Switched to using useEffect

client/components/panels/news-feed.jsx

@@ -1,23 +1,27 @@
-import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
 import dateFormat from 'dateformat';
 
 //DOCS: props.uri is the address of a live news-server
 const NewsFeed = props => {
 	const [articles, setArticles] = useState(null);
 
-	if (!articles) {
+	useEffect(async () => {
-		fetch(props.uri, {
+		const result = await fetch(props.uri, {
 			method: 'GET',
 			headers: {
 				'Content-Type': 'application/json',
 				'Access-Control-Allow-Origin': '*'
 			},
-		})
+		});
-			.then(blob => blob.json())
+
-			.then(a => setArticles(a))
+		if (!result.ok) {
-			.catch(e => console.error(e))
+			const err = `${result.status}: ${await result.text()}`;
-		;
+			console.log(err);
+			alert(err);
+		} else {
+			setArticles(await result.json());
 		}
+	}, []);
 
 	return (
 		<div>