How to programmatically trigger click event in React?

You could use the ref prop to acquire a reference to the underlying HTMLInputElement object through a callback, store the reference as a class property, then use that reference to later trigger a click from your event handlers using the HTMLElement.click method.

This can be done in two steps:

Create ref in render method:
```
<input ref={(input) => (this.inputElement = input)} />
```
Apply click event in your event handler:
```
this.inputElement.click();
```