I set up an API in Java. But now I'm developping a client in ReactJS. The authentication uses a JWT Token. With Postman, when I send a POST request to the authentication URL, it returns me a JWT token like this :

eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZHVzZXIiOjEsImlzcyI6ImF1dGgwIn0.0BXAQl-yMIDeAU6Emppo6LBIm1RAdLa9vDWbQkdLs1o

That's exactly what I want. But I don't know how to retrieve a string after a fetch call in ReactJS.

I tried to use the promises and wrote this :

.then((data) => {
    data.text().then((token) => {
        alert(token)
    })
})

But it returns me nothing, I have an alert with no text. How to get String from the Object Response returned by the fetch ?

I set up an API in Java. But now I'm developping a client in ReactJS. The authentication uses a JWT Token. With Postman, when I send a POST request to the authentication URL, it returns me a JWT token like this :

eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZHVzZXIiOjEsImlzcyI6ImF1dGgwIn0.0BXAQl-yMIDeAU6Emppo6LBIm1RAdLa9vDWbQkdLs1o

That's exactly what I want. But I don't know how to retrieve a string after a fetch call in ReactJS.

I tried to use the promises and wrote this :

.then((data) => {
    data.text().then((token) => {
        alert(token)
    })
})

But it returns me nothing, I have an alert with no text. How to get String from the Object Response returned by the fetch ?

• javascript
• string
• reactjs
• jwt

Share Improve this question Follow asked Dec 23, 2017 at 19:07 Dylan M.Dylan M. 3711 gold badge11 silver badge1111 bronze badges 6

• why not make another fetch call – Rahul Rana Commented Dec 23, 2017 at 19:08
• Because it already returns me what I want I think, but I don't know how to get this as a string – Dylan M. Commented Dec 23, 2017 at 19:10
• What's the value of data? – Andy Commented Dec 23, 2017 at 19:12
• Response { type: "cors", url: "http://localhost:8080/projet_p52/Signin/apiSignin/signin", redirected: false, status: 200, ok: true, statusText: "OK", headers: Headers, bodyUsed: false } – Dylan M. Commented Dec 23, 2017 at 19:15
• That token is likely stored on data.headers.Authorization or some other header field. In your then() method callback add a console.log(data.headers); and look at the value. – Kyle Richardson Commented Dec 23, 2017 at 19:24

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Maybe you back end server return Content-Type=application/json? Instead text() method try using json().

Try this:

fetch('/next/page')
  .then(function(response) {
    return response.text();
  })
  .then(function(text) { 
    // <!DOCTYPE ....
    console.log(text); 
  });

I was facing the same issue and was able to get the token with this:

.then(res => res.json()).then(res => {
    let token = res.token;
    console.log("token: ", token);
});

Source: https://developer.mozilla/en-US/docs/Web/API/Body

The text() method on that response object is what you are looking for.

Using await syntax I think is a bit simpler than using then() With await, this in this.setState() is scoped as expected.

async getStrResponse() {
  const response = await fetch('myController/GetStringTest');
  const stringResponse = await response.text();
  this.setState({ someStr: stringResponse, loading: false });
}