How to redirect in React Router v6?
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I am trying to upgrade to React Router v6 (react-router-dom 6.0.1
).
Here is my updated code:
import { BrowserRouter, Navigate, Route, Routes } from 'react-router-dom';
<BrowserRouter>
<Routes>
<Route path="/" element={<Home />} />
<Route path="/lab" element={<Lab />} />
<Route render={() => <Navigate to="/" />} />
</Routes>
</BrowserRouter>
The last Route
is redirecting the rest of paths to /
.
However, I got an error
> TS2322: Type '{ render: () => Element; }' is not assignable to type 'IntrinsicAttributes & (PathRouteProps | LayoutRouteProps | IndexRouteProps)'. Property 'render' does not exist on type 'IntrinsicAttributes & (PathRouteProps | LayoutRouteProps | IndexRouteProps)'.
However, based on the doc, it does have render
for Route
. How to use it correctly?
Javascript Solutions
Solution 1 - Javascript
I think you should use the no match route approach.
Check this in the documentation.
https://reactrouter.com/docs/en/v6/getting-started/tutorial#adding-a-no-match-route
import { BrowserRouter, Navigate, Route, Routes } from 'react-router-dom';
<BrowserRouter>
<Routes>
<Route path="/" element={<Home />} />
<Route path="/lab" element={<Lab />} />
<Route
path="*"
element={<Navigate to="/" replace />}
/>
</Routes>
</BrowserRouter>
Update - 18/03/2022
To keep the history clean, you should set replace
prop. This will avoid extra redirects after the user click back. Thanks @Paul for this tip.
Solution 2 - Javascript
I found another way to do this:
import { useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
let navigate = useNavigate();
useEffect(() => {
if (LoggedIn){
return navigate("/");
}
},[LoggedIn]);
https://reactrouter.com/docs/en/v6/getting-started/overview#navigation
Solution 3 - Javascript
Create the file RequireAuth.tsx
import { useLocation, Navigate } from "react-router-dom";
import { useAuth } from "../hooks/Auth";
export function RequireAuth({ children }: { children: JSX.Element }) {
let { user } = useAuth();
let location = useLocation();
if (!user) {
return <Navigate to="/" state={{ from: location }} replace />;
} else {
return children;
}
}
Import the component to need user a private router:
import { Routes as Switch, Route } from "react-router-dom";
import { RequireAuth } from "./RequireAuth";
import { SignIn } from "../pages/SignIn";
import { Dashboard } from "../pages/Dashboard";
export function Routes() {
return (
<Switch>
<Route path="/" element={<SignIn />} />
<Route
path="/dashboard"
element={
<RequireAuth>
<Dashboard />
</RequireAuth>
}
/>
</Switch>
);
}
Solution 4 - Javascript
import { useState } from "react"
import { Navigate } from "react-router-dom"
const [login, setLogin] = useState(true)
return (<>
{!login && <Navigate to="/login" />}
<>)
Solution 5 - Javascript
In V5 of react ie. react-router-dom we had Redirect component. But in V6 of react it is updated to Navigate components.
We can pass replace in this components to avoid unnecessary redirects on clicking back and forward option.
Demonstration for usage is attached below :
<Route path="/" element={user ? <Home /> : <Register />} />
<Route path="/login" element={user ? <Navigate to="/" replace /> : <Login />} />
<Route path = "/register" element={user ? <Navigate to="/" replace /> : <Register />} />