redux-request-loading

redux-request-loading provides actions and reducers to track the loading state of your application. What makes it different is that it tracks each individual request not just the overall state. This allows you to monitor the state of specific requests you care about in your components and display the loading state accordingly. I.e. your post has loaded but the comments are still loading.

Installation

npm install redux-request-loading

Note: the package includes typings for Typescript

Setup

Add the loading reducer to your store:

import { createStore, combineReducers } from "redux";
import { reducer as loading } from "redux-request-loading";
 
const store = createStore(
    combineReducers({
        anotherReducer
        loading
    })
);

Modify your code making asynchronous requests to dispatch the appropriate actions. E.g. using redux-thunk:

import { loading, loadSuccess, loadError } from "redux-request-loading";
 
export function loadComments() {
    const COMMENTS = "COMMENTS";
 
    return (dispatch) => {
        dispatch(loading(COMMENTS));
 
        return fetch("/comments")
            .then(comments => {
                dispatch(loadCommentsSuccess(comments));
                dispatch(loadSuccess(COMMENTS));
            })
            .catch(error => {
                dispatch(loadError(COMMENTS));
                throw error;
            });
    };
}

Or use the loadAndTrack method:

import { loadAndTrack } from "redux-request-loading";
 
export function loadComments() {
    return (dispatch) => loadAndTrack(dispatch, "COMMENTS", fetch("/comments"))
        .then(comments => dispatch(loadCommentsSuccess(comments));
}
 

loadAndTrack replaces loadingHelper which is now deprecated and will be removed in version 2.0.0

Checking state of request

Use the isRequestActive selector to check the state of your request

import { isRequestActive } from "redux-request-loading";
 
const Comments = (props) => (
  <div>
    {props.loading ? "Comments loading..." : "Comments loaded!"}
  </div>
);
 
const mapStateToProps = (state) => ({
  loading: isRequestActive(state, "COMMENTS");
});
 
export default connect(mapStateToProps)(Comments);

Selectors

isRequestActive

Check whether a request is active. Returns true if request is active, false if not. If no request is passed it will return true if any requests are active.

import { loading, isRequestActive } from "redux-request-loading";
 
store.dispatch(loading("POSTS"));
 
const postsLoading = isRequestActive(store.getState(), "POSTS");  // true
const commentsLoading = isRequestActive(store.getState(), "COMMENTS"); // false
const loading = isRequestActive(store.getState()); // true

areRequestsActive

Allows you to check if any of a list requests are active.

import { loading, areRequestsActive } from "redux-request-loading";
 
store.dispatch(loading("POSTS"));
 
const postsLoading = areRequestsActive(store.getState(), ["POSTS"]);  // true
const commentsLoading = areRequestsActive(store.getState(), ["COMMENTS"]); // false
const postsLoading = areRequestsActive(store.getState(), ["POSTS", "COMMENTS"]);  // true
const loading = areRequestsActive(store.getState()); // true

getProgress

Gets the progress of all requests as a percentage (i.e. 100 when finished).

import { loading, loadSuccess, getProgress } from "redux-request-loading";
 
store.dispatch(loading("POSTS"));
store.dispatch(loading("COMMENTS"));
 
let progress = getProgress(store.getState()); // 0
 
store.dispatch(loadSuccess("POSTS"));
 
progress = getProgress(store.getState()); // 50
 
store.dispatch(loadSuccess("COMMENTS"));
 
progress = getProgress(store.getState()); // 100

Memoized Selectors

Using reselect there are factory functions for memoized versions of isRequestActive and areRequestsActive. The returned functions will only calculate once when called multiple times for the same state - offering a peformance improvement. Read more about this concept on the reselect GitHub page.

makeIsRequestActive

import { makeIsRequestActive } from "redux-request-loading";
 
// component definition
 
const makeMapStateToProps = () => {
 
  const isRequestActive = makeIsRequestActive("COMMENTS");
 
  return (state) => ({
    loading: isRequestActive(state);
  });
};
 
export default connect(makeMapStateToProps)(Comments);
 

makeAreRequestsActive

import { makeAreRequestsActive } from "redux-request-loading";
 
// component definition
 
const makeMapStateToProps = () => {
 
  const areRequestsActive = makeAreRequestsActive(["POSTS", "COMMENTS"]);
 
  return (state) => ({
    loading: areRequestsActive(state);
  });
};
 
export default connect(makeMapStateToProps)(Comments);