How to redirect to another page in React

In this article, we will see how to redirect to another page in React. We will also learn how to redirect to an external URL in React.

Project Setup

Create react app using the following command.

1npx create-react-app react-redirect

Now install react-router-dom:

1npm install react-router-dom

Create 2 components Home and About in the src folder.

1import React from "react"
2
3const Home = () => {
4  return <div>Home</div>
5}
6
7export default Home

1import React from "react"
2
3const About = () => {
4  return <div>About</div>
5}
6
7export default About

Adding routes

Now add the routes in the App.js file.

1import { BrowserRouter, Route, Routes } from "react-router-dom"
2import "./App.css"
3import Home from "./Home"
4import About from "./About"
5
6function App() {
7  return (
8    <BrowserRouter>
9      <div className="App">
10        <Routes>
11          <Route path="/" element={<Home />} />
12          <Route path="/about" element={<About />} />
13        </Routes>
14      </div>
15    </BrowserRouter>
16  )
17}
18
19export default App

Now if you run the app and access http://localhost:3000/ you will see the Home page and if you access http://localhost:3000/about you will see the About page.

Redirecting from the home page to the about page

Now use the Link component from react-router-dom to redirect from the home page to the about page.

1import { BrowserRouter, Route, Routes, Link } from "react-router-dom"
2import "./App.css"
3import Home from "./Home"
4import About from "./About"
5
6function App() {
7  return (
8    <BrowserRouter>
9      <div className="App">
10        <ul>
11          <li>
12            <Link to="/">Home</Link>
13          </li>
14          <li>
15            <Link to="/about">About</Link>
16          </li>
17        </ul>
18
19        <Routes>
20          <Route path="/" element={<Home />} />
21          <Route path="/about" element={<About />} />
22        </Routes>
23      </div>
24    </BrowserRouter>
25  )
26}
27
28export default App

Redirecting to an external URL

If you want to redirect to an external URL, you can use the window.location.href property.

1import { BrowserRouter, Route, Routes, Link } from "react-router-dom"
2import "./App.css"
3import Home from "./Home"
4import About from "./About"
5
6function App() {
7  return (
8    <BrowserRouter>
9      <div className="App">
10        <ul>
11          <li>
12            <Link to="/">Home</Link>
13          </li>
14          <li>
15            <Link to="/about">About</Link>
16          </li>
17          <li>
18            <button
19              onClick={() => {
20                window.location.href = "https://example.com"
21              }}
22            >
23              Example.com
24            </button>
25          </li>
26        </ul>
27
28        <Routes>
29          <Route path="/" element={<Home />} />
30          <Route path="/about" element={<About />} />
31        </Routes>
32      </div>
33    </BrowserRouter>
34  )
35}
36
37export default App

To open in a new tab, you can update the function as follows:

1<button
2  onClick={() => {
3    window.open("https://example.com", "_blank")
4  }}
5>
6  Example.com
7</button>

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How to redirect to another page in React

Table of Contents

Project Setup

Adding routes

Redirecting from the home page to the about page

Redirecting to an external URL

Tools