Massive refactor complete

src/components/panels/news.jsx

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+import React from 'react';
+import ReactMarkdown from 'react-markdown/with-html';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+
+class News extends React.Component {
+	constructor(props) {
+		super(props);
+
+		this.state = {
+			//
+		};
+
+		if (props.getFetch) {
+			props.getFetch( () => this.sendRequest('/newsrequest', {length: this.props.length || 10}) );
+		}
+	}
+
+	render() {
+		return (
+			<div className='panel'>
+				{Object.keys(this.state).map((key) => <div key={key}>
+					<ReactMarkdown source={this.state[key]} escapeHtml={false} />
+					<hr className='newsLine' />
+				</div>)}
+			</div>
+		);
+	}
+
+	sendRequest(url, args = {}) { //send a unified request, using my credentials
+		//build the XHR
+		let xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
+		xhr.open('POST', url, true);
+
+		xhr.onreadystatechange = () => {
+			if (xhr.readyState === 4) {
+				if (xhr.status === 200) {
+					let json = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText);
+
+					//on success
+					this.setState(json);
+				}
+				else if (xhr.status === 400 && this.props.setWarning) {
+					this.props.setWarning(xhr.responseText);
+				}
+			}
+		};
+
+		xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=UTF-8');
+		xhr.send(JSON.stringify({
+			//NOTE: No id or token needed for the news
+			...args
+		}));
+	}
+};
+
+News.propTypes = {
+	length: PropTypes.number,
+	setWarning: PropTypes.func,
+	getFetch: PropTypes.func
+};
+
+export default News;