README.md

react-protected-route-component

A simple react component that adds route protection functionaliity to Route component from react-router-dom

Install

  npm install --save react-protected-route-component

  or

  yarn add react-protected-route-component

Importing

  import ProtectedRoute from 'react-protected-route-component'

Usage example

import { BrowserRouter, Switch, Route } from "react-router-dom";
import ProtectedRoute from "react-protected-route-component";

const Routes = () => {
  return (
    <BrowserRouter>
      <Switch>
        <Route path="/" component={() => <h1>UnProtected Route</h1>} exact />

        <ProtectedRoute
          path="/protected"
          redirectRoute="/"
          guardFunction={() => {
            const token = localStorage.getItem('authToken');
            if(token){
              return true;
            }else{
              return false;
            }
          }}
          component={() => <h1>Protected Route</h1>}
          exact
        />

      </Switch>
    </BrowserRouter>
  );
};

export default Routes;

Props (in addition to basic Route props)

• guardFunction Function that returns boolean. If returned false, user will be redirected or component is accessable otherwise.

- guardFunctionArgs If the guard function requires args, pass the args as an object and use them accordingly.
- redirect Route Redirects the user to this route if guardFunction returns false

Referance

https://youtu.be/Y0-qdp-XBJg