I'm learning to use React JS.
I have the following page.
Home
Login
Note
Create Note
My case is as follows.
Home can be accessed without logging in
Note and create notes cannot be accessed without logging in
How to make the case above work?
Here's the code snippet I made:
index.js
import App from "./App";
import * as serviceWorker from "./serviceWorker";
ReactDOM.render(
<BrowserRouter> // from "react-router-dom"
<App />
</BrowserRouter>,
document.getElementById("root")
);
serviceWorker.unregister();
App.js as entry home page
import React, { Component } from "react";
import AuthService from "./services/auth.service";
import Routes from "./config/routes";
// Lot of import bootstrap dan font-awesome and css
class App extends Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.logOut = this.logOut.bind(this);
this.state = {
currentUser: undefined,
backendSupportInformation: undefined,
};
}
componentDidMount() {
const user = AuthService.getCurrentUser();
if (user) {
this.setState({
currentUser: user,
backendSupportInformation: user.backend,
});
}
}
logOut() {
AuthService.logout();
}
render() {
const { currentUser, backendSupportInformation } = this.state;
return (
<div>
<header>
<nav className="navbar navbar-expand-sm navbar-dark bg-dark">
// some of link here
</nav>
</header>
<main role="main" className="container-fluid mt-3">
<Routes /> // use react-route-dom
</main>
</div>
);
}
}
export default App;
Routes.js
import React from "react";
import { Route, Switch } from "react-router-dom";
const Routes = () => {
return (
<Switch>
<Route exact path={["/", "/home"]} component={Home} />
<Route exact path="/login" component={Login} />
<Route exact path="/note" component={Note} />
<Route exact path="/note/create" component={NoteCreate} />
<Route exact path="/profile" component={Profile} />
</Switch>
);
};
export default Routes;
Now i am doing in NoteComponent like this.
NoteComponent
export default class Note extends Component {
state = {
redirect: null,
userReady: false,
};
componentDidMount() {
const currentUser = AuthService.getCurrentUser();
if (!currentUser) this.setState({ redirect: "/home" });
this.setState({ currentUser: currentUser, userReady: true });
this.retrieveAll();
}
render() {
if (this.state.redirect) {
// pass message that you need login first to access this note page
return <Redirect to={this.state.redirect} />;
}
}
I dont want to repeat my self into NoteCreate Component?
Any advice it so appreciated.
Just as a note to start, not sure which resources you're using to learn React, but as of now I would highly recommend you look into a modern course which teaches React with Hooks, aside from to get error boundaries (which with react-error-boundary) there is no reason to be writing class components.
Regarding the issue at hand, you didn't specifically mention any errors so this seems to be a question of "how should I go about this" as opposed to actually fixing something? Let me know if theres specific errors and I'll try to adjust my answer to help further.
I would recommend refactoring the logic you have in your Note component into a component of itself, so that you can wrap your routes with it. Store the information for whether they're authenticated into a context, and then wrap your routes with that context provider so you can consume that context in your child components, without duplicating that logic on each page.
You need to create a RouterWithAuth Component and use that instead of using Router directly, something like this:
export default class RouteWithAuth extends Component {
state = {
redirect: null,
userReady: false,
};
componentDidMount() {
const currentUser = AuthService.getCurrentUser();
if (!currentUser) this.setState({ redirect: "/home" });
this.setState({ currentUser: currentUser, userReady: true });
this.retrieveAll();
}
render() {
const { redirect, userReady } = this.state;
if (redirect) {
// pass message that you need login first to access this note page
return <Redirect to={this.state.redirect} />;
} else if (userReady) {
return (
<Route
exact={props.exact}
path={props.path}
component={props.component}
/>
);
} else {
return <div>Loading....</div>;
}
}
}
which a cleaner way of creating RouteWithAuth might be to use React Function Component like this:
export default function RouteWithAuth() {
const [redirect, setRedirect] = useState(null);
const [userReady, setUserReady] = useState(false);
useEffect(() => {
const currentUser = AuthService.getCurrentUser();
if (!currentUser) {
setRedirect("/home");
return;
}
//Do Something with the currentUser such as storing it in redux store or in context for later use cases
setUserReady(true);
}, []);
if (redirect) {
return <Redirect to={redirect} />;
} else if (userReady) {
return (
<Route
exact={props.exact}
path={props.path}
component={props.component}
/>
);
} else {
return <div>Loading....</div>;
}
}
I hope your all staying and are well. I'm having trouble redirecting. The project im building makes a api request on a search and displays the images from Flickr to the DOM. I have NavLinks that take the user to pre loaded images from Flickr such as 'Mountains' and loads a route respectively E.G http://localhost:3000/Mountains. When I make another search I would like the route to go back to the home route. Cheers Guys :)
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { Redirect} from 'react-router-dom';
import '../index.css';
export default class SearchBar extends Component {
//setting the state of the search text to empty string.
state = {
textInput: ''
}
//this function changes the search text state to value sumbited in the input field
onSearchChange = e => {
this.setState({ textInput: e.target.value });
}
//handleSubmit changes stops the default refresh of the page.
//Then it takes the onSearch property set in the SearchBar route
//After search is then complete it is then reset to empty.
handleSubmit = e => {
e.preventDefault();
this.props.onSearch(this.query.value);
e.currentTarget.reset()
}
//builds out what is to display to the dom.
render () {
return (
<Redirect to="/" />
<div>
<h1>Photo Generator</h1>
<form className="search-form" onSubmit={this.handleSubmit} >
<input type="search"
onChange={this.onSearchChange}
placeholder="Search..."
ref={(input) => this.query = input}
className="search-form"/>
<button type="submit" id="submit" onSubmit={this.handleSubmit} className="search-form button">
<i className="search-form button:hover"></i>
</button>
</form>
</div>
);
}
}
api call from app.js
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import {BrowserRouter, Route, Switch} from 'react-router-dom';
import axios from 'axios';
import PhotoList from './Components/PhotoList';
import Nav from './Components/Nav';
import NotFound from './Components/NotFound';
import SearchBar from './Components/SearchBar';
import Waterfall from './Components/Waterfall';
import Sunsets from './Components/Sunsets';
import Mountains from './Components/Mountains';
import './index.css';
import apiKey from './config';
//importing all nesssary components to the app.
//setting the set have to a onject with an empty array on pictures
export default class App extends Component {
constructor() {
super();
this.state = {
pictures: [],
sunsets: [],
waterfalls: [],
mountains: [],
loading: true
};
};
//componentDidMount calls when everything on the page as been rendered and makes the API request.
componentDidMount() {
this.performSearch();
}
//using axios to automatically take the data from Flickr and convert it JSON.
//It then sets the pictures array in state to the JSON data from Flickr
// matching the input from the user in the search bar.
//If there is an error with request perfromSearch will catch it.
performSearch = (query = 'Flowers') => {
axios.get(`API KEY`)
.then(response => {
this.setState({
pictures: response.data.photos.photo
});
})
.catch(error => {
console.log('API request failed', error)
})
}
//rendering all of the routes and paths for the projet.
// <Photo/> gets passed the data from the API request so that it can be acessed in the photo component.
render () {
return (
<BrowserRouter>
<div>
<SearchBar onSearch={this.performSearch} />
<Nav />
<Switch>
<Route exact path="/" />
<Route path="/notfound" render={ () => <NotFound /> } />
<Route path="/waterfall" render={ () => <Waterfall data={this.state.waterfalls}/> } />
<Route path="/sunsets" render={ () => <Sunsets data={this.state.sunsets}/> } />
<Route path="/mountains" render={ () => <Mountains data={this.state.mountains} /> } />
</Switch>
<PhotoList data={this.state.pictures}/>
</div>
</BrowserRouter>
);
}
}
I am trying to create a PrivateRoute(HOC) to test if a user has been authenticated(check is 'auth' exist in redux store) before sending them to the actual route. The issue is the privateroute finishes before my auth shows up in redux store.
The console.log runs twice, the first time, auth doesnt appear in the store, but it does the second time, but by that time, its already routed the user to the login screen.... How can I give enough time for the fetch to finish? I know how to do this condition when I simply want to display something conditionally(like login/logout buttons) but this same approach does not work when trying to conditionally route someone.
import React, { Component } from 'react'
import { connect } from 'react-redux'
import { Route } from 'react-router-dom'
class PrivateRoute extends Component {
render() {
const { component: Component, ...rest } = this.props
console.log(this.props)
return (
<Route {...rest} render={(props) => (props.auth ? <Component {...props} /> : props.history.push('/login'))} />
)
}
}
function mapStateToProps({ auth }) {
return { auth }
}
export default connect(mapStateToProps)(PrivateRoute)
I didn't use redux here, but I think you would get the main point. Hope this will help and feel free to ask any questions!
import React, { Component } from "react";
import { BrowserRouter, Route, Switch, Redirect } from "react-router-dom";
import Dashboard from "path/to/pages/Dashboard";
class App extends Component {
state = {
isLoggedIn: null,
};
componentDidMount () {
// to survive F5
// when page is refreshed all your in-memory stuff
// is gone
this.setState({ isLoggedIn: !!localStorage.getItem("sessionID") });
}
render () {
return (
<BrowserRouter>
<Switch>
<PrivateRoute
path="/dashboard"
component={Dashboard}
isLoggedIn={this.state.isLoggedIn}
/>
<Route path="/login" component={Login} />
{/* if no url was matched -> goto login page */}
<Redirect to="/login" />
</Switch>
</BrowserRouter>
);
}
}
class PrivateRoute extends Component {
render () {
const { component: Component, isLoggedIn, ...rest } = this.props;
return (
<Route
{...rest}
render={props =>
isLoggedIn ? <Component {...props} /> : <Redirect to="/login" />
}
/>
);
}
}
class Login extends Component {
state = {
login: "",
password: "",
sessionID: null,
};
componentDidMount () {
localStorage.removeItem("sessionID");
}
handleFormSubmit = () => {
fetch({
url: "/my-app/auth",
method: "post",
body: JSON.strigify(this.state),
})
.then(response => response.json())
.then(data => {
localStorage.setItem("sessionID", data.ID);
this.setState({ sessionID: data.ID });
})
.catch(e => {
// error handling stuff
});
};
render () {
const { sessionID } = this.state;
if (sessionID) {
return <Redirect to="/" />;
}
return <div>{/* login form with it's logic */}</div>;
}
}
When your action creator return the token, you need to store it in localStorage. and then you can createstore like below,
const store = createStore(
reducers,
{ auth: { authenticated : localStorage.getItem('token') }},
applyMiddleware(reduxThunk)
)
if user already logged in then token will be there. and initial state will set the token in store so you no need to call any action creator.
Now you need to secure your components by checking if user is logged in or not. Here's the HOC for do that,
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { connect } from 'react-redux';
export default ChildComponent => {
class ComposedComponent extends Component {
componentDidMount() {
this.shouldNavigateAway();
}
componentDidUpdate() {
this.shouldNavigateAway();
}
shouldNavigateAway() {
if (!this.props.auth) {
this.props.history.push('/');
}
}
render() {
return <ChildComponent {...this.props} />;
}
}
function mapStateToProps(state) {
return { auth: state.auth.authenticated };
}
return connect(mapStateToProps)(ComposedComponent);
};
I have a App component where user login into the application and the remaining components must verify auth guard before rendering, otherwise redirect to login page i.e. App component.
I am trying to pass the state variable from App component to the child components via a PrivateRouter as my auth guard. But its not working. Before this i have tried also using react-router v4 to use render inside the route.
App.js
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import axios from 'axios';
import history from './History';
import './App.css';
class App extends Component {
constructor(){
super();
this.state = {
username: '',
password: '',
authenticated: false
};
this.handleUserChange = this.handleUserChange.bind(this);
this.handleSubmit = this.handleSubmit.bind(this);
}
handleSubmit(event){
event.preventDefault();
axios.post('https://api.github.com/user',{}, {
auth: {
username: this.state.username,
password: this.state.password
}
}).then((response) => {
console.log(response.data);
this.setState({
authenticated : true,
});
history.push({pathname: '/home', state: { detail: response.data }});
history.go('/home');
}).catch(function(error) {
this.setState({
authenticated : false,
});
console.log('Error on Authentication' + error);
});
}
handleUserChange(event){
this.setState({
username : event.target.value,
});
}
handlePasswordChange = event => {
this.setState({
password: event.target.value
});
}
render() {
return (
<div className='loginForm'>
<form onSubmit={this.handleSubmit}>
<label>
username :
<input type="text" value={this.state.username} onChange={this.handleUserChange} required/>
</label>
<label>
password :
<input type="password" value={this.state.password} onChange={this.handlePasswordChange} required/>
</label>
<input type="submit" value="LogIn" />
</form>
</div>
);
}
}
export default App;
index.js
import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import './index.css';
import App from './App';
import registerServiceWorker from './registerServiceWorker';
import PrivateRoute from './PrivateRoute';
import {
Router,
Redirect,
Route,
Switch
} from "react-router-dom";
import Home from './Home';
import User from './User';
import history from './History';
ReactDOM.render(
<Router history={history}>
<Switch>
<Route path="/" exact component={App} />
<PrivateRoute path="/home" component={Home} />
<PrivateRoute path="/user" component={User} />
</Switch>
</Router>,
document.getElementById('root'));
registerServiceWorker();
Home.js
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import axios from 'axios';
import Autosuggest from 'react-autosuggest';
import './Home.css';
import history from './History';
// When suggestion is clicked, Autosuggest needs to populate the input
// based on the clicked suggestion. Teach Autosuggest how to calculate the
// input value for every given suggestion.
const getSuggestionValue = suggestion => suggestion;
// Use your imagination to render suggestions.
const renderSuggestion = suggestion => (
<div>
{suggestion}
</div>
);
class Home extends Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
// Autosuggest is a controlled component.
// This means that you need to provide an input value
// and an onChange handler that updates this value (see below).
// Suggestions also need to be provided to the Autosuggest,
// and they are initially empty because the Autosuggest is closed.
this.state = {
value: '',
suggestions: [],
timeout: 0
};
}
onChange = (event, { newValue }) => {
this.setState({
value: newValue
});
console.log('=====++++ ' + newValue);
};
onSuggestionSelected = (event, { suggestion, suggestionValue, suggestionIndex, sectionIndex, method }) => {
console.log("Get the user +++++++++ " + suggestionValue);
if(suggestionValue && suggestionValue.length >= 1){
axios.get('https://api.github.com/users/'+ suggestionValue)
.then((response) => {
console.log("user selected : "+ response.data.avatar_url);
history.push({pathname: '/user', state: { detail: response.data }});
history.go('/user');
}).catch(function(error) {
console.log('Error on Authentication' + error);
});
}
};
// Autosuggest will call this function every time you need to update suggestions.
// You already implemented this logic above, so just use it.
onSuggestionsFetchRequested = ({ value }) => {
if(this.timeout) clearTimeout(this.timeout);
this.timeout = setTimeout(() => {
this.getSuggestions();
}, 500);
};
getSuggestions = () =>{
if(this.state.value && this.state.value.length >= 1){
axios.get('https://api.github.com/search/users',{
params: {
q: this.state.value,
in:'login',
type:'Users'
}
}).then((response) => {
console.log("users login : "+ response.data.items);
const userNames = response.data.items.map(item => item.login);
console.log("===== " + userNames);
this.setState({
suggestions: userNames
})
}).catch(function(error) {
console.log('Error on Authentication' + error);
});
}
};
// Autosuggest will call this function every time you need to clear suggestions.
onSuggestionsClearRequested = () => {
this.setState({
suggestions: []
});
};
render(){
const { value, suggestions } = this.state;
// Autosuggest will pass through all these props to the input.
const inputProps = {
placeholder: 'Type a userName',
value,
onChange: this.onChange
};
return (
<div>
<div>
Home page {this.props.location.state.detail.login}
</div>
<div>
<Autosuggest
suggestions={suggestions}
onSuggestionsFetchRequested={this.onSuggestionsFetchRequested}
onSuggestionsClearRequested={this.onSuggestionsClearRequested}
getSuggestionValue={getSuggestionValue}
renderSuggestion={renderSuggestion}
inputProps={inputProps}
onSuggestionSelected={this.onSuggestionSelected}
/>
</div>
</div>
);
}
}
export default Home;
PrivateRouter.js
import React from 'react';
import {
Redirect,
Route,
} from "react-router-dom";
const PrivateRoute = ({ component: Component, ...rest }) => (
<Route
{...rest}
render={props =>
props.authenticated ? (
<Component {...props} />
) : (
<Redirect
to={{
pathname: "/",
state: { from: props.location }
}}
/>
)
}
/>
);
export default PrivateRoute;
How can pass state variable authenticated to PrivateRouter or is there any better way of doing this?
I am using the last version react-router module, named react-router-dom, that has become the default when developing web applications with React. I want to know how to make a redirection after a POST request. I have been making this code, but after the request, nothing happens. I review on the web, but all the data is about previous versions of the react router, and no with the last update.
Code:
import React, { PropTypes } from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import { BrowserRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
import { Redirect } from 'react-router'
import SignUpForm from '../../register/components/SignUpForm';
import styles from './PagesStyles.css';
import axios from 'axios';
import Footer from '../../shared/components/Footer';
class SignUpPage extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {
errors: {},
client: {
userclient: '',
clientname: '',
clientbusinessname: '',
password: '',
confirmPassword: ''
}
};
this.processForm = this.processForm.bind(this);
this.changeClient = this.changeClient.bind(this);
}
changeClient(event) {
const field = event.target.name;
const client = this.state.client;
client[field] = event.target.value;
this.setState({
client
});
}
async processForm(event) {
event.preventDefault();
const userclient = this.state.client.userclient;
const clientname = this.state.client.clientname;
const clientbusinessname = this.state.client.clientbusinessname;
const password = this.state.client.password;
const confirmPassword = this.state.client.confirmPassword;
const formData = { userclient, clientname, clientbusinessname, password, confirmPassword };
axios.post('/signup', formData, { headers: {'Accept': 'application/json'} })
.then((response) => {
this.setState({
errors: {}
});
<Redirect to="/"/> // Here, nothings happens
}).catch((error) => {
const errors = error.response.data.errors ? error.response.data.errors : {};
errors.summary = error.response.data.message;
this.setState({
errors
});
});
}
render() {
return (
<div className={styles.section}>
<div className={styles.container}>
<img src={require('./images/lisa_principal_bg.png')} className={styles.fullImageBackground} />
<SignUpForm
onSubmit={this.processForm}
onChange={this.changeClient}
errors={this.state.errors}
client={this.state.client}
/>
<Footer />
</div>
</div>
);
}
}
export default SignUpPage;
You have to use setState to set a property that will render the <Redirect> inside your render() method.
E.g.
class MyComponent extends React.Component {
state = {
redirect: false
}
handleSubmit () {
axios.post(/**/)
.then(() => this.setState({ redirect: true }));
}
render () {
const { redirect } = this.state;
if (redirect) {
return <Redirect to='/somewhere'/>;
}
return <RenderYourForm/>;
}
You can also see an example in the official documentation: https://reacttraining.com/react-router/web/example/auth-workflow
That said, I would suggest you to put the API call inside a service or something. Then you could just use the history object to route programatically. This is how the integration with redux works.
But I guess you have your reasons to do it this way.
Here a small example as response to the title as all mentioned examples are complicated in my opinion as well as the official one.
You should know how to transpile es2015 as well as make your server able to handle the redirect. Here is a snippet for express. More info related to this can be found here.
Make sure to put this below all other routes.
const app = express();
app.use(express.static('distApp'));
/**
* Enable routing with React.
*/
app.get('*', (req, res) => {
res.sendFile(path.resolve('distApp', 'index.html'));
});
This is the .jsx file. Notice how the longest path comes first and get's more general. For the most general routes use the exact attribute.
// Relative imports
import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import { BrowserRouter, Route, Switch, Redirect } from 'react-router-dom';
// Absolute imports
import YourReactComp from './YourReactComp.jsx';
const root = document.getElementById('root');
const MainPage= () => (
<div>Main Page</div>
);
const EditPage= () => (
<div>Edit Page</div>
);
const NoMatch = () => (
<p>No Match</p>
);
const RoutedApp = () => (
<BrowserRouter >
<Switch>
<Route path="/items/:id" component={EditPage} />
<Route exact path="/items" component={MainPage} />
<Route path="/yourReactComp" component={YourReactComp} />
<Route exact path="/" render={() => (<Redirect to="/items" />)} />
<Route path="*" component={NoMatch} />
</Switch>
</BrowserRouter>
);
ReactDOM.render(<RoutedApp />, root);
React Router v5 now allows you to simply redirect using history.push() thanks to the useHistory() hook:
import { useHistory } from "react-router-dom"
function HomeButton() {
let history = useHistory()
function handleClick() {
history.push("/home")
}
return (
<button type="button" onClick={handleClick}>
Go home
</button>
)
}
Simply call it inside any function you like.
this.props.history.push('/main');
Try something like this.
import React, { PropTypes } from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import { BrowserRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
import { Redirect } from 'react-router'
import SignUpForm from '../../register/components/SignUpForm';
import styles from './PagesStyles.css';
import axios from 'axios';
import Footer from '../../shared/components/Footer';
class SignUpPage extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {
errors: {},
callbackResponse: null,
client: {
userclient: '',
clientname: '',
clientbusinessname: '',
password: '',
confirmPassword: ''
}
};
this.processForm = this.processForm.bind(this);
this.changeClient = this.changeClient.bind(this);
}
changeClient(event) {
const field = event.target.name;
const client = this.state.client;
client[field] = event.target.value;
this.setState({
client
});
}
processForm(event) {
event.preventDefault();
const userclient = this.state.client.userclient;
const clientname = this.state.client.clientname;
const clientbusinessname = this.state.client.clientbusinessname;
const password = this.state.client.password;
const confirmPassword = this.state.client.confirmPassword;
const formData = { userclient, clientname, clientbusinessname, password, confirmPassword };
axios.post('/signup', formData, { headers: {'Accept': 'application/json'} })
.then((response) => {
this.setState({
callbackResponse: {response.data},
});
}).catch((error) => {
const errors = error.response.data.errors ? error.response.data.errors : {};
errors.summary = error.response.data.message;
this.setState({
errors
});
});
}
const renderMe = ()=>{
return(
this.state.callbackResponse
? <SignUpForm
onSubmit={this.processForm}
onChange={this.changeClient}
errors={this.state.errors}
client={this.state.client}
/>
: <Redirect to="/"/>
)}
render() {
return (
<div className={styles.section}>
<div className={styles.container}>
<img src={require('./images/lisa_principal_bg.png')} className={styles.fullImageBackground} />
{renderMe()}
<Footer />
</div>
</div>
);
}
}
export default SignUpPage;
Update for react-router-dom v6, there is a useNavigate hook for condtional redirection and Link component
import { useEffect } from 'react';
import { useNavigate, Link } from 'react-router-dom';
export default function Example(): JSX.Element {
const navigate = useNavigate();
useEffect(() => {
...
if(true) { // conditional redirection
navigate('/not-found', { replace: true });
}
}, []);
return (
<>
...
<Link to="/home"> Home </Link> // relative link navigation to /home
...
</>
);
}
useNavigate
Relative Link Component
Alternatively, you can use withRouter. You can get access to the history object's properties and the closest <Route>'s match via the withRouter higher-order component. withRouter will pass updated match, location, and history props to the wrapped component whenever it renders.
import React from "react"
import PropTypes from "prop-types"
import { withRouter } from "react-router"
// A simple component that shows the pathname of the current location
class ShowTheLocation extends React.Component {
static propTypes = {
match: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
location: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
history: PropTypes.object.isRequired
}
render() {
const { match, location, history } = this.props
return <div>You are now at {location.pathname}</div>
}
}
// Create a new component that is "connected" (to borrow redux
// terminology) to the router.
const ShowTheLocationWithRouter = withRouter(ShowTheLocation)
Or just:
import { withRouter } from 'react-router-dom'
const Button = withRouter(({ history }) => (
<button
type='button'
onClick={() => { history.push('/new-location') }}
>
Click Me!
</button>
))
The problem I run into is I have an existing IIS machine. I then deploy a static React app to it. When you use router, the URL that displays is actually virtual, not real. If you hit F5 it goes to IIS, not index.js, and your return will be 404 file not found. How I resolved it was simple. I have a public folder in my react app. In that public folder I created the same folder name as the virtual routing. In this folder, I have an index.html with the following code:
<script>
{
sessionStorage.setItem("redirect", "/ansible/");
location.href = "/";
}
</script>
Now what this does is for this session, I'm adding the "routing" path I want it to go. Then inside my App.js I do this (Note ... is other code but too much to put here for a demo):
import React, { Component } from "react";
import { Route, Link } from "react-router-dom";
import { BrowserRouter as Router } from "react-router-dom";
import { Redirect } from 'react-router';
import Ansible from "./Development/Ansible";
import Code from "./Development/Code";
import Wood from "./WoodWorking";
import "./App.css";
class App extends Component {
render() {
const redirect = sessionStorage.getItem("redirect");
if(redirect) {
sessionStorage.removeItem("redirect");
}
return (
<Router>
{redirect ?<Redirect to={redirect}/> : ""}
<div className="App">
...
<Link to="/">
<li>Home</li>
</Link>
<Link to="/dev">
<li>Development</li>
</Link>
<Link to="/wood">
<li>Wood Working</li>
</Link>
...
<Route
path="/"
exact
render={(props) => (
<Home {...props} />
)}
/>
<Route
path="/dev"
render={(props) => (
<Code {...props} />
)}
/>
<Route
path="/wood"
render={(props) => (
<Wood {...props} />
)}
/>
<Route
path="/ansible/"
exact
render={(props) => (
<Ansible {...props} checked={this.state.checked} />
)}
/>
...
</Router>
);
}
}
export default App;
Actual usage: chizl.com
EDIT: changed from localStorage to sessionStorage. sessionStorage goes away when you close the tab or browser and cannot be read by other tabs in your browser.
NOTE: Answering just the title of the question
Previous Version
<Redirect from="/old-url" to="/new-url" />
Latest version
<Route path="/old-url" element={<Navigate to="/new-url" />} />
In v6 of react-router you can accomplish this using <Navigate/> tag as there is no <Redirect/> Component.
In my case. I was required to maintain the connection to the server between /Home route and /chat route; setting window.location to something would re-render that destroys client-server connection I did this.
<div className="home-container">
{redirect && <Navigate to="/chat"/>}
<div className="home__title">
....
<div className="home__group-list" onClick={handleJoin}>
</div>
const [redirect, doRedirect] = useState(false)
handleJoin changes the state of redirect to true.
you can write a hoc for this purpose and write a method call redirect, here is the code:
import React, {useState} from 'react';
import {Redirect} from "react-router-dom";
const RedirectHoc = (WrappedComponent) => () => {
const [routName, setRoutName] = useState("");
const redirect = (to) => {
setRoutName(to);
};
if (routName) {
return <Redirect to={"/" + routName}/>
}
return (
<>
<WrappedComponent redirect={redirect}/>
</>
);
};
export default RedirectHoc;
"react": "^16.3.2",
"react-dom": "^16.3.2",
"react-router-dom": "^4.2.2"
For navigate to another page (About page in my case), I installed prop-types. Then I import it in the corresponding component.And I used this.context.router.history.push('/about').And it gets navigated.
My code is,
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import '../assets/mystyle.css';
import { Redirect } from 'react-router';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
export default class Header extends Component {
viewAbout() {
this.context.router.history.push('/about')
}
render() {
return (
<header className="App-header">
<div className="myapp_menu">
<input type="button" value="Home" />
<input type="button" value="Services" />
<input type="button" value="Contact" />
<input type="button" value="About" onClick={() => { this.viewAbout() }} />
</div>
</header>
)
}
}
Header.contextTypes = {
router: PropTypes.object
};
Alternatively, you can use React conditional rendering.
import { Redirect } from "react-router";
import React, { Component } from 'react';
class UserSignup extends Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {
redirect: false
}
}
render() {
<React.Fragment>
{ this.state.redirect && <Redirect to="/signin" /> } // you will be redirected to signin route
}
</React.Fragment>
}
Hi if you are using react-router v-6.0.0-beta or V6 in This version Redirect Changes to Navigate like this
import { Navigate } from 'react-router-dom'; // like this CORRECT in v6
import { Redirect } from 'react-router-dom'; // like this CORRECT in v5
import { Redirect } from 'react-router-dom'; // like this WRONG in v6
// This will give you error in V6 of react-router and react-router dom
please make sure use both same version in package.json
{
"react-router": "^6.0.0-beta.0", //Like this
"react-router-dom": "^6.0.0-beta.0", // like this
}
this above things only works well in react Router Version 6
The simplest solution to navigate to another component is( Example
navigates to mails component by click on icon):
<MailIcon
onClick={ () => { this.props.history.push('/mails') } }
/>
To navigate to another component you can use this.props.history.push('/main');
import React, { Component, Fragment } from 'react'
class Example extends Component {
redirect() {
this.props.history.push('/main')
}
render() {
return (
<Fragment>
{this.redirect()}
</Fragment>
);
}
}
export default Example
I found that place to put the redirect complent of react-router is in the method render, but if you want to redirect after some validation, by example, the best way to redirect is using the old reliable, window.location.href, i.e.:
evalSuccessResponse(data){
if(data.code===200){
window.location.href = urlOneSignHome;
}else{
//TODO Something
}
}
When you are programming React Native never will need to go outside of the app, and the mechanism to open another app is completely different.