url-state

Minimalist History API abstraction for building URL driven browser applications.

Why

So your website feels like a native app but still has cool URLs. Or URIs, or whatever...

How

import url from 'url-state'

url.addEventListener('change', () => {
  console.log(url.pathname, url.params)
})

url.push('/pathnames')
url.pop()
url.push('#hashes')
url.pop()
url.push('?query=strings')
url.query({ query: 'objects' }, true)
url.query({ query: null }, true)
url.pop()

API

import url from 'url-state'

Returns a UrlState singleton. The first time url-state is imported, it will globally hijack all link clicks and form submissions targeting the origin and begin listening for the popstate event.

Methods

To get proper event sequencing, it's critical you do not use window.history.{pushState,replaceState,go,forward,back}() directly. Use the methods below instead.

url.push([href][, replace])

Equivalent to window.history.go(href). If href is ommited this is equivalent to window.history.forward()

• href String|Object{pathname,query,hash,replace}
• replace Boolean; indicates to use replaceState instead of pushState

url.replace(href)

Sugar for url.push(href, true).

url.pop()

Equivalent to window.history.back()

url.query(params[, replace])

Update window.location.search without clobbering the existing query. Set keys to null to remove them.

• params Object

Properties

href protocol hostname port pathname search hash host origin

Read only. These properties are described in the URL spec.

init

Read only. True during the first history change and any nested changes.

back

Read only. True when the browser's back button has been clicked or url.pop() was called.

params

Read only. A parsed search (query) string object.

virtual

Read/write. When true, window.history is not manipulated. Push/replace/query methods function normally but back and forward (pop, push with no args) are disallowed. The default value is initialized to be true when running in a frame but may be changed at any time.

Test

$ npm run test

License

MIT