I have to implement some business logic depending on browsing history.
What I want to do is something like this:
reactRouter.onUrlChange(url => {
this.history.push(url);
});
Is there any way to receive a callback from react-router when the URL gets updated?
You can make use of history.listen()
function when trying to detect the route change. Considering you are using react-router v4
, wrap your component with withRouter
HOC to get access to the history
prop.
history.listen()
returns an unlisten
function. You'd use this to unregister
from listening.
You can configure your routes like
index.js
ReactDOM.render(
<BrowserRouter>
<AppContainer>
<Route exact path="/" Component={...} />
<Route exact path="/Home" Component={...} />
</AppContainer>
</BrowserRouter>,
document.getElementById('root')
);
and then in AppContainer.js
class App extends Component {
componentWillMount() {
this.unlisten = this.props.history.listen((location, action) => {
console.log("on route change");
});
}
componentWillUnmount() {
this.unlisten();
}
render() {
return (
<div>{this.props.children}</div>
);
}
}
export default withRouter(App);
From the history docs:
You can listen for changes to the current location using
history.listen
:
history.listen((location, action) => {
console.log(`The current URL is ${location.pathname}${location.search}${location.hash}`)
console.log(`The last navigation action was ${action}`)
})
The location object implements a subset of the window.location
interface, including:
**location.pathname** - The path of the URL
**location.search** - The URL query string
**location.hash** - The URL hash fragment
Locations may also have the following properties:
location.state - Some extra state for this location that does not reside in the URL (supported in createBrowserHistory
and
createMemoryHistory
)
location.key
- A unique string representing this location (supported
in createBrowserHistory
and createMemoryHistory
)
The action is one of PUSH, REPLACE, or POP
depending on how the user
got to the current URL.
When you are using react-router v3 you can make use of history.listen()
from history
package as mentioned above or you can also make use browserHistory.listen()
You can configure and use your routes like
import {browserHistory} from 'react-router';
class App extends React.Component {
componentDidMount() {
this.unlisten = browserHistory.listen( location => {
console.log('route changes');
});
}
componentWillUnmount() {
this.unlisten();
}
render() {
return (
<Route path="/" onChange={yourHandler} component={AppContainer}>
<IndexRoute component={StaticContainer} />
<Route path="/a" component={ContainerA} />
<Route path="/b" component={ContainerB} />
</Route>
)
}
}
If you want to listen to the history
object globally, you'll have to create it yourself and pass it to the Router
. Then you can listen to it with its listen()
method:
// Use Router from react-router, not BrowserRouter.
import { Router } from 'react-router';
// Create history object.
import createHistory from 'history/createBrowserHistory';
const history = createHistory();
// Listen to history changes.
// You can unlisten by calling the constant (`unlisten()`).
const unlisten = history.listen((location, action) => {
console.log(action, location.pathname, location.state);
});
// Pass history to Router.
<Router history={history}>
...
</Router>
Even better if you create the history object as a module, so you can easily import it anywhere you may need it (e.g. import history from './history';