Redux Combine Actions

This is a Redux middleware that allows you to easy combine async actions and dispatch them either sequentially or in parallel.

Installation

npm install --save redux-combine-actions

Usage

To enable redux-combine-actions use applyMiddleware()

import { createStore, combineReducers, applyMiddleware } from 'redux';
import combineActionsMiddleware from 'redux-combine-actions';
import * as reducers from './reducers';

let createStoreWithMiddleware = applyMiddleware(combineActionsMiddleware)(createStore);

let reducer = combineReducers(reducers);
let store = createStoreWithMiddleware(reducer);

To use the middleware, you action creator must return action with the following fields:

• types - An array of action types in the next notation: [PENDING, SUCCESS, ERROR], where PENDING action is dispatched immediately, SUCCESS action is dispatched only if all child actions were executed successfully and ERROR action is dispatched only if an error occurred.
• payload - An array of action creators. This field must contain set of functions which shall be dispatched. For example, it can be ordinary action creators, or action creators that return a promise (see redux-promise or redux-promise-middleware), in this case, you can specify sequence option.
• sequence - Specifies actions sequence. If true - dispatch array of action creators in sequential order, else - dispatch in parallel.

The middleware returns a promise to the caller and a FSA compliant action for both SUCCESS and ERROR action types.

Simple usage

export function addTodo(text) {
  return { type: ADD_TODO, text };
}

export function increment() {
  return { type: INCREMENT_COUNTER };
}

// Combine "addTodo" and "increment" actions
export function addTodoAndIncrement({text}) {

    return {
        types: [
            'COMBINED_ACTION_START',
            'COMBINED_ACTION_SUCCESS',
            'COMBINED_ACTION_ERROR'
        ],

        // Pass actions in array
        payload: [addTodo.bind(null, text), increment]
    };
}

// Dispatch action
store.dispatch(addTodoAndIncrement({text:'Dispatch combined action'}));

This will dispatch actions in the following sequence:

COMBINED_ACTION_START > ADD_TODO > INCREMENT_COUNTER > COMBINED_ACTION_SUCCESS

With promises

Using in combination with redux-promise-middleware.

export function getProviders() {
    return {
        types: [
            'PROVIDERS_GET_PENDING',
            'PROVIDERS_GET_SUCCESS',
            'PROVIDERS_GET_ERROR'
        ],
        payload: {
            promise: api.getProvidersAsync()
        }
    };
}

export function getSubscribers() {
    return {
        types: [
            'SUBSCRIBER_GET_PENDING',
            'SUBSCRIBER_GET_SUCCESS',
            'SUBSCRIBER_GET_ERROR'
        ],
        payload: {
            promise: api.getSubscribersAsync()
        }
    };
}

// Combine "getProviders" and "getSubscribers" actions
export function fetchData() {

    return {
        types: [
            'DATABASE_FETCH_PENDING',
            'DATABASE_FETCH_SUCCESS',
            'DATABASE_FETCH_ERROR'
        ],

        // Set true for sequential actions
        sequence: true,

        // Pass actions in array
        payload: [getProviders, getSubscribers]
    };
}

This will dispatch actions one after another:

DATABASE_FETCH_PENDING > PROVIDERS_GET_PENDING > PROVIDERS_GET_SUCCESS > SUBSCRIBER_GET_PENDING > SUBSCRIBER_GET_SUCCESS > DATABASE_FETCH_SUCCESS

If you set sequence to false then all child actions will be dispatched in parallel:

DATABASE_FETCH_PENDING > PROVIDERS_GET_PENDING > SUBSCRIBER_GET_PENDING > PROVIDERS_GET_SUCCESS > SUBSCRIBER_GET_SUCCESS > DATABASE_FETCH_SUCCESS

License

MIT