Getting "Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'commit')"NUXT - vue.js

Question

I am new to Vue and stuck. I am trying to send user input data from a form into a vuex store. From that vuex store, an action will be called (fetching from API) and I would like that data back into my app and components.
<template>
<div>
<h1>APP NAME</h1>
<form action="submit" #submit.prevent="sendCityName()">
<label for="query"></label>
<input
type="text"
id="query"
v-model="cityName"
>
<button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>
<h3>{{ lat }}</h3>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import { mapState } from 'vuex'
export default {
data() {
return {
cityName: ''
}
},
computed: {
coordinates () {
return this.$store.state.lat
}
},
methods: {
sendCityName() {
this.$store.commit('fetchCity', this.cityName)
}
},
}
</script>
Here is my index.vue and getting the error "Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'commit')"
here is my store.js. I want to use the lat and lon across my app.
export const state = () => ({
lat: '',
lon: ''
})
export const mutations = {
SET_LAT(state, payload){
state.lat = payload
},
SET_LON(state, payload){
state.lon = payload
}
}
export const actions = {
async fetchCity({ commit }, cityName) {
// make request
axios.get(
`https://api.openweathermap.org/geo/1.0/direct`, {
params: {
appid: "xxxxxxx",
q: cityName,
}
}).then((response) => {
commit('SET_LAT', response.data[0].lat);
commit('SET_LON', response.data[0].lng);
});
},
};
When I button submit I get the error "Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'commit')"

Answer 1

Here is my working repo with the fixes mentioned below.
There are 3 things in your code:
remove vuex from package.json and run yarn again, that one is already baked into Nuxt as stated in the official documentation, those are the only steps needed
all the files inside of store will be namespaced by default for you, since you do have store/store.js, the proper syntax will be
async sendCityName() {
await this.$store.dispatch('store/fetchCity', this.cityName) // 👈🏻 store prefix
}
since you do use the axios module, you should have the following in your action (using the async/await syntax since it's more modern and preferable)
async fetchCity({ commit }, cityName) {
const response = await this.$axios.get(
`https://api.openweathermap.org/geo/1.0/direct`, {
params: {
appid: "3d91ba5b3c11d13158a2726aab902a0b",
q: cityName,
}
})
commit('SET_LAT', response.data[0].lat)
commit('SET_LON', response.data[0].lng)
}
Looking at the browser's console, you also have some errors to fix.
I can also recommend an ESlint + Prettier configuration so that you keep your code error-proof + properly formatted at all times.