The problem I run into is I have an existing IIS machine. I then deploy a static React app to it. When you use router, the URL that displays is actually virtual, not real. If you hit F5 it goes to IIS, not index.js, and your return will be 404 file not found. How I resolved it was simple. I have a public folder in my react app. In that public folder I created the same folder name as the virtual routing. In this folder, I have an index.html with the following code:
<script>
{
localStorage.setItem("redirect", "/ansible/");
location.href = "/";
}
</script>
Now what this does is for this session, I'm adding the "routing" path I want it to go. Then inside my App.js I do this (Note ... is other code but too much to put here for a demo):
import React, { Component } from "react";
import { Route, Link } from "react-router-dom";
import { BrowserRouter as Router } from "react-router-dom";
import { Redirect } from 'react-router';
import Ansible from "./Development/Ansible";
import Code from "./Development/Code";
import Wood from "./WoodWorking";
import "./App.css";
class App extends Component {
render() {
const redirect = localStorage.getItem("redirect");
if(redirect) {
localStorage.removeItem("redirect");
}
return (
<Router>
{redirect ?<Redirect to={redirect}/> : ""}
<div className="App">
...
<Link to="/">
<li>Home</li>
</Link>
<Link to="/dev">
<li>Development</li>
</Link>
<Link to="/wood">
<li>Wood Working</li>
</Link>
...
<Route
path="/"
exact
render={(props) => (
<Home {...props} />
)}
/>
<Route
path="/dev"
render={(props) => (
<Code {...props} />
)}
/>
<Route
path="/wood"
render={(props) => (
<Wood {...props} />
)}
/>
<Route
path="/ansible/"
exact
render={(props) => (
<Ansible {...props} checked={this.state.checked} />
)}
/>
...
</Router>
);
}
}
export default App;
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