I have an application that uses a typescript file for setting up links and within the template I use ngFor to interpolate through the links and build a navigation bar. Within those link objects there is a property called link.path containing the path to be redirected to. I use [routerLink] to redirect to the path required, which works fine, but I was not at the root url. I need to achieve this functionality, which appends the child route to the root of the application. However, after changing my implementation to:
[routerLink]= '["/link.path"]'
On click I am redirected to <URL>/link.path rather than <URL>/<name under link.path> which naturally gives me a not found error.
how do i change my expression above to show the actual value inside this parameter rather than giving me link.path as a string?
component.ts
// imports, declarations of classes and other stuff.
* @property {array} links
*/
links: Array<{ text: string, path: string }>;
/**
* constructor for toolbar component is responsible for initializing translatePipe, dynamic routing and router,
* as well as adding routes dynamically to the router and the dynamicRouting service
* @param translate
* @param router
* @param dynamicRouting
*
*/
constructor(private translate: TranslatePipe, private router: Router, private dynamicRouting: DynamicRoutingService) {
this.router.config.unshift(
{ path: 'knowledge-base', component: DummyComponent },
{ path: 'home', component: DummyComponent },
{ path: 'settings', component: DummyComponent }
);
this.dynamicRouting.addItem({ text: "home", path: "home" });
this.dynamicRouting.addItem({ text: "knowledge_base", path: "knowledge-base" });
this.dynamicRouting.addItem({ text: "settings", path: "settings" });
}
/**
* Upon initialization this function fetches the links and inserts the translated
* text and path to be used by the template
*
* @param
* @return
*/
ngOnInit() {
this.links = [];
let rawData = this.dynamicRouting.getLinks();
let self = this;
rawData.forEach(function(data) {
let text = self.translate.transform("generic[toolbar][categories][" + data.text + "][label]");
self.links.push({ text: text, path: data.path });
});
//rest of the methods
html
<app-header
[fixed]="true"
[navbarBrandFull]="{src: 'assets/logo.png', width: 143, height: 36, alt: 'RT Logo'}"
[navbarBrandMinimized]="{src: 'assets/logo2.png', width: 35, height: 35, alt: 'RT Logo'}"
[sidebarToggler]="'lg'">
<ul class="nav navbar-nav d-md-down-none" routerLinkActive="active">
<li class="nav-item px-3" *ngFor="let link of links">
<a class="nav-link" [routerLink]='["/link.path"]'>{{ link.text }}</a>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="nav navbar-nav ml-auto">
</ul>
</app-header>
