Since I'm using React Router to handle my routes in a React app, I'm curious if there is a way to redirect to an external resource.
Say someone hits:
example.com/privacy-policy
I would like it to redirect to:
example.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/123456789-Privacy-Policies
I'm finding exactly zero help in avoiding writing it in plain JavaScript at my index.html loading with something like:
if (window.location.path === "privacy-policy"){
window.location = "example.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/123456789-Privacy-Policies"
}
I actually ended up building my own Component, <Redirect>
.
It takes information from the react-router
element, so I can keep it in my routes. Such as:
<Route
path="/privacy-policy"
component={ Redirect }
loc="https://meetflo.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/230425728-Privacy-Policies"
/>
Here is my component in case anyone is curious:
import React, { Component } from "react";
export class Redirect extends Component {
constructor( props ){
super();
this.state = { ...props };
}
componentWillMount(){
window.location = this.state.route.loc;
}
render(){
return (<section>Redirecting...</section>);
}
}
export default Redirect;
Note: This is with react-router: 3.0.5
, it is not so simple in 4.x