How to Cancel API Calls in React with AbortController

#️⃣ TypeScript / React.js Tip It’s always a good practice to cancel API calls during cleanup (before the next render and when the component unmounts) to solve memory leak issues and race conditions. We can achieve this by using the built-in web API named "AbortController." We just need to pass a signal and then, in the cleanup function (the return function of `useEffect`), we can abort/cancel the API call. This is particularly relevant for those who manually call APIs without using libraries like React Query, RTK Query, or SWR. These packages handle this case out of the box, but it's beneficial to understand why we may need API cancellation and the reasoning behind it. #reactjs #typescript #webdevelopment #frontend #reacthooks #cleanCode #bestPractices #javascript #softwareengineering #reacttips #developers #programming

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