How to push to History in React Router v4?

Question

In the current version of React Router (v3) I can accept a server response and use browserHistory.push to go to the appropriate response page. However, this isn't available in v4, and I'm not sure what the appropriate way to handle this is.

In this example, using Redux, components/app-product-form.js calls this.props.addProduct(props) when a user submits the form. When the server returns a success, the user is taken to the Cart page.

// actions/index.js
export function addProduct(props) {
  return dispatch =>
    axios.post(`${ROOT_URL}/cart`, props, config)
      .then(response => {
        dispatch({ type: types.AUTH_USER });
        localStorage.setItem('token', response.data.token);
        browserHistory.push('/cart'); // no longer in React Router V4
      });
}

How can I make a redirect to the Cart page from function for React Router v4?

Answer 1

Use Callback. It worked for me!

export function addProduct(props, callback) {
  return dispatch =>
    axios.post(`${ROOT_URL}/cart`, props, config)
    .then(response => {
    dispatch({ type: types.AUTH_USER });
    localStorage.setItem('token', response.data.token);
    callback();
  });
}

In component, you just have to add the callback

this.props.addProduct(props, () => this.props.history.push('/cart'))

Answer 2

If you are using Redux, then I would recommend using npm package react-router-redux. It allows you to dispatch Redux store navigation actions.

You have to create store as described in their Readme file.

The easiest use case:

import { push } from 'react-router-redux'

this.props.dispatch(push('/second page'));

Second use case with Container/Component:

Container:

import { connect } from 'react-redux';
import { push } from 'react-router-redux';

import Form from '../components/Form';

const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => ({
  changeUrl: url => dispatch(push(url)),
});

export default connect(null, mapDispatchToProps)(Form);

Component:

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';

export default class Form extends Component {
  handleClick = () => {
    this.props.changeUrl('/secondPage');
  };

  render() {
    return (
      <div>
        <button onClick={this.handleClick}/>
      </div>Readme file
    );
  }
}

Answer 3

In this case you're passing props to your thunk. So you can simply call

props.history.push('/cart')

If this isn't the case you can still pass history from your component

export function addProduct(data, history) {
  return dispatch => {
    axios.post('/url', data).then((response) => {
      dispatch({ type: types.AUTH_USER })
      history.push('/cart')
    })
  }
}

Answer 4

/*Step 1*/
myFunction(){  this.props.history.push("/home"); }
/**/
 <button onClick={()=>this.myFunction()} className={'btn btn-primary'}>Go 
 Home</button>

Answer 5

You can use the history methods outside of your components. Try by the following way.

First, create a history object used the history package:

// src/history.js

import { createBrowserHistory } from 'history';

export default createBrowserHistory();

Then wrap it in <Router> (please note, you should use import { Router } instead of import { BrowserRouter as Router }):

// src/index.jsx

// ...
import { Router, Route, Link } from 'react-router-dom';
import history from './history';

ReactDOM.render(
  <Provider store={store}>
    <Router history={history}>
      <div>
        <ul>
          <li><Link to="/">Home</Link></li>
          <li><Link to="/login">Login</Link></li>
        </ul>
        <Route exact path="/" component={HomePage} />
        <Route path="/login" component={LoginPage} />
      </div>
    </Router>
  </Provider>,
  document.getElementById('root'),
);

Change your current location from any place, for example:

// src/actions/userActionCreators.js

// ...
import history from '../history';

export function login(credentials) {
  return function (dispatch) {
    return loginRemotely(credentials)
      .then((response) => {
        // ...
        history.push('/');
      });
  };
}

---

UPD: You can also see a slightly different example in React Router FAQ.

Answer 6

This is how I did it:

import React, {Component} from 'react';

export default class Link extends Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props);
        this.onLogout = this.onLogout.bind(this);
    }
    onLogout() {
        this.props.history.push('/');
    }
    render() {
        return (
            <div>
                <h1>Your Links</h1>
                <button onClick={this.onLogout}>Logout</button>
            </div>
        );
    }
}

Use this.props.history.push('/cart'); to redirect to cart page it will be saved in history object.

Enjoy, Michael.