Wait for react props received from parent to update inside a childs function

Question

I have a function that Is executed in componentDidMount() , because it does an API call, and I need the info received for the render.

componentDidMount() {
    this.setState({
        email: this.props.email
    });
    this.getPermissionsList();
    this.getPermissionsValue(); //this one
}

Now, this function has the following issue

 getPermissionsValue(){
        console.log('/user/'+this.props.userId+'/permission') //At the moment of the execution, this.props.userId is empty
        API.get('/user'+this.props.userId+'/permission')
            .then(response => {
            console.log(response)
            this.setState({
                permissionValue : response.data
            }, () => {
                console.log(this.state.permissionValue)
            });

        })
    }

But in my render, I can see the this.props.userId value.

    render(){
       return  <p>{this.props.userId}</p>  
}

How can I wait for that prop before rendering?

EDIT: This is how the prop is being sent to the child from the parent

In the parent component I have a child component in the render

<EditUserModal ...a lot of props.... userId={this.state.rowId} email={this.state.selectedMail} handleChangePass={this.handleChangePass} ....more props..../>

That rowId is assigned this way in the parent component:

In my render I have this

<Table
                     className="table"
                     filterable={['Email']}
                     itemsPerPage={8}
                     currentPage={0}
                     sortable={true}
                >
                    {users.map((row) => {
                        return (

                            <Tr className={row.className}>
                                <Td column="Email">{row.email}</Td>
                                <Td column="Edit" ><FontAwesomeIcon className="editIcon" onClick={()=> this.showModal(row.id, row.email)} icon={faEdit} /></Td> 
                            </Tr>

                        )
                    })}
                </Table>

where the onclick calls

showModal(rowId, rowEmail) {
    this.setState({
        showModal: true,
        rowId: rowId,
        selectedMail: rowEmail
    }, () => {
        // console.log("clicked show modal")
        // console.log(this.state.showModal)
    });

}

And thats where the rowId state value is set

sorry for misunderstanding the question, can you show how you get `this.props.userId` and how you pass it to this component — Carr, Mar 04 '20 at 09:03
seems here is a same issue: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50094331/react-app-componentdidmount-not-getting-props-from-parent — Carr, Mar 04 '20 at 09:06
I did a componentDidUpdate() , testing some stuff but might work — mouchin777, Mar 04 '20 at 09:29

Carr · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-04T09:37:50.653

In your scenario, I think there are a lot of chances that componentDidMount in your child component fires before this.props.userId get value. (I think your user array comes from an API call too). You can look into discussion in this thread to see why it could happen.

My suggestion is, instead of putting the API call in the componentDidMount(), put it into componentDidUpdate(), if you do the comparison, you don't need to worry about calling the API multiple times. It's a typical usage recommended in the official doc

componentDidUpdate(prevProps) {
  // Typical usage (don't forget to compare props):
  if (this.props.userID !== prevProps.userID) {
    yourAPI(this.props.userID);
  }
}

Also here is an answer I wrote before trying to compare where to deploy the API calls.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 04 '20 at 08:56

You can use the second argument of setState:

componentDidMount() {
  this.setState({
    email: this.props.email
  }, () => {
    this.getPermissionsList();
    this.getPermissionsValue(); //this one
  });
}

This ensures that the state gets set first, -then- calls the other two methods.

Wait for react props received from parent to update inside a childs function

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