I am using an asterisk (*) path in React Router to catch all undefined paths and redirect them to the home page for private routes, and to the login page for public routes. The redirection works correctly for login, but for private routes, although it redirects to the home page, the browser URL does not update correctly.
` element: <PrivateRoutes />,
children: [
{ path: appFileText.homeRoute, element: <Home /> },
{ path: appFileText.profileRoute, element: <Profile /> },
{ path: appFileText.aboutRoute, element: <About /> },
{ path: appFileText.restApiRoute, element: <RestApis /> },
{ path: appFileText.logoutRoute, element: <LogOut /> },
{ path: "*", element: <Home /> },
],
},
{
element: <PublicRoute />,
children: [
{ path: "*", element: <Login /> },
{ path: appFileText.loginText, element: <Login /> },
{
path: appFileText.counterRoute, element: <Counter initialCount={0} />,
},
],
},
]);`
Both functions should work the same way, and for private routes, the browser’s address bar should update. Additionally, navigating to any other link should return the user to the home page.
2
Answers
since all undefined paths you are directing to page, you are just changing the component. you are not changing the url to show the component.
Try creating a new component. use useNavigate or redirect from ‘react-router-dom’
Set
const isAuthenticated = false
in privateRoutes to simulate an unauthenticated state. This will allow you to test the redirect to ‘/login’ for private routes and the browser’s address bar will update correctly.