Loadable-State

This package is to help you model http request state. It's an add-on to redux/ngrx

Why use this package?

Reduce boilerplate and better code.

I wrote details in this 5-min blog: https://blog.angularindepth.com/handle-api-call-state-nicely-445ab37cc9f8

Install

npm install loadable-state

Get Started

Let's assume we need to send an http request to get a list of today's news. And we are using Angular/ngrx.

####Step1: Model your state

export interface News extends Loadable {
    news: string[];
}

In this way, News model has 4 fields: news, loading, success and error.

####Step2: Create your actions

export enum NewsActionsTypes {
  Load = '[NEWS PAGE] LOAD NEWS',
  LoadSuccess = '[NEWS PAGE] LOAD NEWS SUCCESS',
  LoadError = '[NEWS PAGE] LOAD NEWS ERROR',
}

export class LoadNews implements Action {
  readonly type = NewsActionsTypes.Load;
}

export class LoadNewsSuccess implements Action {
  readonly type = NewsActionsTypes.LoadSuccess;
  constructor(public payload: {entities: string[]}) {}
}

export class LoadNewsError implements Action {
  readonly type = NewsActionsTypes.LoadError;
  // Notes that `error` has to be like this, cannot be wrapped inside a payload
  constructor(public error: any) {}
}
export type NewsActions = LoadNews | LoadNewsSuccess | LoadNewsError

####Step3 Reducer (Most Important)

// base reducer should only update non-loadable states
function baseNewsReducer(state: News = createDefaultNews(), action: NewsActions): News {
  switch (action.type) {
    case NewsActionsTypes.LoadSuccess:
      return {
        ...state,
        entities: action.payload.entities
      };
    default:
      return state;
  }
}
// withLoadable enhances baseReducer to update loadable state
export function newsReducer(state: News, action: Action): News {
  return withLoadable(baseNewsReducer, {
    loadingActionType: NewsActionsTypes.Load,
    successActionType: NewsActionsTypes.LoadSuccess,
    errorActionType: NewsActionsTypes.LoadError,
  })(state, action);
}

baseNewsReducer handles non-loadable states (i.e. entities)

newsReducer will actually apply withLoadable enhancer to baseReducer to give some “magic” to baseReducer , and the “magic” is to handle the 3 loadable states changes automatically.

####Step4 Effects

@Effect()
loadNews = this.actions$.pipe(
 ofType(NewsActionsTypes.Load),
 switchMap(action => this.http.get('some url')),
 map((response: any) => new LoadNewsSuccess({entities: response.todaysNews})),
 catchError(error => of(new LoadNewsError(error)))
);

Checkout this StackBlitz for a complete example. https://stackblitz.com/github/zhaosiyang/loadable-example