take some effort in formatting your code, cause as it is at the moment it's quite a jumble...

    – Icepickle
    Nov 14 '18 at 21:35












  • Please Icepickle can you illustrate with example

    – jmarkatti
    Nov 14 '18 at 21:36











  • I am sorry but if this is not clear how this scope is handled, then you really should learn javascript and scopes / context a bit more in detail. In the meantime, an answer got added that gives you a solution, though it might not directly expand on the why. It is by far not the only problem in your code (though the problems I would be referring to would be react specific things)

    – Icepickle
    Nov 14 '18 at 21:38














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ReactJs displays the error:




Cannot read property setState of undefined.




I know that this question has been asked more often but most solutions I found do not address my current problem.



This code below was used to post files to server and it works fine. Now If I implement the code below immediately after the Axios response returns:



this.setState(
filename:res.data.filename,
message:res.data.message,
);


It will display said error. Please which setState do I need to bind



Here is the code



import React, Component from 'react';
import $ from 'jquery';
import axios, post from 'axios';

class FilePage extends React.Component
constructor(props)
super(props);
this.state =
value:'',
filename:'',
myfile:'',
submitted: false
;

this.handleChange = this.handleChange.bind(this);
this.handleSubmit = this.handleSubmit.bind(this);


handleChange(event)
this.setState( [event.target.name]: event.target.value );


handleSubmit(event)
event.preventDefault();
this.setState( submitted: true );

var formData = new FormData();
formData.append('myfile', $('#myfile')[0].files[0]);
formData.append('filename', $('#filename').val());

axios
.post('http://localhost/api.php', formData)
.then(function (res)
console.log(res);
this.setState(
filename:res.data.filename,
message:res.data.message,
);
)
.catch(function (err)
console.log(err.message);
);


render()
const submitted = this.state;
var style1 =
background: 'green',
color: 'white',
fontSize: 30
;

return (
<form onSubmit=this.handleSubmit id="myform">
<label>
<div style=style1> Testing Data </div>
<input className="form-control" name="myfile" type="file" id="myfile" value=this.state.myfile onChange=this.handleChange />
<b>filename:</b><input tyle="text" className="form-control" value=this.state.filename name="filename" onChange=this.handleChange />
</label>
<input className="btn btn-primary" type="submit" value="Submit" id="btn"/>
</form>
);











share|improve this question
















ReactJs displays the error:




Cannot read property setState of undefined.




I know that this question has been asked more often but most solutions I found do not address my current problem.



This code below was used to post files to server and it works fine. Now If I implement the code below immediately after the Axios response returns:



this.setState(
filename:res.data.filename,
message:res.data.message,
);


It will display said error. Please which setState do I need to bind



Here is the code



import React, Component from 'react';
import $ from 'jquery';
import axios, post from 'axios';

class FilePage extends React.Component
constructor(props)
super(props);
this.state =
value:'',
filename:'',
myfile:'',
submitted: false
;

this.handleChange = this.handleChange.bind(this);
this.handleSubmit = this.handleSubmit.bind(this);


handleChange(event)
this.setState( [event.target.name]: event.target.value );


handleSubmit(event)
event.preventDefault();
this.setState( submitted: true );

var formData = new FormData();
formData.append('myfile', $('#myfile')[0].files[0]);
formData.append('filename', $('#filename').val());

axios
.post('http://localhost/api.php', formData)
.then(function (res)
console.log(res);
this.setState(
filename:res.data.filename,
message:res.data.message,
);
)
.catch(function (err)
console.log(err.message);
);


render()
const submitted = this.state;
var style1 =
background: 'green',
color: 'white',
fontSize: 30
;

return (
<form onSubmit=this.handleSubmit id="myform">
<label>
<div style=style1> Testing Data </div>
<input className="form-control" name="myfile" type="file" id="myfile" value=this.state.myfile onChange=this.handleChange />
<b>filename:</b><input tyle="text" className="form-control" value=this.state.filename name="filename" onChange=this.handleChange />
</label>
<input className="btn btn-primary" type="submit" value="Submit" id="btn"/>
</form>
);








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  • function(res) disconnects the this context in your success callback, use an arrow function there (same goes for function(err) but you are not referring to thisat that time. Also, when you look for help, take some effort in formatting your code, cause as it is at the moment it's quite a jumble...

    – Icepickle
    Nov 14 '18 at 21:35












  • Please Icepickle can you illustrate with example

    – jmarkatti
    Nov 14 '18 at 21:36











  • I am sorry but if this is not clear how this scope is handled, then you really should learn javascript and scopes / context a bit more in detail. In the meantime, an answer got added that gives you a solution, though it might not directly expand on the why. It is by far not the only problem in your code (though the problems I would be referring to would be react specific things)

    – Icepickle
    Nov 14 '18 at 21:38


















  • function(res) disconnects the this context in your success callback, use an arrow function there (same goes for function(err) but you are not referring to thisat that time. Also, when you look for help, take some effort in formatting your code, cause as it is at the moment it's quite a jumble...

    – Icepickle
    Nov 14 '18 at 21:35












  • Please Icepickle can you illustrate with example

    – jmarkatti
    Nov 14 '18 at 21:36











  • I am sorry but if this is not clear how this scope is handled, then you really should learn javascript and scopes / context a bit more in detail. In the meantime, an answer got added that gives you a solution, though it might not directly expand on the why. It is by far not the only problem in your code (though the problems I would be referring to would be react specific things)

    – Icepickle
    Nov 14 '18 at 21:38

















function(res) disconnects the this context in your success callback, use an arrow function there (same goes for function(err) but you are not referring to thisat that time. Also, when you look for help, take some effort in formatting your code, cause as it is at the moment it's quite a jumble...

– Icepickle
Nov 14 '18 at 21:35






function(res) disconnects the this context in your success callback, use an arrow function there (same goes for function(err) but you are not referring to thisat that time. Also, when you look for help, take some effort in formatting your code, cause as it is at the moment it's quite a jumble...

– Icepickle
Nov 14 '18 at 21:35














Please Icepickle can you illustrate with example

– jmarkatti
Nov 14 '18 at 21:36





Please Icepickle can you illustrate with example

– jmarkatti
Nov 14 '18 at 21:36













I am sorry but if this is not clear how this scope is handled, then you really should learn javascript and scopes / context a bit more in detail. In the meantime, an answer got added that gives you a solution, though it might not directly expand on the why. It is by far not the only problem in your code (though the problems I would be referring to would be react specific things)

– Icepickle
Nov 14 '18 at 21:38






I am sorry but if this is not clear how this scope is handled, then you really should learn javascript and scopes / context a bit more in detail. In the meantime, an answer got added that gives you a solution, though it might not directly expand on the why. It is by far not the only problem in your code (though the problems I would be referring to would be react specific things)

– Icepickle
Nov 14 '18 at 21:38













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The scope inside the function(res) is changed. Try this instead.



axios.post('http://localhost/api.php', formData)
.then((res) => {
console.log(res);

this.setState(
filename:res.data.filename,
message:res.data.message,

);





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    The scope inside the function(res) is changed. Try this instead.



    axios.post('http://localhost/api.php', formData)
    .then((res) => {
    console.log(res);

    this.setState(
    filename:res.data.filename,
    message:res.data.message,

    );





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      The scope inside the function(res) is changed. Try this instead.



      axios.post('http://localhost/api.php', formData)
      .then((res) => {
      console.log(res);

      this.setState(
      filename:res.data.filename,
      message:res.data.message,

      );





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        The scope inside the function(res) is changed. Try this instead.



        axios.post('http://localhost/api.php', formData)
        .then((res) => {
        console.log(res);

        this.setState(
        filename:res.data.filename,
        message:res.data.message,

        );





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        The scope inside the function(res) is changed. Try this instead.



        axios.post('http://localhost/api.php', formData)
        .then((res) => {
        console.log(res);

        this.setState(
        filename:res.data.filename,
        message:res.data.message,

        );






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