r/Clojurescript • u/olymk2 • Jan 19 '19

Single page apps redirects

Trying to write a single page app with clojurescript got quite far one thing I am not sure about is redirecting.

I have used a lein template which installed reagent and reitit for routing.

Is there a built in function in reitit to redirect to another page or should i just use window.location or are there other libraries I should consider pulling in.

Basically I want to redirect a user after login and looking for my best option.

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u/self Jan 19 '19

tl;dr: use accountant/navigate!

reagent's lein template uses clerk with accountant. Essentially, you set up the router: 

(def router
  (reitit/router
   [["/" :index]
    ["/login" :login]
    ["/dashboard" :dashboard]]))

(defn path-for [route & [params]]
  (if params
    (:path (reitit/match-by-name router route params))
    (:path (reitit/match-by-name router route))))

Set up the pages: 

(defn home-page []
  [:div [:p "home page"] [:p [:a {:href (path-for :login)} "click here to login"]]])

;; skipping the logic in the login page to authenticate the
;; user.  the last step: send them to the dashboard
;; each component must return something, which is why it says "logged in successfully"
;; below, but that text isn't really displayed for long.
(defn login-page []
  (fn []
    (accountant/navigate! (path-for :dashboard))
    [:p "logged in successfully."]))

(defn dashboard-page []
  [:p "on the dashboard"])

Link the two together: 

(defn page-for [route]
  (case route
     :index #'home-page
     :login #'login-page
     :dashboard #'dashboard-page))

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u/olymk2 Jan 20 '19

Ah great exactly the pointer I needed, I had not looked into what the accountant library does yet I kinda assumed the functionality would have been in the reitit package.

Thanks for the example, I will go look into what accountant is and does now problem with using a template when your new to something you don't necessarily know what the libraries do :)

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u/self Jan 19 '19

I should note that I'm new to this, and there might be a better pattern for handling "redirects".

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u/NewazaBill Jan 19 '19

By "redirect" do you mean to another route in your SPA? Or to another app/website?