Understanding React.JS JSON feed and how to parse - json

Question

I've got the following code which is looping through an JSON file from an API and loops through some posts.
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import logo from './logo.svg';
import './App.css';
//https://alligator.io/react/axios-react/
import axios from 'axios';
export default class PostList extends React.Component {
state = {
posts: []
}
componentDidMount() {
axios.get(`https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users`)
.then(res => {
const posts = res.data;
this.setState({ posts });
})
}
render() {
return (
<div className="App">
<header className="App-header">
<img src={logo} className="App-logo" alt="logo" />
<h1 className="App-title">Welcome to React</h1>
</header>
<p className="App-intro">
Pulls in post slugs from Domain
</p>
<ul>
{ this.state.posts.map(post => <li>{post.name} - {post.username} </li>)}
</ul>
</div>
)
}
}
This works fine, and gets the information which was needed.
Now, in my test JSON file, the format is as follows:
https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users
But in my actual JSON file from WordPress Rest API, we have another item, named core_layout:
JSON image
My issue is, trying to use the same code such as {post.name}does not get the information needed such as core_layout->image->name.
Is there an easy way around this?
Thanks all!
EDIT:
Tried the answers below, but still no luck, get the error TypeError: Cannot read property 'map' of undefined:
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import logo from './logo.svg';
import './App.css';
//https://alligator.io/react/axios-react/
import axios from 'axios';
export default class PostList extends React.Component {
state = {
posts: [],
coreLayout: {}
}
componentDidMount() {
axios.get(`https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users`)
.then(res => {
// const posts = res.data;
//this.setState({ posts });
const { posts, core_layout: coreLayout } = res.data;
this.setState({ posts, coreLayout });
})
}
render() {
return (
<div className="App">
<header className="App-header">
<img src={logo} className="App-logo" alt="logo" />
<h1 className="App-title">Welcome to React</h1>
</header>
<p className="App-intro">
Pulls in post slugs from domain
</p>
<ul>
{ this.state.posts.map(post => <li>{post.name} - {post.core_layout.image.name}</li>)}
</ul>
</div>
)
}
}
EDIT 2:
Tried the below: This gets the title, but again, not the actual corelayout I need.
import React, { Component } from 'react';
class App extends Component {
constructor() {
super();
this.state = {
movies: []
}
}
componentDidMount() {
let dataURL = "http://zinsseruk.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?per_page=1";
fetch(dataURL)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => {
this.setState({
movies: res
})
})
}
render() {
let movies = this.state.movies.map((movie, index) => {
return <div key={index}>
<p><strong>Title:</strong> {movie.title.rendered}</p>
<p><strong>Title:</strong> {movie.core_layout.acf_fc_layout}</p>
</div>
});
return (
<div>
<h2>Star Wars Movies</h2>
{movies}
</div>
)
}
}
export default App;

Answer 1

Replace const posts = res.data; with const posts = res.data.core_layout;. Then you'll get an array similar to what you have in your test file.

Answer 2

I think you need to understand the JSON structure you receive from the API. Where is located core_layout property? Inside each post property as a children?
So in the posts loop you can use post.core_layout.image.name for image name, for example (and so on with other properties).
If core_property is at the root of the data you receive, you can load it inside your state like so:
state = {
posts: [],
coreLayout: {}
}
componentDidMount() {
axios.get(`https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users`)
.then(res => {
// This is equivalent of doing
// const posts = res.data.posts
// const coreLayout = res.data.core_layout
const { posts, core_layout: coreLayout } = res.data;
this.setState({ posts, coreLayout });
})
}
Then use it in your code by using local component state:
render() {
...
// For example image name:
console.log('image name', this.state.coreLayout.image.name)
...
}