Action Reference

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’Ό Great! So this is what our Node.js loader does to the actions.js module:
'use server'

import * as db from '../db/ship-api.js'

export async function updateShipName(previousState, formData) {
	try {
		await db.updateShipName({
			shipId: formData.get('shipId'),
			shipName: formData.get('shipName'),
		})
		return { status: 'success', message: 'Success!' }
	} catch (error) {
		return { status: 'error', message: error?.message || String(error) }
	}
}

import { registerServerReference } from 'react-server-dom-esm/server'
registerServerReference(
	updateShipName,
	'file:///Users/kentcdodds/code/epicweb-dev/react-server-components/playground/ui/actions.js',
	'updateShipName',
)
The registerServerReference function attaches this additional information onto our updateShipName function:
{
	"$$typeof": "Symbol(react.server.reference)",
	"$$id": "file:///Users/kentcdodds/code/epicweb-dev/react-server-components/playground/ui/actions.js#updateShipName",
	"$$bound": null,
	"bind": "function bind() {\n  // $FlowFixMe[unsupported-syntax]\n  var newFn = FunctionBind.apply(this, arguments);\n\n  if (this.$$typeof === SERVER_REFERENCE_TAG) {\n    // $FlowFixMe[method-unbinding]\n    var args = ArraySlice.call(arguments, 1);\n    return Object.defineProperties(newFn, {\n      $$typeof: {\n        value: SERVER_REFERENCE_TAG\n      },\n      $$id: {\n        value: this.$$id\n      },\n      $$bound: {\n        value: this.$$bound ? this.$$bound.concat(args) : args\n      },\n      bind: {\n        value: bind\n      }\n    });\n  }\n\n  return newFn;\n}"
}
The serialized version of this function looks like this in our RSC payload:
d:{"id":"file:///Users/kentcdodds/code/epicweb-dev/react-server-components/playground/ui/actions.js#updateShipName","bound":null}
So it's the path to the module + # + the name of the function. This is how we can find it on the server when the user submits the form. Let's get that passed along to the server next!
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