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APIs

Posted by Tyler Mills
Tyler Mills
950 Points

Should each React component be responsible for making the API calls for the data it requires?

I'm building out a ReactJS app that will have its data provided via a RESTful API.

Should I have a single API call when the app mounts that indicates which components should load as well as provides all data (top links list, sidebar content, page content, etc..) or should the top links component make an API request for the links JSON object, and each other component do the same?

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

:mailbox_with_mail: Hi, I got your request. But I haven't taken the React courses yet myself (and have no prior experience with it) so I'll have to leave this one for someone else to answer.

1 Answer

Luke Robinson
Luke Robinson
728 Points
Luke Robinson
Luke Robinson
728 Points

Components should be as dumb as possible, so you don't want them making their own API calls. Instead, the top level component for the page should perform the API calls, and pass the relevant data to it's children as props