Promises in redux-saga
Could you please provide more information about your issue? I'm not sure if I understand your issue properly, but the common practice is:
API.js
function apiCallToFetchPost(id) {
return Promise.resolve({name: 'Test});
}
postSaga.js
function* fetchPostSaga({id}) {
try {
const request = yield call(apiCallToFetchPost, id);
// -> in post reducer we will save the fetched data for showing them later
yield put({type: FETCH_POST_SUCCESS, payload: request});
} catch (error) {
yield put({type: FETCH_POST_SUCCESS_FAILURE, error})
}
}
export function* onBootstrap() {
yield takeLatest(FETCH_POST, fetchPostSaga);
}
There's a package that does exactly what the OP requested, i.e. arranges that dispatch()
can return a promise: @adobe/redux-saga-promise
Using it, you define a "promise action" creator via:
import { createPromiseAction } from '@adobe/redux-saga-promise'
export const fetchPostAction = createPromiseAction('FETCH_POST')
The dispatch()
of a "promise action" will return a promise:
await dispatch(fetchPostAction({ id: 'post-id' }))
The saga might look like:
import { call, takeEvery } from 'redux-saga/effects'
import { implementPromiseAction } from '@adobe/redux-saga-promise'
import { fetchPostAction } from './actions'
function * fetchPostSaga(action) {
yield call(implementPromiseAction, action, function * () {
const { id } = action.payload
return yield call(apiCallToFetchPost, id)
})
}
export function * rootSaga() {
yield takeEvery(fetchPostAction, fetchPostSaga);
}
It will resolve the promise with the value returned by apiCallToFetchPost
or reject if apiCallToFetchPost
throws an error. It also dispatches secondary actions with the resolution/rejection that you can access in a reducer. The package provides middleware you have to install to make it work.
(Disclaimer, I'm the author)