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Sahana Srinivasan 5 years ago
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@ -132,13 +132,13 @@ In this section, you build an initial React.js application called Publik.
npm start
```
The system prompts you to accept incoming connections.
The system may prompt you to accept incoming connections.
![Network Connection](./images/network-connections.gif)
6. Choose **Allow**.
6. If it does, choose **Allow**.
7. Open your browser to `http://localhost:8080`.
7. Your browswer –– Chrome by default –– will open to `http://127.0.0.1:3000/`.
You should see a simple React app.
@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ stored on Gaia are made visible to others via the `apps` property in the user's
Modify your authentication request to include the `publish_data` scope.
1. Open `src/components/App.jsx` file.
1. Open `src/components/App.js` file.
2. Locate the `AppConfig` declaration near the beginning of the file.
@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ Modify your authentication request to include the `publish_data` scope.
the `publish_data` scope allows your app to share data between users.
4. Save your changes.
5. Go back to your app at `http://localhost:8080/`.
5. Go back to your app at `http://127.0.0.1:3000/`.
6. Log out and sign in again.
The authentication request now prompts the user for permission to **Publish
@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ or remove a grocery list; updating a list has no impact.
In this step, you add three `blockstack.js` methods that support posting of "statuses".
These are the `UserSession.putFile`, `UserSession.getFile`, and `lookupProfile` methods.
1. Open the `src/components/Profile.jsx` file.
1. Open the `src/components/Profile.js` file.
2. Replace the initial state in the `constructor()` method so that it holds the key properties required by the app.
@ -278,7 +278,8 @@ These are the `UserSession.putFile`, `UserSession.getFile`, and `lookupProfile`
3. Locate the `render()` method.
4. Modify the `render()` method to add a text input and submit button to the application.
4. Modify the `render()` method to add a text input and submit button to the
by replacing it with the code below:
The following code renders the `person.name` and `person.avatarURL`
properties from the profile on the display:
@ -402,7 +403,7 @@ These are the `UserSession.putFile`, `UserSession.getFile`, and `lookupProfile`
}
```
9. Save the `Profile.jsx` file.
9. Save the `Profile.js` file.
After the application compiles successfully, your application should appears as follows:
@ -415,11 +416,11 @@ These are the `UserSession.putFile`, `UserSession.getFile`, and `lookupProfile`
## Fetch and display statuses
Update `Profile.jsx` again.
Update `Profile.js` again.
1. Go back to the `render()` method.
2. Locate the `<div className="new-status">` containing the text input and **Submit** button.
3. Right after the matching closing `</div>` element in this section, add this block.
3. Right before the matching closing `</div>` element in this section, add this block.
```javascript
<div className="col-md-12 statuses">
@ -530,7 +531,7 @@ that in the next section.
## Lookup user profiles
Let's now modify the `Profile.jsx` file to display profiles of other users. You'll
Let's now modify the `Profile.js` file to display profiles of other users. You'll
be using the `lookupProfile()` method that you added to the `import` statement
earlier. `lookupProfile()` takes a single parameter that is the Blockstack ID of
the profile and returns a profile object.
@ -538,46 +539,22 @@ the profile and returns a profile object.
### Add a new route
Make some changes to the routing structure of your app so that users can view
other users' profiles by visiting `http://localhost:8080/other_user.id`
other users' profiles by visiting `http://127.0.0.1:3000/other_user.id`
1. Make sure you are in the root of your `publik` project.
2. Install `react-router`:
```bash
npm install --save react-router-dom
```
3. Edit `src/index.js` file.
4. Add an `import` to the file at the top:
```javascript
import { BrowserRouter } from 'react-router-dom'
```
5. Change the `ReactDOM.render()` method in `src/index.js` to:
```javascript
ReactDOM.render((
<BrowserRouter>
<App />
</BrowserRouter>
), document.getElementById('root'));
```
6. Save and close the `src/index.js` file.
7. Edit the `src/components/App.jsx` file.
8. Add the new route by importing the `Switch` and `Route` components from `react-router-dom`:
1. Edit the `src/components/App.js` file.
2. Add the new route by importing the `Switch` and `Route` components from `react-router-dom`:
```javascript
import { Switch, Route } from 'react-router-dom'
```
9. Locate this line below in the `render()` method:
3. Locate this line below in the `render()` method:
```javascript
: <Profile userSession={userSession} handleSignOut={ this.handleSignOut } />
```
10. Replace it with the following:
4. Replace it with the following:
```javascript
:
@ -598,10 +575,10 @@ other users' profiles by visiting `http://localhost:8080/other_user.id`
This sets up a route and captures the route path in the URL as the profile lookup username.
11. Save and close the the `src/components/App.jsx` file.
5. Save and close the the `src/components/App.js` file.
### Add a rule to process URL paths with . (dot)
### Add in lookupProfile
You also need to add a rule to your app's webpack config so that you can properly
process URL paths that contain the `.` (dot) character for example,
@ -610,28 +587,9 @@ process URL paths that contain the `.` (dot) character for example,
**NOTE**: In a production app, you must ensure the web server is configured to handle this.
1. Open `webpack.config.js` in the root project directory and locate the following line:
```javascript
historyApiFallback: true,
```
2. Replace it with this:
```javascript
historyApiFallback: {
disableDotRule: true
},
```
You will need to run `npm start` again for this change to take effect. Don't
worry, there is a later step for that to remind you.
3. Save and close the `webpack.config.js` file.
4. Open the `src/components/Profile.jsx` file.
1. Open the `src/components/Profile.js` file.
5. Expand the `import from blockstack` statement to include the `lookupProfile` method.
2. Expand the `import from blockstack` statement to include the `lookupProfile` method.
Add `lookupProfile` after `Person`.
@ -644,7 +602,7 @@ process URL paths that contain the `.` (dot) character for example,
} from 'blockstack';
```
6. Add a single method to the `Profile` class that determines if the app is viewing the local user's profile or another user's profile.
3. Add a single method to the `Profile` class that determines if the app is viewing the local user's profile or another user's profile.
```javascript
isLocal() {
@ -654,7 +612,7 @@ process URL paths that contain the `.` (dot) character for example,
You use `isLocal()` to check if the user is viewing the local user profile or another user's profile. If it's the local user profile, the app runs the `getFile()` function you added in an earlier step. Otherwise, the app looks up the profile belonging to the `username` using the `lookupProfile()` method.
7. Modify the `fetchData()` method like so:
4. Modify the `fetchData()` method like so:
```javascript
fetchData() {
@ -699,7 +657,7 @@ process URL paths that contain the `.` (dot) character for example,
documentation](http://blockstack.github.io/blockstack.js/#getfile) for
details.
8. Add the following block to `fetchData()` right after the call to `lookupProfile(username)... catch((error)=>{..}` block:
5. Add the following block to `fetchData()` right after the call to `lookupProfile(username)... catch((error)=>{..}` block:
```javascript
const options = { username: username, decrypt: false }
@ -723,7 +681,7 @@ process URL paths that contain the `.` (dot) character for example,
Finally, you must conditionally render the logout button, status input textbox, and submit button so they don't show up when viewing another user's profile.
9. Replace the `render()` method with the following:
6. Replace the `render()` method with the following:
```javascript
render() {
@ -804,7 +762,7 @@ process URL paths that contain the `.` (dot) character for example,
npm start
```
3. Point your browser to `http://localhost:8080/your_username.id.blockstack` to see the final application.
3. Point your browser to `http://127.0.01:3000/your_username.id.blockstack` to see the final application.
## Wrapping up

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