Navigating
After configuring your routes, you need to enable navigation by starting your router instance.
Starting your router
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const myRouter = createRouter([
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{ name: 'home', path: '/home' },
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{ name: 'about', path: '/about' },
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{ name: 'contact', path: '/contact' }
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]);
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myRouter.start('/home');
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When using.start(), you should supply a starting path or state except if you use the browser plugin (the current URL will automatically be used).
Invoking the
.start(startPathOrState[, done]) function will:- Attempt to navigate to
startPathOrState - Attempt to match the current URL if no
startPathOrStatewas provided, or navigation failed - Attempt to navigate to the default route if it could not match the provided start path or if
startPathOrStatewas not provided / failed
And will:
- Enable navigation
Providing a starting state is designed to be used for universal JavaScript applications: see universal applications.
Defining a default route
A default route can be set in
createRouter options. The following example will cause your application to navigate to /about:1
var myRouter = createRouter([
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{ name: 'home', path: '/home' },
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{ name: 'section', path: '/:section' }
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], {
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defaultRoute: 'section'
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defaultParams: {section: 'about'}
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})
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.start(function (err, state) {
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/* ... */
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});
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A callback can be passed to start and will be invoked once the router has transitioned to the default route.
Navigating to a specific route
Router5 exposes the following method:
navigate(routeName, routeParams, opts). This method has to be called for navigating to a different route: clicks on links won't be intercepted by the router.1
myRouter.navigate('section', {section: 'contact'});
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// Will navigate to '/contact'
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Forcing a reload
When trying to navigate to the current route nothing will happen unless
reload is set to true.1
myRouter.navigate('section', {section: 'contact'}, {reload: true});
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Replacing current state
Set
replace to true for replacing the current state in history when navigating to a new route. Default behaviour is to add an entry in history.1
myRouter.navigate('section', {section: 'contact'}, {replace: true});
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Custom options
You can pass any option to
navigate: those options will be added to the state of your router (under meta).Navigate callback
Like for
.start(), .navigate() accepts a callback (last argument):1
myRouter.navigate('route', function (err, state) {
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/* ... */
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})
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Stopping your router
At any time you can stop (pause) a router and it will prevent any navigation. To resume, simply invoke
.start() again.1
myRouter.stop();
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