REACT this.props.history.push does not redirect

Question

I've got this search method where I want to redirect the user after searching. The issue is that it does not do anything and I don't know why. this.props.history IS defined but the "location" property of the object "history" does not seem to change accordingly to what i put in the parameters of the push method ('./connexion') ... The search method IS binded and I use export default withRouter(SearchBar); to access the history via props

 search(event) {
    if (this.state.location === null) {
        this.setState({ geosuggestId: 'geosuggest-input-alert' });
    } else if (this.state.subjects.length === 0) {
        this.setState({ matieresButtonId: 'matieres-button-alert' });
    } else {
        console.log(this.props.parent);
        if (this.props.parent === 'Homepage') {
            console.log(this.props.history);
            this.props.history.push('/connexion');
        }
    }
}

Full file :

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { Field, reduxForm } from 'redux-form';
import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
import { connect } from 'react-redux';
import Geosuggest from 'react-geosuggest';
import SearchBySubjectsModal from './modals/search_by_subjects_modal';
import { withRouter } from 'react-router-dom';

/**
 * Search bar for parent to search for profs
 */
class SearchBar extends Component {

constructor(props) {

    super(props);

    this.state = {
        location: null,
        subjects: [],
        level: 'Collège',
        matieresButtonId: 'matieres-button',
        geosuggestId: 'geosuggest-input'
    }

    this.onSuggestSelect = this.onSuggestSelect.bind(this);
    this.setSubjects = this.setSubjects.bind(this);
    this.search = this.search.bind(this);
}

/**
 * if the state for subjects and location is not null, then stop fields warning
 */
componentDidUpdate() {
    if (this.state.subjects.length > 0) {
        if (this.state.matieresButtonId !== 'matieres-button')
            this.setState({ matieresButtonId: 'matieres-button' });
    }
    if (this.state.location !== null) {
        if (this.state.geosuggestId !== 'geosuggest-input')
            this.setState({ geosuggestId: 'geosuggest-input' });
    }
}

/**
 * set the state when choosing a location
 * @param {*} suggest 
 */
onSuggestSelect(suggest) {
    this.setState({ location: suggest });
}

/**
 * set the state when choosing subjects
 * @param {*} suggest 
 */
setSubjects(subjects, level) {
    this.setState({ subjects, level });
}

/**
 * Search method
 * Check if subjects or location are null (is so, show warnings)
 * If no warnings, perform search and redirect to search page
 * @param {*} event 
 */
search(event) {
    if (this.state.location === null) {
        this.setState({ geosuggestId: 'geosuggest-input-alert' });
    } else if (this.state.subjects.length === 0) {
        this.setState({ matieresButtonId: 'matieres-button-alert' });
    } else {
        console.log(this.props.parent);
        if (this.props.parent === 'Homepage') {
            console.log(this.props.history);
            this.props.history.push('/connexion');
        }
    }
}

/**
 * Uses GeoSuggest (google places api) to choose a town
 * Uses Search By Subject modal to choose subjects
 */
render() {
    return (
        <div className="container" id="search-bar" >
            <div className="text-center">
                <form action="">
                    <div className="row">
                        <div className="col">
                            <Geosuggest
                                queryDelay={150}
                                autoActivateFirstSuggest={true}
                                inputClassName={this.state.geosuggestId}
                                placeholder="Où ?"
                                country="fr"
                                onSuggestSelect={this.onSuggestSelect} />
                        </div>
                        <div className="col">
                            <Link to="/">
                                <button data-toggle="modal" data-target=".choose-subject-modal" className="btn clickable" id={this.state.matieresButtonId}>
                                    <i className="fa fa-graduation-cap"></i>  Matières ?
                                </button>
                            </Link>
                        </div>
                        <div className="col">
                            <Link to="/">
                                <button type="submit" className="btn clickable" id="search-button" onClick={this.search}>
                                    <h5 id="search-btn-txt"><i className="fa fa-search"></i>  Trouver</h5>
                                </button>
                            </Link>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </form>
                <SearchBySubjectsModal search={this.search} location={this.state.location} setSubjects={this.setSubjects} />
            </div>
        </div>
    );
};
}





export default withRouter(SearchBar);

Thank you for your answers :)

Answer 1

try use just: hashHistory.push('/your/path');

And in ur head: import { hashHistory } from 'react-router';

Answer 2

Your way is correct for react router v4. withRouter does expose the history object to the wrapped component. Just to make sure you create the history object and feed that to the router component.