javascript - How to access state inside Redux reducer?

Question

I have a reducer, and in order to calculate the new state I need data from the action and also data from a part of the state not managed by this reducer. Specifically, in the reducer I will show below, I need access to the accountDetails.stateOfResidenceId field.

initialState.js:

export default {
    accountDetails: {
        stateOfResidenceId: '',
        accountType: '',
        accountNumber: '',
        product: ''
    },
    forms: {
        blueprints: [

        ]
    }
};

formsReducer.js:

import * as types from '../constants/actionTypes';
import objectAssign from 'object-assign';
import initialState from './initialState';
import formsHelper from '../utils/FormsHelper';
export default function formsReducer(state = initialState.forms, action) {
  switch (action.type) {
    case types.UPDATE_PRODUCT: {
        //I NEED accountDetails.stateOfResidenceId HERE
        console.log(state);
        const formBlueprints = formsHelper.getFormsByProductId(action.product.id);
        return objectAssign({}, state, {blueprints: formBlueprints});
    }

    default:
      return state;
  }
}

index.js (root reducer):

import { combineReducers } from 'redux';
import accountDetails from './accountDetailsReducer';
import forms from './formsReducer';

const rootReducer = combineReducers({
    accountDetails,
    forms
});

export default rootReducer;

How can I access this field?

Answer 1

I would use thunk for this, here's an example:

export function updateProduct(product) {
  return (dispatch, getState) => {
    const { accountDetails } = getState();

    dispatch({
      type: UPDATE_PRODUCT,
      stateOfResidenceId: accountDetails.stateOfResidenceId,
      product,
    });
  };
}

Basically you get all the data you need on the action, then you can send that data to your reducer.