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# First request

This component creates a client, searches for a food, and shows the result. It uses the `tokenProvider` from [Authentication](/client-sdks/react-native-sdk/getting-started/authentication.md).

```tsx
import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
import { Text } from 'react-native';
import { JanuaryClient } from '@januaryai/react-native';
import { tokenProvider } from './januaryTokenProvider';

export function FirstRequest({ userId }: { userId: string }) {
  const [status, setStatus] = useState('Searching…');

  useEffect(() => {
    const january = new JanuaryClient({
      endUserId: userId,
      timezone: Intl.DateTimeFormat().resolvedOptions().timeZone,
      clientTokenProvider: tokenProvider,
    });
    january.foods
      .search({ query: 'greek yogurt', category: 'generic', limit: 10 })
      .then(
        (results) => setStatus(`Found ${results.totalCount} foods`),
        (error: { code?: string; message: string }) =>
          setStatus(`${error.code ?? 'error'}: ${error.message}`)
      );
    return () => january.dispose();
  }, [userId]);

  return <Text>{status}</Text>;
}
```

Render it with the signed-in user's end-user ID. Any count, even 0, means the installation and authentication work. `scope_insufficient` means the token lacks `foods:read`. Other codes are in [Errors](/client-sdks/react-native-sdk/reference/errors.md), and [Troubleshooting](/client-sdks/react-native-sdk/reference/troubleshooting.md) covers the common setup failures.

To log a food, the app needs a serving and a quantity as well; see [Food details and portions](/client-sdks/react-native-sdk/concepts/food-hydration-and-portions.md).

Next: [Example app](/client-sdks/react-native-sdk/getting-started/example-app.md).