componentDidMount: Can't call setState (or forceUpdate) on an unmounted component

Question

I am fetching data in componentDidMount and updating the state and the famous warning is appearing:

Warning: Can't call setState (or forceUpdate) on an unmounted component. This is a no-op, but it indicates a memory leak in your application. To fix, cancel all subscriptions and asynchronous tasks in the componentWillUnmount method.

My code is as follow:

componentDidMount() {
    let self = this;

    let apiBaseUrl = Config.serverUrl;
    axios.get( apiBaseUrl + '/dataToBeFetched/' )
        .then( function(response) {
            self.setState( { data: response.data } );;
        } );
}

What is causing this warning and what is the best way to fetch the data and update the state?

Answer 1

Based on a previous answer, I have done the following which worked fine:

constructor(props) {
   this.state = {isMounted: false}
}

componentDidMount() {
    let apiBaseUrl = Config.serverUrl;
    this.setState( { isMounted: true }, () => {
        axios.get( apiBaseUrl + '/dataToBeFetched/' )
            .then( (response) => { // using arrow function ES6
                if( this.state.isMounted ) {
                    this.setState( { pets: response.data } );
                }
            } ).catch( error => {
                // handle error
        } )
    } );
}

componentWillUnmount() {
    this.setState( { isMounted: false } )
}

Another better solution is to cancel the request in the unmount as follows:

constructor(props) {
    this._source = axios.CancelToken.source();
}

componentDidMount() {
    let apiBaseUrl = Config.serverUrl;
    axios.get( apiBaseUrl + '/dataToBeFetched/', { cancelToken: this._source.token } )
        .then( (response) => { // using arrow function ES6
            if( this.state.isMounted ) {
                this.setState( { pets: response.data } );
            }
        } ).catch( error => {
            // handle error
    } );
}

componentWillUnmount() {
    this._source.cancel( 'Operation canceled due component being unmounted.' )
}