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May 13, 2021 07:16 am GMT

Setup nested routes in react

reactrouterdom, reactjs, nestedrouting, react

all the files used are here https://codesandbox.io/s/setup-nested-routes-in-react-j80to

Using routes in a single file in a big react project is a huge mess and a lot of work

So the solutions comes as nested routing
in simpler terms routes in different files one inside another

In the above file structure , the routes in the Auth.js gets imported in the Routes.js file

Route.js

import React from 'react';import { BrowserRouter as Router, Switch } from 'react-router-dom';import Auth from './auth/Auth';const Routes = () => {    return (        <Routes>            <Switch>                <Route path={`/auth`} component={Auth} />                <Route path={`/`}>                    <h1>Home</h1>                </Route>            </Switch>        </Routes>    );};export default Routes;

The Route.js component will contain basic router code but the magic will happen in Auth.js

We start with creating a switch will hold multiple routes

Auth.js

import React from 'react';import { Switch } from 'react-router-dom';const Auth = () => {    return <Switch></Switch>;};export default Auth;

then add the required routes to it

import React from 'react';import { Switch, Route } from 'react-router-dom';const Auth = () => {    return (        <Switch>            <Route>                <h1>Login Page</h1>            </Route>            <Route>                <h1>Register Page</h1>            </Route>        </Switch>    );};export default Auth;

then we will add a useRouteMatch function from react-router-dom
the useRouteMatch function will give us a path and a url what we will be needing is the path var

import React from 'react';import { Switch, useRouteMatch, Route } from 'react-router-dom';const Auth = () => {    const { path } = useRouteMatch();    return (        <Switch>            <Route>                <h1>Login Page</h1>            </Route>            <Route>                <h1>Register Page</h1>            </Route>        </Switch>    );};export default Auth;

then we will add path to the routes , the path will be useRoutesMatch path + /whatever_the_sub_path_is

import React from 'react';import { Switch, useRouteMatch } from 'react-router-dom';const Auth = () => {    const { path } = useRouteMatch();    return (        <Switch>            <Route path={`${path}/login`}>                <h1>Login Page</h1>            </Route>            <Route path={`${path}/register`}>                <h1>Register Page</h1>            </Route>        </Switch>    );};export default Auth;

Whats useRouteMatch?

useRouteMatch is provided by react-router-dom
which gives use a object

if you log the value of useRouteMatch
you will get something like this

{ "path: "/auth", "url": "/auth", "isExact": false }

the path variable gives us the path we mentioned in the Routes.js file here

<Route path={`/auth`} component={Auth} />                ^

then the route we mentioned in the Auth.js file

<Route path={`${path}/login`}>    <h1>Login Page</h1></Route>

if we log ${path}/login it will give us /auth/login
also make sure to not put a / in the parent route it will make the sub route = /auth//login
which cause problems

this simple nesting can be used in a bigger project without causing mess in a single file

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Original Link: https://dev.to/akshatsinghania/setup-nested-routes-in-react-bf5

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