How to pass a axios response to a function

I try this code and get an infinite loop

request.jsx

import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
import axios from 'axios';

export async function getCategories() {
    const [categories,setCategories]= useState();
    try {
       await useEffect(() => {
            axios.get("http://localhost:3001/api/req/categories",).then(function (res) {
                const response = JSON.stringify(res.data)
                setCategories(response);
            });
    
            
   
    
        }, [])
            return categorias;
    } catch (error) {
        console.log(error);
    }

}

item_new.jsx

import { getCategories } from ".request";
import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
const [categorieSelect, setCategorieSelect] = useState();

getCategories().then(response => {
    
    try {
      const res = JSON.parse(response);
     
      setCategorieSelect(res)

    } catch (error) {
      console.log(error)
    }
 console.log(categorieSelect)  // infinite loop
  })

I also try to put a useEffect and get this error

react-dom.development.js:15408 Uncaught (in promise) Error: Invalid hook call. Hooks can only be called inside of the body of a function component. This could happen for one of the following reasons:

1. You might have mismatching versions of React and the renderer (such as React DOM)
2. You might be breaking the Rules of Hooks
3. You might have more than one copy of React in the same app
   See https://reactjs.org/link/invalid-hook-call for tips about how to debug and fix this problem.<

import { getCategories } from ".request";
import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
const [categorieSelect, setCategorieSelect] = useState();

getCategories().then(response => {
    
    try {
      useEffect(()=>{   
      
       const res = JSON.parse(response);
       setCategorieSelect(res)

   },[])
   

    } catch (error) {
      console.log(error)
    }
 console.log(categorieSelect)  // infinite loop
  })