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TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'map') Trying to Read REST api and display

This is the JSON content gotten from the REST api i am querying

{
    "DataLength": 1,
    "Data": [
        {
            "_id": "619248d9632a4d022bf10b14",
            "email": "********@*******.***",
            "name": "",
            "contactNo": "12345676890",
            "activeStatus": true,
            "leadSource": "Website",
            "leadPerson": [
                "618cdc9f440a5c641e0a273b"
            ],
            "customerLeadId": [
                "61921f1faa24f6068ea5ef36"
            ],
            "estimaitonDate": "",
            "estimaitonSentDate": "",
            "estimaitonStatus": "Process",
            "leadInvoinceNo": "E1000003",
            "createdAt": "2021-11-15T11:47:37.300Z",
            "updatedAt": "2021-11-15T11:47:37.300Z",
            "__v": 0
        }
    ]
}

Now i am trying to put the information into HTML in react to show the information. I used UseEffect and useState to get the information from the REST api.

i used useState like this const [posts, setCustomerData] = useState();
And in the useEffect I do something like this

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useEffect(()=>{
    let token = localStorage.getItem('token');
    fetch('url',{
        method: 'GET',
        mode:'cors',
        headers:{
            'Accept': 'application/json',
            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
            'Authorization': 'Bearer '+token,
        },
    }).then((response)=>response.json())
    .then((responseJson)=>{
        setCustomerData(responseJson.Data);
    })
},[])

and putting into the HTML

    <div className="TablesCustomerWhiteBg__">
        <img src={vis} className="whiteBg__" />
        <input type="button" onClick={toggleModal} value="Add Column" className="AddColumn__" /><span><input type="text" placeholder="  &#xF002;    Search customer by name" className="SearchBox__" /></span>
    </div>
    <div className="dataTableInfos__">
        {posts.map(post=>(                              //starts here 
        <table className="displayTableInfos__">
            <tr>
                <th>Estimate #</th>
                <th>Customer Name</th>
                <th>Software Followup</th>
                <th>Status</th>
                <th>Estimate Date</th>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td align="center">{post.id}</td>
                <td align="center">{post.name}</td>
                <td align="center">mmm</td>
                <td align="center">{post.estimaitonStatus}</td>
                <td align="center">{post.estimaitonDate}</td>
            </tr>

        </table>
        ))}                                     //ends here
    </div>

This is the Error i am getting.

×
TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'map')
DashBoard
D:/react/FrontEnd/src/DashBoard.js:129
  126 |     <img src={vis} className="whiteBg__" />
  127 |     <input type="button" onClick={toggleModal} value="Add Column" className="AddColumn__" /><span><input type="text" placeholder="  &#xF002;    Search customer by name" className="SearchBox__" /></span>
  128 | </div>
> 129 | <div className="dataTableInfos__">
      | ^  130 |     {posts.map(post=>(
  131 |     <table className="displayTableInfos__">
  132 |         <tr>
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▶ 19 stack frames were collapsed.
(anonymous function)
D:/react/modules/Router.js:34
  31 | if (!props.staticContext) {
  32 |   this.unlisten = props.history.listen(location => {
  33 |     if (this._isMounted) {
> 34 |       this.setState({ location });
     | ^  35 |     } else {
  36 |       this._pendingLocation = location;
  37 |     }
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▶ 7 stack frames were collapsed.
(anonymous function)
D:/react/FrontEnd/src/HomePage.js:32
  29 |     //alert(token);
  30 |     localStorage.setItem('userinfo', email);
  31 |     localStorage.setItem('token', token);
> 32 |     history.push('/dashboard');
     | ^  33 | }else{
  34 |     alert(responseJson.error);
  35 | }
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Please I need help here of some sort, How do I resolve this? Why am I getting this Error?

>Solution :

if you look at the code .useEffect is called after first render.when first render appear it get undefined data from your useState.
Solution 1:Default the Variable to an Empty Array

change this // [posts, setCustomerData] = useState()

to this

[posts, setCustomerData] = useState([])

if problem persists.
then try to use Different names for your API data and useState for map.
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