Getting error: unable to read undefined state

Question

import React, { Component } from "react";
import FormUpdate from "../components/formUpdate";
import { fetchClothingItem, updateClothingItem } from "../actions/crud";

export default class Update extends Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props);

        this.state = {
          updateClothingItem: {}
        };
    }

    componentWillMount() {
        fetchClothingItem(this.props.match.params.postId)
        .then(data => {
        this.setState(state => {
          state.updateClothingItem = data;
          return state;
        });
        console.log("data", data);

        //HERE IT IS RETURNING EXPECTED DATA       

        console.log("this.state.updateClothingItem",this.state.updateClothingItem)    
          })
        .catch(err => {
            console.error("err", err);
        });
    }

    handleSubmit(data) {

        //HERE IT IS THROWING: 

        > "TypeError: Cannot read property 'state' of undefined"

        console.log("this.state.updateClothingItem", this.state.updateClothingItem);
            updateClothingItem(this.state.updateClothingItem.id, data); this.props.router.push("/update");
    }
    render() {
        return (
        <div>
        <FormUpdate
          //onSubmit={this.handleSubmit.bind(this)}
          id={this.state.updateClothingItem.id}
          name={this.state.updateClothingItem.name}
          sleeveLength={this.state.updateClothingItem.sleeveLength}
          fabricWeight={this.state.updateClothingItem.fabricWeight}
          mood={this.state.updateClothingItem.body}
          color={this.state.updateClothingItem.color}
        />
        <button
          type="submit"
          onClick={this.handleSubmit}
          className="addItemButton"
        >
        Button
        </button>
      </div>
    );
  }
}

Answer 1

There are a few things that are technically incorrect in terms of implementing the React Code.

First, With the ES6 style of writing a class, any function that needs to access the properties of the class must be explicit binded. In your case, you need to bind the handleSubmit function with arrow functionor binding in constructor.

See this answer for more details: Why and when do we need to bind functions and eventHandlers in React?

-: , componentWillMount, . setState componentWillMount , undefined. componentDidMount lifecycle .

, AJAX componentDidMount componentWillMount

: setState , , , setState . setState callback.

. :

setState

React setState

:

export default class Update extends Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props);

        this.state = {
          updateClothingItem: {}
        };
    }

    componentDidMount() {
        fetchClothingItem(this.props.match.params.postId)
        .then(data => {
        this.setState(state => {
          state.updateClothingItem = data;
          return state;
        });
        console.log("data", data);

        //HERE IT IS RETURNING EXPECTED DATA       

        console.log("this.state.updateClothingItem",this.state.updateClothingItem)    
          }) // this statement will not show you correct result since setState is async 
        .catch(err => {
            console.error("err", err);
        });
    }

    handleSubmit = (data) =>  { .    // binding using arrow function here

        console.log("this.state.updateClothingItem", this.state.updateClothingItem);
            updateClothingItem(this.state.updateClothingItem.id, data); this.props.router.push("/update");
    }
    render() {
        return (
        <div>
        <FormUpdate
          //onSubmit={this.handleSubmit.bind(this)}
          id={this.state.updateClothingItem.id}
          name={this.state.updateClothingItem.name}
          sleeveLength={this.state.updateClothingItem.sleeveLength}
          fabricWeight={this.state.updateClothingItem.fabricWeight}
          mood={this.state.updateClothingItem.body}
          color={this.state.updateClothingItem.color}
        />
        <button
          type="submit"
          onClick={this.handleSubmit}
          className="addItemButton"
        >
        Button
        </button>
      </div>
    );
  }
}

Answer 2

handleSubmit . .

handleSubmit=(data) =>{
...
}

.

constructor(props) {
        super(props);
        this.state = {
          updateClothingItem: {}
        };
        this.handleSubmit= this.handleSubmit.bind(this,data);
    }