Pass Dynamic variable as prop from slug

Question

In my App.js file I have one reusable element on which I provide a value as props. Currently the value is somehow manually, I would like React to pass it dinamically, to be taken from it's path i.e \a.

<Route path="/a" element={<General site="a" />}>    </Route>
<Route path="/b" element={<General site="b" />}>    </Route>

Instead of providing a static prop as a or b I want it to be taken from it's path var ==> /a to a and /b to b

So I was hoping of using something like this:

<Route path="/b" element={<General site={Route.path} />}>  </Route>

Where {path} has to have the value without /.

Hope that it is clear what I am trying to achieve.

Later Edit. I tried with {Route.path}, but if you have 2 or more variables, react will pick the last one which is not ok. Seems like a bug. Whenever you click on /a it provides the path as \b which is not correct

<Route path="/a" element={<General site={Route.path} />}>    </Route>
<Route path="/b" element={<General site={Route.path} />}>    </Route>

Cheers!

Answer 1

You need to use dynamic path (I assume you are using react-router library):

<Route path='/:site' render={(props => <General site={props.match.params.site} />)} />

Answer 2

If you are using React Route V6, use the hooks useLocation and useParams.

https://reactrouter.com/docs/en/v6/api#uselocation

https://reactrouter.com/docs/en/v6/api#useparams

Suppose you were making an editor page and wanted to show same page for creating a new doc or editing an existing doc.

If paths are /new-doc or /docs/:docId

import {
  useLocation,
  useParams
} from "react-router-dom";

...

export default function MyPage(props) {
  const location = useLocation();
  const params = useParams();
  const docId = location.pathname !== "/new-doc" && params.docId; //path param docId can be fetched as `params.docId`
  ...
}