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// routes.js | |
const routes = [ | |
{ | |
path: '/', | |
component: Home, | |
exact: true | |
}, | |
{ | |
path: '/gists', | |
component: Gists | |
}, | |
{ | |
path: '/settings', | |
component: Settings | |
} | |
] | |
// components | |
class Home extends React.Component { | |
// called in the server render, or in cDM | |
static fetchData(match) { | |
// going to want `match` in here for params, etc. | |
return fetch(/*...*/) | |
} | |
state = { | |
// if this is rendered initially we get data from the server render | |
data: this.props.initialData || null | |
} | |
componentDidMount() { | |
// if rendered initially, we already have data from the server | |
// but when navigated to in the client, we need to fetch | |
if (!this.state.data) { | |
this.constructor.fetchData(this.props.match).then(data => { | |
this.setState({ data }) | |
}) | |
} | |
} | |
// ... | |
} | |
// App.js | |
const App = ({ routes, initialData = [] }) => ( | |
<div> | |
{routes.map((route, index) => ( | |
// pass in the initialData from the server for this specific route | |
<Route {...route} initialData={initialData[index]} /> | |
))} | |
</div> | |
) | |
// server.js | |
import { matchPath } from 'react-router' | |
handleRequest((req, res) => { | |
// we'd probably want some recursion here so our routes could have | |
// child routes like `{ path, component, routes: [ { route, route } ] }` | |
// and then reduce to the entire branch of matched routes, but for | |
// illustrative purposes, sticking to a flat route config | |
const matches = routes.reduce((matches, route) => { | |
const match = matchPath(req.url, route.path, route) | |
if (match) { | |
matches.push({ | |
route, | |
match, | |
promise: route.component.fetchData ? | |
route.component.fetchData(match) : Promise.resolve(null) | |
}) | |
} | |
return matches | |
}, []) | |
if (matches.length === 0) { | |
res.status(404) | |
} | |
const promises = matches.map((match) => match.promise) | |
Promise.all(promises).then((...data) => { | |
const context = {} | |
const markup = renderToString( | |
<StaticRouter context={context} location={req.url}> | |
<App routes={routes} initialData={data}/> | |
</StaticRouter> | |
) | |
if (context.url) { | |
res.redirect(context.url) | |
} else { | |
res.send(` | |
<!doctype html> | |
<html> | |
<div id="root">${markup}</div> | |
<script>DATA = ${escapeBadStuff(JSON.stringify(data))}</script> | |
</html> | |
`) | |
} | |
}, (error) => { | |
handleError(res, error) | |
}) | |
}) | |
// client.js | |
render( | |
<App routes={routes} initialData={window.DATA} />, | |
document.getElementById('root') | |
) |
@rolele you would probably have to convert your <Route>
structure to a routes
array; nesting is supported, see the react-router-config documentation. Then:
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import
routes
on the client:- pass it to
renderRoutes
as shown in the react-router-config documentation. This renders the top level routes inside<BrowserRouter>
.
- pass it to
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import
routes
on the server:const matches = routes.reduce ...
in this gist can be replaced withmatchRoutes
.
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Keep the
Link
components inside the React components as usual. -
Call
renderRoutes
inside components that have child routes.
One problem I'm seeing with this code is that if you navigate out of the first route, and come back to it, you will not trigger a new fetch, since it will always catch the data from window.DATA.
@nettosama You can probably clean up the state of the component in componentWillUnmount
if you want the fresh data.
The trouble with this approach is that it assumes the same logic for fetching data on the server as the client. On the server you may want to use a database connection or ORM to get what you want, or even satisfy the needs of multiple fetchData calls with the same query. Oh man we're getting into GraphQL/Relay territory now...
static fetchData(match) {
cannot be tree-shaked :(
Here you are creating your routes using the
routes
json object that you pass as a props toApp
.I am not using a json object to define all my routes, I am using the
Route
component nested in many different Components in combination with theLink
Component.How can I do server rendering if I do not define this global
routes
json object?