React-Router: How to retrieve the current route's parent?

Question

How to retrieve the current route's parent? I need it in order to be able to navigate "up" in my app.

Answer 1

In child component's render -

var currentPath = this.props.location.pathname,
parentPath = currentPath.substring(0, currentPath.lastIndexOf("/"));
return (<Link to={parentPath}>Up</Link>...);