React ajax call when button onClick event using hooks - ajax

Question

import React, { useState, useEffect } from "react";
import axios from "axios";
function App() {
const [contact, setContact] = useState({
fName: "",
lName: "",
email: ""
});
function handleClick() {
const res = axios.get("url");
}
useEffect(()=>{
handleClick();
})
return (
<div className="container">
<h1>
Hello {contact.fName} {contact.lName}
</h1>
<p>{contact.email}</p>
<input name="fName" placeholder={contact.fName} />
<input name="lName" placeholder={contact.lName} />
<input name="email" placeholder={contact.email} />
<button onClick={handleClick}>Submit</button>
</div>
);
}
export default App;
I set initial state with empty string but I am trying to update input attributes with data from external source whenever user clicks submit button.
I heard I need to use useEffect method to api call in react, but I have no idea where to start.

Answer 1

if you're going to update the data on the button click, then you can use a count mechanism, a separate variable to keep track of the count.
const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
<button onClick={() => setCount(count + 1 )}>Submit</button>
async function handleClick() {
const res = await axios.get("url");
setContact(res.data);
}
useEffect(() => {
handleClick();
}, [contact, count]);