componentDidMount not running after calling browserHistory.push("/url")

@codyc4321 try self.props.router.push('/url')

don't put API calls in a component lifecycle.

create an action

function getUserInfo(payload) {
  // do axios
  return { 
      type: 'GET_USER_INFO',
      payload: result_of_your_api_call,
      error: false/true
  };
}

create reducer for this action and mutate state in reducer

after that, you need to matStateToProps and mapDispatchToProps

connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(YourMagicComponent)

that connects your component and your redux

After that, you get a redux state in your component. For more information please read this http://redux.js.org/docs/basics/ExampleTodoList.html

Remember 1. when component initialized it hasn't any data in props except defaultProps. 2. componentDidMount doesn't know anything outside component (available only default props and props defined before component mounted) 3. if you need to do something in componentWillUpdate you need to define rules for update that's component

componentWillUpdate(nextProps) {
  this.setState(key: nextProps.key)
}

shouldComponentUpdate(nextProps, nextState) {
  // fix for your update
  if (this.state.key !== nextProps.key) {
     return true;
  }
}