Query and Props w/ useEffect

[kein-1]

Hi,

I have some data(a list of objects) I am fetching via useQuery and I want the user to be able to modify this list and submit it as a form, so i am saving it via useState. From my understanding, props in react don't sync with state unless i do something like using useEffect like below. Reason I am doing this is because data is initially undefined, so i need to seed the state with the updated data once it actually comes back.

I was referencing this article from tk: https://tkdodo.eu/blog/putting-props-to-use-state and pretty much the useEffect is seen as a bad idea and anti-pattern. Im wondering if there is an alternative solution ?

export const useRooms = (projectID: string) => {
  const {
    data: initialRooms,
    isLoading,
    isPending: isRoomsPending,
    isError: isRoomsError,
  } = useQuery({
    queryKey: ['rooms', projectID],
    queryFn: () => getRooms(projectID),
    placeholderData: [],
    select: (data) => {
      return data.map((r) => ({
        label: r.room,
        value: r.room,
        include: r.include,
      }))
    },
  })

  const preSelected = initialRooms
    .filter((r) => r.include)
    .map((r) => ({ label: r.label, value: r.label }))

  return { initialRooms, preSelected, isRoomsPending, isRoomsError }
}

export const useSaveRooms = (preSelected: Room[]) => {
  const [selectedRooms, setSelectedRooms] = useState(preSelected)

  useEffect(() => {
    if (preSelected.length > 0 && selectedRooms.length === 0) {
      setSelectedRooms(preSelected)
    }
  }, [preSelected])

Thank you!

[TkDodo]

I have a blogpost on this:

https://tkdodo.eu/blog/react-query-and-forms

[kein-1]

Ahh seems like this applies to my case. Its an "exception" to your rule