Pro React 16

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Adam FreemanPro React 16https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4451-7_23

23. Consuming a RESTful Web Service

Adam Freeman¹ 

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London, UK

 

In this chapter, I address the example application’s lack of permanent data storage by creating a web service and using it to manage the application’s data. The application will send HTTP requests to the web service to retrieve data and to submit changes. I start this chapter by showing you how to consume a web service directly in a component and then demonstrate how a web service can be used with a data store. In Chapter 24, I explain how to use GraphQL, which is an alternative approach to dealing with web services. Table 23-1 puts this chapter in context.

Table 23-1

Putting Consuming Web Services ...