Usign react-router-dom, how can I access browserHistory object from outside a React component?

Question

With the previous react-router I was able to do this:

import {browserHistory} from 'react-router';

from my actionCreators file and I could do something like this:

...some async action completed (for example, user logged in successfully)..
browserHistory.push('/dashboard');

But with the new react-router-dom (v4) it seems like I can no longer import browserHistory just like that and that the only way to access the history object is from a React components props

this.props.history

What would be a way to redirect my user to a new page after an async redux action has completed using react-router-dom?

Answer 1

withRouter is what you're looking for.

"You can get access to the history object’s properties and the closest 's match via the withRouter higher-order component."

import React, { PropTypes } from 'react'
import { withRouter } from 'react-router'

// A simple component that shows the pathname of the current location
class ShowTheLocation extends React.Component {
  static propTypes = {
    match: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
    location: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
    history: PropTypes.object.isRequired
  }

  render() {
    const { match, location, history } = this.props

    return (
      <div>You are now at {location.pathname}</div>
    )
  }
}

// Create a new component that is "connected" (to borrow redux
// terminology) to the router.
const ShowTheLocationWithRouter = withRouter(ShowTheLocation)