XState.js How to send context to a machine?

Question

I am new to XState.js.

I want to use a simple ID in my context. How do I update the context using machine.send()?


     const fetchMachine = Machine(
        {
          id: 'test',
          initial: 'init',
          context: {
            id: '',
          },
          states: {
            init: {
              on: {
                LOGIN: 'fetch',
              },
            },
            fetch: {
              on: {
                LOGOUT: 'init',
              },
            },
          }
       })


      const machine = interpret(fetchMachine).start()

How do I pass an ID to the context?

This does NOT do the trick:

      machine.send({ type: 'LOGIN', id })

score 12 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 14 '22 at 05:47

You have to use the assign action to update the context. I've updated your example to the following:

import { Machine, assign } from 'xstate';

// Action to assign the context id
const assignId = assign({
  id: (context, event) => event.id
});

export const testMachine = Machine(
  {
    id: 'test',
    initial: 'init',
    context: {
      id: '',
    },
    states: {
      init: {
        on: {
          LOGIN: {
            target: 'fetch',
            actions: [
              assignId
            ]
          }
        },
      },
      fetch: {
        on: {
          LOGOUT: 'init',
        },
      },
    }
  },
  {
    actions: { assignId }
  }
);

Now once you call the following:

import { testMachine } from './machines';

const testService = interpret(testMachine).start();
testService.send({type: 'LOGIN', id: 'test' });
//or testService.send('LOGIN', { id: 'test'});

the action assignId will assign data from the event to your context

XState.js How to send context to a machine?

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