React / react-router - navigate to a route from event handler

In this short article, we would like to show you how to enter a direct path (e.g. from event handler) without using Link in React. 

1. Using useHistory

import { useHistory } from 'react-router-dom'

const App = () => {
  const history = useHistory();
  const clickHandler = () => {
    history.push('/path/to/your/page');
  };
  return (
    <button onClick={clickHandler} >Go to my path</button>
  );
};

export default App;

2. Using <Redirect>

import { Redirect } from 'react-router-dom'

const App = () => {
  const handleClick= () => {
    <Redirect to='/path/to/your/page'>;
  };
  return (
    <button onClick={handleClick} >Go to my path</button>
  );
};

export default App;

Note:

In <Redirect> the new location will replace the current location in the history stack, but history.push() will push the new entry on it.

References

1. react-router docs