route event

Simple route event for the browser. This will handle URL changes client-side, so that navigating will not cause a page reload.

Call a function with a path whenever someone clicks a link that is local to the server. Also, use the history API to handle back/forward button clicks.

install

npm i route-event

CJS

var Route = require('route-event').default

ESM

import Route from 'route-event'

API

Listener

Event listeners are functions that take an href and an object with previous scroll position, and popstate, a boolean indicating if this was a link click or back / forward button (true means it was back/forward button).

interface Listener {
  (href:string, data:{
    scrollX:number,
    scrollY:number,
    popstate:boolean
  }):void;
}

Route

Create an instance of the event listener. Optionally take an element to listen to. Return a function that takes a callback that will receive route events. The returned function also has a property setRoute that will prgrammatically change the URL and call any route listeners.

import Route from 'route-event'

function Route (opts:{ el?:HTMLElement } = {}):{
    (cb:Listener):void;
    setRoute:ReturnType<typeof singlePage>
}

setRoute

A property on the returned function so you can programmatically set the URL.

function setRoute (href:string):void

const routeEvent = Route()
routeEvent.setRoute('/example')

example

Listen for click events on document.body. If the event is triggered by using the browser's back/forward button, then { popstate } will be true.

import { Route } from 'route-event'
const routeEvent = Route()  // by default listen on document.body

// listen for click events on docuement.body. If the href is local to the
// server, call `onRoute`
var stopListening = routeEvent(function onRoute (path, data) {
  console.log(path)
  // '/example/path'
  console.log(data)
  // { scrollX: 0, scrollY: 0, popstate: false }

  // handle scroll state like a web browser
  // (restore scroll position on back/forward)
  if (data.popstate) {
      return window.scrollTo(data.scrollX, data.scrollY)
  }

  // if this was a link click (not back button), then scroll to top
  window.scrollTo(0, 0)
})

// programmatically change the location and call the onRoute cb
routeEvent.setRoute('/some/path')

// ...sometime in the future...
// unsubscribe from route events
stopListening()

Pass in an element to listen to, and handle events with a router:

import Route from 'route-event'
import Router from '@nichoth/routes'

const router = Router()
const routeEvent = Route({
  el: document.getElementById('example')
})

router.addRoute('/', function () {
  console.log('root')
})

routeEvent(function onChange (path, ev) {
  var m = router.match(path)
  m.action()

  // handle scroll state like a web browser
  if (ev.popstate) {
      return window.scrollTo(ev.scrollX, ev.scrollY)
  }
  window.scrollTo(0, 0)
})