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Redux-First Routing

Achieve client-side routing the Redux way:

  • Read location data from the store.
  • Update the location by dispatching navigation actions.
  • Let middleware handle the side-effect of history navigation.

Redux-first routing

Ideology

This library wraps history and provides a framework-agnostic base for accomplishing Redux-first routing. For a complete routing solution, pair it with a compatible client-side routing library (see Recipies for examples).

Recipies

API

State Shape

There are dozens of ways to design the state shape of the location data, and this project by nature must choose a single, opinonated implementation. Here is the current design:

{ ..., // other redux state  location: { pathname: '/nested/path/', search: '?with=query', queries: { with: 'query', }, hash: '#and-hash' } } // current location: 'www.website.com/nested/path?with=query#and-hash'

Exports

Here's a look at the exports in src/index.js:

// History API export { createBrowserHistory } from 'history/createBrowserHistory'; export { startListener } from './listener'; // Redux API export { PUSH, REPLACE, GO, GO_BACK, GO_FORWARD, LOCATION_CHANGE } from './constants'; export { push, replace, go, goBack, goForward, locationChange } from './actions'; export { routerMiddleware } from './middleware'; export { routerReducer } from './reducer';
  • Redux API
    • push(), replace(), go(), goBack(), goForward()
      • Public action creators used to update the location.
      • Use these navigation actions instead of calling the history navigation methods directly!
    • PUSH, REPLACE, GO, GO_BACK, GO_FORWARD
      • Public action types for use in user-defined middleware.
    • routerMiddleware(history)
      • Intercepts the navigation actions to update the browser history.
    • routerReducer
      • Adds the location data (pathname, search, hash) to the state tree upon receiving a LOCATION_CHANGE action.
  • History API
    • createBrowserHistory()
      • Creates a history object.
    • startListener(history, store)
      • Creates a history listener that responds to the middleware and external navigation by dispatching a locationChange action.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome and are greatly appreciated! 🎉

Feel free to file an issue, start a discussion, or send a pull request.

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