freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/03-front-end-libraries/react-and-redux/use-provider-to-connect-redux-to-react.english.md

---
id: 5a24c314108439a4d4036144
title: Use Provider to Connect Redux to React
challengeType: 6
isRequired: false
---

## Description
<section id='description'>
In the last challenge, you created a Redux store to handle the messages array and created an action for adding new messages. The next step is to provide React access to the Redux store and the actions it needs to dispatch updates. React Redux provides its <code>react-redux</code> package to help accomplish these tasks.
React Redux provides a small API with two key features: <code>Provider</code> and <code>connect</code>. Another challenge covers <code>connect</code>. The <code>Provider</code> is a wrapper component from React Redux that wraps your React app. This wrapper then allows you to access the Redux <code>store</code> and <code>dispatch</code> functions throughout your component tree. <code>Provider</code> takes two props, the Redux store and the child components of your app. Defining the <code>Provider</code> for an App component might look like this:

```jsx
<Provider store={store}>
  <App/>
</Provider>
```

</section>

## Instructions
<section id='instructions'>
The code editor now shows all your Redux and React code from the past several challenges. It includes the Redux store, actions, and the <code>DisplayMessages</code> component. The only new piece is the <code>AppWrapper</code> component at the bottom. Use this top level component to render the <code>Provider</code> from <code>ReactRedux</code>, and pass the Redux store as a prop. Then render the <code>DisplayMessages</code> component as a child. Once you are finished, you should see your React component rendered to the page.
<strong>Note:</strong>&nbsp;React Redux is available as a global variable here, so you can access the Provider with dot notation. The code in the editor takes advantage of this and sets it to a constant <code>Provider</code> for you to use in the <code>AppWrapper</code> render method.
</section>

## Tests
<section id='tests'>

```yml
tests:
  - text: The <code>AppWrapper</code> should render.
    testString: assert((function() { const mockedComponent = Enzyme.mount(React.createElement(AppWrapper)); return mockedComponent.find('AppWrapper').length === 1; })(), 'The <code>AppWrapper</code> should render.');
  - text: The <code>Provider</code> wrapper component should have a prop of <code>store</code> passed to it, equal to the Redux store.
    testString: getUserInput => assert((function() { const mockedComponent = Enzyme.mount(React.createElement(AppWrapper)); return getUserInput('index').replace(/\s/g,'').includes('<Providerstore={store}>'); })(), 'The <code>Provider</code> wrapper component should have a prop of <code>store</code> passed to it, equal to the Redux store.');
  - text: <code>DisplayMessages</code> should render as a child of <code>AppWrapper</code>.
    testString: assert((function() { const mockedComponent = Enzyme.mount(React.createElement(AppWrapper)); return mockedComponent.find('AppWrapper').find('DisplayMessages').length === 1; })(), '<code>DisplayMessages</code> should render as a child of <code>AppWrapper</code>.');
  - text: The <code>DisplayMessages</code> component should render an h2, input, button, and <code>ul</code> element.
    testString: assert((function() { const mockedComponent = Enzyme.mount(React.createElement(AppWrapper)); return mockedComponent.find('div').length === 1 && mockedComponent.find('h2').length === 1 && mockedComponent.find('button').length === 1 && mockedComponent.find('ul').length === 1; })(), 'The <code>DisplayMessages</code> component should render an h2, input, button, and <code>ul</code> element.');

```

</section>

## Challenge Seed
<section id='challengeSeed'>

<div id='jsx-seed'>

```jsx
// Redux Code:
const ADD = 'ADD';

const addMessage = (message) => {
  return {
    type: ADD,
    message
  }
};

const messageReducer = (state = [], action) => {
  switch (action.type) {
    case ADD:
      return [
        ...state,
        action.message
      ];
    default:
      return state;
  }
};



const store = Redux.createStore(messageReducer);

// React Code:

class DisplayMessages extends React.Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    this.state = {
      input: '',
      messages: []
    }
    this.handleChange = this.handleChange.bind(this);
    this.submitMessage = this.submitMessage.bind(this);
  }
  handleChange(event) {
    this.setState({
      input: event.target.value
    });
  }
  submitMessage() {
    const currentMessage = this.state.input;
    this.setState({
      input: '',
      messages: this.state.messages.concat(currentMessage)
    });
  }
  render() {
    return (
      <div>
        <h2>Type in a new Message:</h2>
        <input
          value={this.state.input}
          onChange={this.handleChange}/><br/>
        <button onClick={this.submitMessage}>Submit</button>
        <ul>
          {this.state.messages.map( (message, idx) => {
              return (
                 <li key={idx}>{message}</li>
              )
            })
          }
        </ul>
      </div>
    );
  }
};

const Provider = ReactRedux.Provider;

class AppWrapper extends React.Component {
  // render the Provider here

  // change code above this line
};
```

</div>


### After Test
<div id='jsx-teardown'>

```js
ReactDOM.render(<AppWrapper />, document.getElementById('root'))
```

</div>

</section>

## Solution
<section id='solution'>


```js
// Redux Code:
const ADD = 'ADD';

const addMessage = (message) => {
  return {
    type: ADD,
    message
  }
};

const messageReducer = (state = [], action) => {
  switch (action.type) {
    case ADD:
      return [
        ...state,
        action.message
      ];
    default:
      return state;
  }
};

const store = Redux.createStore(messageReducer);

// React Code:

class DisplayMessages extends React.Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    this.state = {
      input: '',
      messages: []
    }
 this.handleChange = this.handleChange.bind(this);
 this.submitMessage = this.submitMessage.bind(this);
 }
  handleChange(event) {
    this.setState({
      input: event.target.value
    });
  }
  submitMessage() {
    const currentMessage = this.state.input;
    this.setState({
      input: '',
      messages: this.state.messages.concat(currentMessage)
    });
  }
  render() {
    return (
      <div>
        <h2>Type in a new Message:</h2>
        <input
          value={this.state.input}
          onChange={this.handleChange}/><br/>
        <button onClick={this.submitMessage}>Submit</button>
        <ul>
          {this.state.messages.map( (message, idx) => {
              return (
                 <li key={idx}>{message}</li>
              )
            })
          }
        </ul>
      </div>
    );
  }
};

const Provider = ReactRedux.Provider;

class AppWrapper extends React.Component {
  // change code below this line
  render() {
    return (
      <Provider store = {store}>
        <DisplayMessages/>
      </Provider>
    );
  }
  // change code above this line
};
```

</section>