Learning Redux

Sending the token with certain requests

If you try to create a new post after logging in, you will get the following error:

Error: No authorization token was found

We are not sending the token with the createPost request yet. We are now going to do that:

1. Edit src/actions/posts.js and extend the _createPost and createPost functions by passing a token in addition to the post. First, we extend the _createPost function:

const _createPost = (token, post) => thunkCreator({

Then, we extend the createPost function:

export const createPost = (token, post) => (dispatch) =>  _createPost(token, post)(dispatch)

2. Next, we need to use the token in the _createPost function. As we have discussed before, we will need to pass an Authorization: Bearer <token> ...