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React Router Quick Start Guide
React Router Quick Start Guide

React Router Quick Start Guide: Routing in React applications made easy

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React Router Quick Start Guide

Configuring Routes - Using Various Options in the Route Component

React-Router allows you to declaratively define routes using the <Route> component. It's the main building block of React-Router, and renders the component mentioned in the component prop when the path value mentioned in the path prop matches the browser's URL location. The <Route> component, like any other React component, accepts a set of props. These props provide more granular control over how the browser's URL path should match the <Route> component's path, and a couple of other rendering options as well.

In the previous chapter, we briefly saw how a <Route> component is used to match the URL path and render a component. In this chapter, we will take a look at the following:

  • A deep dive into various props that can be added to a <Route> component, such as exact...

Route props

When you look at the source code of React-Router, the <Route> component accepts the following props:

Route.propTypes = {
computedMatch: PropTypes.object, // private, from <Switch>
path: PropTypes.string,
exact: PropTypes.bool,
strict: PropTypes.bool,
sensitive: PropTypes.bool,
component: PropTypes.func,
render: PropTypes.func,
children: PropTypes.oneOfType([PropTypes.func, PropTypes.node]),
location: PropTypes.object
};

Let's take a look at each of these props in the following section.

The exact prop

In our previous <Route> example, let's change the '/home' route path to '/', as shown here:

<div className="container">
...

Route component props

The component that gets rendered when the <Route> path matches the browser's URL path receives certain props, such as history, location, match, and staticContext. The data provided by these props includes information pertaining to the route. The props are available to the component that gets rendered using the component, render, or children props of the <Route> component.

The staticContext property is set when you are rendering the application on the server side and it is not available (as in, set to undefined) in the client-side router that is, when using the <BrowserRouter> interface. Server-side rendering of the application is covered in the upcoming chapters.

History

React-Router...

Route parameters

A <Route> component in React-Router can be configured to accept URL parameters that change for a given object. For example, to display user information for a given userID, the URL path could look like '/user/1' for a user with a userID of '1', and '/user/123' for a user with a userID of '123'. The last portion of the URL is dynamic; however, in each instance, the rendered component would perform the same operation for a given userID.

An example of such a use case is Twitter's profile page. The page accepts twitterID and displays the feed for the given user.

A <Route> component can be configured to accept the dynamic portion in the URL by appending an additional path in the 'to' prop, prefixed with a colon (:) as seen here:

<Route
to='/github/:githubID'
component={GitHubComponent...

Nested routes and dynamic routing

The earlier versions of React-Router required the routes to be defined upfront, and the child routes to be nested inside another route, as seen here:

<Router>
<Route path='/' component={Container}>
<IndexRoute component={Home} />
<Route path='user' component={User}>
<IndexRoute component={Twitter} />
<Route path='instagram' component={Instagram} />
</Route>
</Route>
</Router>

This code can be considered static routing, wherein the route configuration is required by the library when the application initializes. Here, the route with the '/' path serves as the parent of all the routes, and the route with the 'user' path is a child route of '/', and a parent route for the route with the ...

Dynamic routes from JSON

A set of <Route> components can also be generated by looking up an array containing a collection of route configuration options. Each route option should contain the necessary details, such as 'path' and 'component'.

A collection of routes could look like the following:

const STOCK_ROUTES = [
{
path: 'stats',
component: StatsComponent,
},
{
path: 'news',
component: NewsComponent
},
{
path: 'trending',
component: TrendingComponent
}
];

Each object in the preceding array contains a 'path' key specifying the route path, and a 'component' key containing a reference to the component that you want to render when the user visits the route. The preceding collection can then be used inside the component's render method to...

Summary

In this chapter, we learned that the <Route> component can be configured using various props. This includes using the exact prop to render a component only when the browser's URL path matches the value mentioned in the <Route> component's path; using the strict prop in a <Route> component to ensure that the URL path matches the trailing slash mentioned in the path prop; including the sensitive prop to make the path prop value case-sensitive; and using the render and children props for inline rendering. The <Route> component with the children prop renders irrespective of the value specified in the path prop. This is useful in cases where you have several view components in the page layout and these should be rendered irrespective of the value specified in the path prop.

The component rendered as a result of the <Route> path match...

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Key benefits

  • Create nested routes and complex workflows for your applications
  • Learn Routing in server-side rendered applications and in Native mobile applications
  • Understand how Redux bindings for React-Router works using the connected-react-router library

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React Router is the routing library for React, and it can be used in both React Web and React Native applications. This book is a simple way to get started with React Router and harness its full power for your applications. The book starts with an introduction to React Router and teaches you how to create your first route using the React component. You will then learn about configuring your routes, passing parameters, and creating nested routes. You will be introduced to various components in React-Router and learn different configuration options available for these components. You will then see how to use the Redirect and Switch components. For even greater ?exibility, you will learn about BrowserRouter, HashRouter, NativeRouter, and StaticRouter. By the end of the book, you will have set up a project with React Router and make routing configuration work in a server-side rendered React application, a mobile application built with React Native and also understand how Redux and React-Router can be used in the same application.

Who is this book for?

This book is for JavaScript developers who have basic knowledge of React and who want to harness the power and flexibility of React Router

What you will learn

  • Create your first Route using the Route component
  • Protect routes from unauthorized access by using the redirect component
  • Navigate to your defined route using Link and NavLink
  • Configure BrowserRouter and HashRouter using various props
  • Use StaticRouter for routing in server-side rendered React applications
  • Implement routing in a React Native app using react-router-native
  • Using connected-react-router library with React-Router for better state management

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Table of Contents

9 Chapters
Introduction to React Router 4 and Creating Your First Route Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Configuring Routes - Using Various Options in the Route Component Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Using the Link and NavLink Components to Navigate to a Route Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Using the Redirect and Switch Components Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Understanding the Core Router, and Configuring the BrowserRouter and HashRouter components Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Using StaticRouter in a Server-Side Rendered React Application Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Using NativeRouter in a React Native Application Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Redux Bindings with connected-react-router Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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