Dispatching redux actions from ReactiveList#onData component

[fones]

Issue Type: I think this is a BUG.

Description: When trying to dispatch actions from a component that is rendered inside ReactiveList#onData, given action is not reaching reducers and redux store.

Code:

 <ReactiveList 
  componentId="SearchResult"
  dataField="domain"
  pagination={true}
  paginationAt="bottom"
  pages={5}
  sortBy="desc"
  size={10}
  loader="Loading Results..."
  showResultStats={true}
  onData={(res) => (
    <WebsiteCard res={res} key={res.domain} />
  )}
  onResultStats={(total, took) => {
    return "found " + total + " results in " + took + "ms."
  }}
  react={{
    and: ["search", "technology", "language", "social", "alexa"]
  }}/>

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { connect } from 'react-redux'

let WebsiteCard = ({res, dispatch}) => (
  <div className="card mb-3" key={res.domain}>
    <div className="card-body">
      <h5 className="card-title">{res.domain}</h5>
      <h6 className="card-subtitle mb-2 text-muted">{res.meta.title}</h6>
      <p className="card-text">{res.meta.description}</p>
      <a href={`http://${res.domain}`} target="_blank" className="card-link">website</a>
      <a href='#' target="_blank" className="card-link" onClick={(e) => {
        e.preventDefault()
        dispatch({
          type: "ADD_EMAIL"
        })
      }}>
        emails ({res.emailsCount})
      </a>
    </div>
  </div>
)

export default connect()(WebsiteCard)

Minimal reproduction of the problem with instructions:

1. Create separate component that is rendered inside onData method of ReactiveList
2. Try dispatch actions.

Reactivesearch version: 2.2.0

Browser: all

Anything else: Actions dispatched from components outside reactive components are working properly.

[fones]

I have just found that you are using your own redux inside, and my component is connected to your store.

Any way to use redux in my case?

[divyanshu013]

The reactivesearch Provider is over-writing the store in the context in case of nesting. @metagrover check out the example app I built with reactivesearch and redux at https://github.com/divyanshu013/reactivesearch-redux-example. The app will work if the ReactiveBase component here is moved to the top level (and surround the Provider). However in such cases, the Reactivesearch components won't receive the context object correctly from the ReactiveBase.

One possible solution I see here is that we pass the store object explicitly in Reactivesearch (not via context) which will prevent interference with the context in any user app. What do you think?

[metagrover]

yes, exactly my thoughts. We can maybe use combineReducers here to achieve this. Will test it with your app here!

[divyanshu013]

Thanks @fones, fixed the issue on dev branch. The fix should be out in the coming release 👍

[metagrover]

Released in v2.2.1 🎉