Query params in React Router

Question

I am using React Router & I have a nested route which have a query parameter called ?q & my routing code looks like this:

<Route path="/" component={TopNavContainer}>
    <Route path="search?que=:q" component={SearchContainer} />
</Route>

but when I try to access my route as http://localhost:8000?q=machine It only loads the content of the parent container which is TopNavContainer .

Any help is appreciated.

Regards Vaibhav

Answer 1

It could also be the case that you have forgot to render any child component corresponding to route changes inside parent main component which in your case is TopNavContainer .

import React, { Component } from 'react';

export default class TopNavContainer extends Component {

    render() {
        return (
            <div className="topNavContainer">
                {this.props.children}
            </div>
        );
    }
}

Answer 2

For this route configuration

<Route path="/" component={TopNavContainer}>
    <Route path="search?que=:q" component={SearchContainer} />
</Route>

Your url ( http://localhost:8000?q=machine ) don't match the path, the correct should be http://localhost:8000/search?que=machine

As a recommendation for SEO, the url could be

<Route path="search/:q" component={SearchContainer} />

that match http://localhost:8000/search/machine