React router, pass data when navigating programmatically?

Question

We could navigate to different path using

this.props.router.push('/some/path')

Is there a way to send params (object) along when navigating?

There are other options I can think of, but wonder if passing object is possible at all?

• I could embed id of the object and refetch the object from server from the new page.

• Or I could store the object in global storage like redux store. (This object needs to be removed from the store soon. So I'm thinking it might not be good to put it there in the first place)

Answer 1

React Router uses location objects. One of the properties of a location object is state.

this.props.router.push({   pathname: '/other-page',   state: {     id: 7,     color: 'green'   } }) 

On the page that is navigated to, the current location will be injected into the component whose route matched, so you can access the state using this.props.location.state.

One thing to keep in mind is that there will be no state if a user navigates directly to the page, so you will still need some mechanism to load the data when it does not exist.

Answer 2

The current answers are outdated.

React Router 6:

Use the useNavigate hook:

const navigate = useNavigate(); navigate('/other-page', { state: { id: 7, color: 'green' } }); 

Then, you can access the state data in '/other-page' via the useLocation hook:

const {state} = useLocation(); const { id, color } = state; // Read values passed on state 

React Router 4 or 5:

Call history.push, and pass an object as the 2nd param to pass state:

props.history.push('/other-page', { id: 7, color: 'green' })) 

Then, you can access the state data in '/other-page' via:

props.location.state