jjt / redux-promise

FSA-compliant promise middleware for Redux.

redux-promise

FSA-compliant promise middleware for Redux.

npm install --save redux-promise

Usage

import promiseMiddleware from 'redux-promise';

The default export is a middleware function. If it receives a promise, it will dispatch the resolved value of the promise. It will not dispatch anything if the promise rejects.

If it receives an Flux Standard Action whose payload is a promise, it will either

• dispatch a copy of the action with the resolved value of the promise, and set status to success.
• dispatch a copy of the action with the rejected value of the promise, and set status to error.

The middleware returns a promise to the caller so that it can wait for the operation to finish before continuing. This is especially useful for server-side rendering. If you find that a promise is not being returned, ensure that all middleware before it in the chain is also returning its next() call to the caller.

Using in combination with redux-actions

Because it supports FSA actions, you can use redux-promise in combination with redux-actions.

Example: Async action creators

This works just like in Flummox:

createAction('FETCH_THING', async id => {
  const result = await somePromise;
  return result.someValue;
});

Unlike Flummox, it will not perform a dispatch at the beginning of the operation, only at the end. We're still looking into the best way to deal with optimistic updates. If you have a suggestion, let me know.

Example: Integrating with a web API module

Say you have an API module that sends requests to a server. This is a common pattern in Flux apps. Assuming your module supports promises, it's really easy to create action creators that wrap around your API:

import { WebAPI } from '../utils/WebAPI';

export const getThing = createAction('GET_THING', WebAPI.getThing);
export const createThing = createAction('POST_THING', WebAPI.createThing);
export const updateThing = createAction('UPDATE_THING', WebAPI.updateThing);
export const deleteThing = createAction('DELETE_THING', WebAPI.deleteThing);

(You'll probably notice how this could be simplified this even further using something like lodash's mapValues().)