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JavaScript React Authentication React Router, Authorization, and Refactoring Practice Cookie Manipulation

Killeon Patterson
Killeon Patterson
18,528 Points
Posted by Killeon Patterson
Killeon Patterson
18,528 Points

updating a cookie

Hello,

I'm attempting to have the changes made on the "settings" page to persist by setting a cookie. It's not working. The default.Theme cookie is created, but not updated. My page looks like the videos?

https://github.com/Kilosince/react-auth

import { createContext, useState, useEffect } from "react";
import Cookies from "js-cookie";

const ThemeContext = createContext(null);

export const ThemeProvider = (props) => {
  const [isDarkMode, setIsDarkMode] = useState(false);
  const [accentColor, setAccentColor] = useState('#63537d');
  const [fontPercentage, setFontPercentage] = useState(100);

  useEffect(() => {
    if (isDarkMode) {
      document.body.classList.add('dark');
    } else {
      document.body.classList.remove('dark');
    }
    document.body.style.fontSize = `${fontPercentage}%`;

    const theme = {
      isDarkMode,
      accentColor,
      fontPercentage
    };
    Cookies.set("defaultTheme", JSON.stringify(theme));
  }, [isDarkMode, fontPercentage, accentColor]);

  const toggleDarkMode = () => {
    setIsDarkMode(currentMode => !currentMode);
  }

  return (
    <ThemeContext.Provider value={{
      accentColor,
      isDarkMode,
      fontPercentage,
      actions: {
        toggleDarkMode,
        updateAccentColor: setAccentColor,
        updateFontPercentage: setFontPercentage
      }
    }}>
      {props.children}
    </ThemeContext.Provider>
  );
}

export default ThemeContext;

```JS

1 Answer

Brian Jensen
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Brian Jensen
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Brian Jensen
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Hiya Killeon Patterson :wave:

Your code works perfectly for me (which appears to be the code leading up to the 3-minute 40-second video mark), and the cookie updates when the cookies panel is refreshed. What browser are you using? A browser setting or extension may block the cookie from being updated.

I would recommend trying a different browser as a test. Then, if you experience the same issue in another browser, try the fully finished code of the video that utilizes the defaultTheme object to handle each piece of state:

import { createContext, useState, useEffect } from "react";
import Cookies from "js-cookie";

const ThemeContext = createContext(null);

export const ThemeProvider = (props) => {
  const cookie = Cookies.get("defaultTheme");
  const defaultTheme = cookie ? JSON.parse(cookie) : {
    isDarkMode: false,
    accentColor: '#63537d',
    fontPercentage: 100
  }
  const [isDarkMode, setIsDarkMode] = useState(defaultTheme.isDarkMode);
  const [accentColor, setAccentColor] = useState(defaultTheme.accentColor);
  const [fontPercentage, setFontPercentage] = useState(defaultTheme.fontPercentage);

  useEffect(() => {
    if (isDarkMode) {
      document.body.classList.add('dark');
    } else {
      document.body.classList.remove('dark');
    }
    document.body.style.fontSize = `${fontPercentage}%`;

    const theme = {
      isDarkMode,
      accentColor,
      fontPercentage
    };
    Cookies.set("defaultTheme", JSON.stringify(theme));
  }, [isDarkMode, fontPercentage, accentColor]);

  const toggleDarkMode = () => {
    setIsDarkMode(currentMode => !currentMode);
  }

  return (
    <ThemeContext.Provider value={{
      accentColor,
      isDarkMode,
      fontPercentage,
      actions: {
        toggleDarkMode,
        updateAccentColor: setAccentColor,
        updateFontPercentage: setFontPercentage
      }
    }}>
      {props.children}
    </ThemeContext.Provider>
  );
}

export default ThemeContext;
Killeon Patterson
Killeon Patterson
18,528 Points
Killeon Patterson
Killeon Patterson
18,528 Points

Thank you for your response. Yeah, it looked like I had the same code as the video. I tried it in explorer and chrome and it wouldn't update. I copied your code (which looked similar to mine) and it worked. Thank you for help and reply.