How to do a redirect to another route with react-router?

Question

I am trying to do A SIMPLE using react-router ( version ^1.0.3 ) to redirect to another view and I am just getting tired.

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Answer 1

1) react-router > V5 useHistory hook:

If you have React >= 16.8 and functional components you can use the useHistory hook from react-router.

import React from 'react';
import { useHistory } from 'react-router-dom';

const YourComponent = () => {
    const history = useHistory();

    const handleClick = () => {
        history.push("/path/to/push");
    }

    return (
        

            
        
    );
}

export default YourComponent;

2) react-router > V4 withRouter HOC:

As @ambar mentioned in the comments, React-router has changed their code base since their V4. Here are the documentations - official, withRouter

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { withRouter } from "react-router-dom";

class YourComponent extends Component {
    handleClick = () => {
        this.props.history.push("path/to/push");
    }

    render() {
        return (
            

                
            
        );
    };
}

export default withRouter(YourComponent);

3) React-router < V4 with browserHistory

You can achieve this functionality using react-router BrowserHistory. Code below:

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { browserHistory } from 'react-router';

export default class YourComponent extends Component {
    handleClick = () => {
        browserHistory.push('/login');
    };

    render() {
        return (
            

                
            
        );
    };
}

4) Redux connected-react-router

If you have connected your component with redux, and have configured connected-react-router all you have to do is this.props.history.push("/new/url"); ie, you don't need withRouter HOC to inject history to the component props.

// reducers.js
import { combineReducers } from 'redux';
import { connectRouter } from 'connected-react-router';

export default (history) => combineReducers({
    router: connectRouter(history),
    ... // rest of your reducers
});


// configureStore.js
import { createBrowserHistory } from 'history';
import { applyMiddleware, compose, createStore } from 'redux';
import { routerMiddleware } from 'connected-react-router';
import createRootReducer from './reducers';
...
export const history = createBrowserHistory();

export default function configureStore(preloadedState) {
    const store = createStore(
        createRootReducer(history), // root reducer with router state
        preloadedState,
        compose(
            applyMiddleware(
                routerMiddleware(history), // for dispatching history actions
                // ... other middlewares ...
            ),
        ),
    );

    return store;
}


// set up other redux requirements like for eg. in index.js
import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
import { Route, Switch } from 'react-router';
import { ConnectedRouter } from 'connected-react-router';
import configureStore, { history } from './configureStore';
...
const store = configureStore(/* provide initial state if any */)

ReactDOM.render(
    
        
            <> { /* your usual react-router v4/v5 routing */ }
                
                    
                
            
        
    ,
    document.getElementById('root')
);


// YourComponent.js
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { connect } from 'react-redux';
...

class YourComponent extends Component {
    handleClick = () => {
        this.props.history.push("path/to/push");
    }

    render() {
        return (
          

            
          
        );
      }
    };

}

export default connect(mapStateToProps = {}, mapDispatchToProps = {})(YourComponent);