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useNavigate tutorial React JS

Saleh Mubashar on October 28, 2021

Hi guys !. In this post we will learn how to use the useNavigate hook in React JS. useNavigate is part of React Router and has replaced useHistory...

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Vishma Pratim Das • May 22 '22

Hey,
so according to react router documentation, useNavigate() returns a method that allows us to navigate from one link to another. We don't store it inside the navigate variable. It is a hook. It is not a regular function. When we assign useNavigate() to navigate, the hook gets called and the method gets returned, which is stored inside it.

nvg-rae • Nov 28 '21

Thanks for bearing with a newbie comment! I used to be able to just do this.props.history.push(/Welcome) in my class component to go to a new route from the click handler in a class component. Now I need to create an entire functional component just to use that "extremely useful and easy to use" function? Any tips on how to handle that in a class component are greatly appreciated.

Saleh Mubashar • Nov 28 '21 • Edited

Hi
Ok so the problem is that you can not use this prop in class components because the children components must use react hooks to access the route context which is only possible with functional components.
Check this out: stackoverflow.com/questions/647829...

nvg-rae • Nov 28 '21

Thank you for taking a look, Saleh!

Saleh Mubashar • Nov 28 '21 • Edited

no problem :).
if you have any questions, you can always reach out to me on twitter
cheers :)

Fahad Ashiq • Feb 24 '22

Very Useful.

Bennett B Madavana • Nov 10 '22

Thanks for the article,
Is it okay to use a button instead of an anchor tag when you're redirecting to another page? won't it cause accessibility issues?

Piero Sabino • Jan 19 '22

Hi, I have a problem, watching a video on youtube that used history.push ('/ login? redirect = shipping'), how can I modify it using navigate, because if I use the string "navigate ('/ login? redirect = shipping') even if logged in it returns to home page and does not go to the shipping page.

siyan_david • Mar 27 '22

Sorry did you figure it out im having same issue

Sudip Sarkar • Jul 19

In my case , it's not working sir , kindly help me out .

`import { json, Link, Navigate, useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
import { useState } from "react";

import XSvg from "../../components/svgs/X";

import { MdOutlineMail } from "react-icons/md";
import { FaUser } from "react-icons/fa";
import { MdPassword } from "react-icons/md";
import { MdDriveFileRenameOutline } from "react-icons/md";
import { useMutation, useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";

import { toast } from "react-hot-toast";

const RegisterPage = () => {
const [formData, setFormData] = useState({
email: "",
username: "",
fullName: "",
password: "",
});
const navigate = useNavigate();

const {
    mutate: signup,
    isError,
    isPending,
    error,
} = useMutation({
    mutationFn: async ({ email, username, fullName, password }) => {
        try {
            const res = await fetch("/api/v1/auth/signup", {
                method: "POST",
                headers: {
                    "Content-Type": "application/json",
                },
                body: JSON.stringify({ fullName, username, email, password }),
            });

            const resData = await res.json();
            if (resData.error)
                throw new Error(resData.message || "Failed to create account");
        } catch (error) {
            throw error;
        }
    },
    onSuccess: () => {
        toast.success("Signed up successfully");
        navigate("/");
    },
    onError: (error) => {
        console.error(error.message);
        toast.error(error.message);
    },
});
const handleSubmit = (e) => {
    e.preventDefault();
    signup(formData);
};

const handleInputChange = (e) => {
    setFormData({ ...formData, [e.target.name]: e.target.value });
};

return (
    <div className="max-w-screen-xl mx-auto flex h-screen px-10">
        <div className="flex-1 hidden lg:flex items-center  justify-center">
            <XSvg className=" lg:w-2/3 fill-white" />
        </div>
        <div className="flex-1 flex flex-col justify-center items-center">
            <form
                className="lg:w-2/3  mx-auto md:mx-20 flex gap-4 flex-col"
                onSubmit={handleSubmit}
            >
                <XSvg className="w-24 lg:hidden fill-white" />
                <h1 className="text-4xl font-extrabold text-white">Join today.</h1>

                <label className="input input-bordered rounded flex items-center gap-2">
                    <MdOutlineMail />
                    <input
                        type="email"
                        className="grow"
                        placeholder="Email"
                        name="email"
                        onChange={handleInputChange}
                        value={formData.email}
                    />
                </label>
                <div className="flex gap-4 flex-wrap">
                    <label className="input input-bordered rounded flex items-center gap-2 flex-1">
                        <FaUser />
                        <input
                            type="text"
                            className="grow "
                            placeholder="Username"
                            name="username"
                            onChange={handleInputChange}
                            value={formData.username}
                        />
                    </label>
                    <label className="input input-bordered rounded flex items-center gap-2 flex-1">
                        <MdDriveFileRenameOutline />
                        <input
                            type="text"
                            className="grow"
                            placeholder="Full Name"
                            name="fullName"
                            onChange={handleInputChange}
                            value={formData.fullName}
                        />
                    </label>
                </div>
                <label className="input input-bordered rounded flex items-center gap-2">
                    <MdPassword />
                    <input
                        type="password"
                        className="grow"
                        placeholder="Password"
                        name="password"
                        onChange={handleInputChange}
                        value={formData.password}
                    />
                </label>
                <button className="btn rounded-full btn-primary text-white">
                    {isPending ? "Loader..." : "Sign up"}
                </button>
                {isError && <p className="text-red-500">Something went wrong</p>}
            </form>
            <div className="flex flex-col lg:w-2/3 gap-2 mt-4">
                <p className="text-white text-lg">Already have an account?</p>
                <Link to="/login">
                    <button className="btn rounded-full btn-primary text-white btn-outline w-full">
                        Sign in
                    </button>
                </Link>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
);

};
export default RegisterPage;
`