You need to clear your interval
,
useEffect(() => {
const intervalId = setInterval(() => { //assign interval to a variable to clear it.
setState(state => ({ data: state.data, error: false, loading: true }))
fetch(url)
.then(data => data.json())
.then(obj =>
Object.keys(obj).map(key => {
let newData = obj[key]
newData.key = key
return newData
})
)
.then(newData => setState({ data: newData, error: false, loading: false }))
.catch(function(error) {
console.log(error)
setState({ data: null, error: true, loading: false })
})
}, 5000)
return () => clearInterval(intervalId); //This is important
}, [url, useState])
For more about cleanup
functions in useEffect
refer to this.