router-dom

A lightweight router for single-page applications with faster subsequent page-loads by prefetching links during idle time if the user is not saving data.

• it helps to reduce the delay between your pages, to minimize browser HTTP requests and enhance your user's web experience.
• library agnostic.
• simple: define your routes, start to listen global event and to route changes.
• base href support.
• opt-in errorHandler and formHandler.
• support in all modern browsers.
• RegExp and nested Routes.

Demo

Simple: https://codepen.io/FabianK/pen/vYxXjwv?editors=1000
Advanced: https://page-transitions-router.netlify.app

Installation

With npm:

$ npm i router-dom

or via CDN:

<script type="module">
  import Router from "https://cdn.skypack.dev/router-dom";
  new Router(...) // see Constructor Documentation
</script>

Usage

<a href="/">Home</a>
<a href="/about">About</a>

<div data-outlet></div>

Dependencies

path-to-regexp: Turn a path string such as '/user/:name' into a regular expression
hydro-js: Renders the view. In order to pass state via an anchor element (data attribute), a mapping on the hydro object is needed.

Documentation

Events

• window: beforeRouting & afterRouting

Constructor

The router class takes an array with at least one entry. Only the path is mandatory.
Either a template or and element will be rendered in your element with attribute data-outlet.
You can also specifiy one-level of children.
One more interesting property is the restoreScroll. The second argument is the optional object options: it can take a general errorHandler, a formHandler, a fetchOptions for the form and the scrollBehavior. If there is a formHandler, form submits will handled via attributes on the form element and fetch.

const router = new Router([
  {
    path: "/",
    restoreScroll: true, // defaults to true
  },
  {
    path: "/about",
    templateUrl: "/about.html",
    leave: ({ from, to, params, state }) => {},
  },
  {
    path: "/contact/:name",
    element: "<h2>Drop a message on [...]</h2>" // or an actual Node Element,
    beforeEnter: ({ from, to, params, state }) => {},
    afterEnter: ({ from, to, params, state }) => {},
  },
]);

go

• Takes a path, a state object and optional params. Will redirect to the path.

removeRoute

• Removes a route from the routes array.

addRoute

• Adds a route object to the routes array.

modifyRoute

• Replaces a route with a new one.

changeOptions

• Replaces the router options.

static getParams

• Returns the params as key-value pair.