React Router Hijack

This React component allows React Router to handle raw HTML. It handles clicks on its children, checks if an <a> tag was clicked, and determines whether to process it as an internal react-router link or an external link.

Usage

import Hijack from '@aleph/react-router-hijack-a'

<Hijack>
  <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: `
    <a href='https://www.test.com'>internal link</a>
    <a href='https://www.google.com'>external link</a>
  ` }} />
</Hijack>

Props

The component accepts a protocols prop, which is a list of protocols that should be handled natively by the browser. By default, the component only expects 'mailto' and 'tel' protocols, so less common protocols such as 'ftp' will be handled incorrectly. Simply add any necessary protocols like so:

import Hijack from '@aleph/react-router-hijack-a'

<Hijack protocols={[ 'other' ]}>
  <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: `
    <a href='mailto:[email protected]'>email</a>
    <a href='other://example'>other protocol</a>
  ` }} />
</Hijack>

The component accepts a hostnames prop, which is a list of hostnames that should be interchangeable when referring to your app. If your site is available at a single hostname, there is no need to use this prop. Most often, it should be used to account for the www subdomain and bare domain being interchangeable:

import Hijack from '@aleph/react-router-hijack-a'

<Hijack hostnames={[ 'test.com', 'www.test.com' ]}>
  <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: `
    <a href='https://test.com/home'>homepage</a>
    <a href='https://www.test.com/home'>homepage</a>
  ` }} />
</Hijack>