Absolute path redirect in React

Question

I'm trying to build a bit.ly clone and I would like to redirect to an exact URL.

Unfortunately if I use window.location.replace(str) in some cases it believes I would like to redirect to a relative URL. For example str = "google.com".

I'm wondering if there is a way to force an absolute path redirect that I am missing

Answer 1

Use a URL with a schema. google.com is a relative URL, like image.jpg .

 location.replace('google.com'); 

 location.replace('http://stackoverflow.com'); 

Answer 2

import {withRouter} from 'react-router-dom';

Try importing withRouter and wrap the component with it.

export default (withRouter(MyComponent))

Now, you can use

this.props.history.replace('// your link');