I'm trying to implement a private route with react-router v4 and redux, but the render prop returns null for some reason. I'd be very grateful if someone helps me figure out what is wrong. Router:
const router = (
<Provider store={store}>
<BrowserRouter history={history}>
<App>
<Route exact path="/" component={UserGrid}/>
<Route path="/login" component={Login}/>
<Route exact path="/users/:userId" component={UserPage}/>
<Route path="/registration" component={RegistrationPage}/>
<TopSecretRoute path="/topSecret" component={SecretComponent}/>
</App>
</BrowserRouter>
</Provider>
TopSecretRoute.js:
const TopSecretRoute = ({ component: Component, ...rest }) => (
<Route {...rest} render={props => (
props.session.registered ? (
<Component {...props}/>
) : (
<Redirect to={{
pathname: '/login',
state: { from: props.location }
}}/>
)
)}/>
)
const stateToProps = ['session']
export default createContainer(stateToProps,TopSecretRoute)
You are probably facing the problem React Router have with Update Blocking. This happens because Redux avoids re-renders and call mapStateToProps, instead.
To prevent this behavior your can pass the option pure: false
in react-redux connect function.
Example:
connect(mapStateToProps, null, null, { pure: false })(Component);
You can head to React Redux API documentation to see more details on this option.