Hello I am using React router for my application. App.js code segment:
<Routes>
<Route path="/" element={<Login navigate={navigate} setOverlays={setOverlays} setToken={setToken} setUser={setUser} />} />
<Route path="/create-account" element={<CreateAccount />} />
<Route path="/projects" element={<Projects token={token} name={user.name} jobTitle={user.jobTitle} navigate={navigate} setOverlays={setOverlays} />} />
<Route path="/individual_project" element={<IndividualProject />} />
</Routes>
The last route (/individual_project) requires props that is located in the projects component. Since I do not have access to the components in App.js how can I create this route.
I also prefer not to move the state variables from the Projects component and pass them down through props.
There are few ways to achieve that:
const Projects = () => {
...other logic
return(
<Routes>
<Route path="/individual_project" element={<IndividualProject />} />
</Routes>
)
}
Docs here: https://reactrouter.com/docs/en/v6/getting-started/overview#nested-routes
<Context.Provider value={yourValuesToShare}>
<Routes>
<Route path="/" element={<Login navigate={navigate} setOverlays={setOverlays} setToken={setToken} setUser={setUser} />} />
<Route path="/create-account" element={<CreateAccount />} />
<Route path="/projects" element={<Projects token={token} name={user.name} jobTitle={user.jobTitle} navigate={navigate} setOverlays={setOverlays} />} />
<Route path="/individual_project" element={<IndividualProject />} />
</Routes>
</Context.Provider>
Docs here: https://reactjs.org/docs/context.html
For this kind of scenarios , using Context API is recommended .its more precise and cleaner that the other techniques.
React docs
Context api is used to access state from any component so react context api is recommended