Svelte Router

A simple and easy to use svelte router.

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🗂 Index

Installation
Initializing a Router Instance
Fallback Route
Route View Component Props
Route Props
Before-Push Hooks
Global Before-Push Hook
Programmatic History Navigation
Route Updated Event Listener
RouteLink Component
- RouteLink with Parameters
Svelte Action use:link
Route Transitions
Lazy loading
Router Examples

🧗‍♀️ Getting Started

💿 Installation

Depending on your package manager just:

pnpm
pnpm add -D @danielsharkov/svelte-router

yarn
yarn add --dev @danielsharkov/svelte-router

npm
npm i -D @danielsharkov/svelte-router

And done 😁 🎉

Initializing a Router Instance

Initialize a new router with the configuration in src/router.ts or where ever you like, maybe even inside App.svelte as a module - it's up to you.

import SvelteRouter from '@danielsharkov/svelte-router'
import ViewHome from './views/Home.svelte'
import ViewUser from './views/User.svelte'
import ViewAlbum from './views/Album.svelte'

export default new SvelteRouter({
    window: window,
    scrollingElement: window.document.scrollingElement,
    basePath: '/persistent/path',
    routes: {
        'home': {
            path: '/',
            component: ViewHome,
        },
        'users.user': {
            // paths must always begin with a slash
            // and may take parameters prefixed by a colon
            path: '/users/:uid',
            component: ViewUser,
        },
        'user.album': {
            // paths may take multiple parameters
            path: '/users/:uid/albums/:aid',
            component: ViewAlbum,
        },
    },
})

window should usually be assigned the browser object model but can also be used for testing and debugging purposes.
scrollingElement should usually be assigned the Document.scrollingElement, which is the usual scrollable viewport. But if your viewport differs you may then provid it your needed Element. When no scrollableElement is provided then the router won't save and restore scroll state by the history.
basePath is an optional field which has the same principle as the HTML <Base> tag. It acts like a prefix to the paths. It's useful in cases like hosting on GitHub Pages, where the base URL is always https://<username>.github.io/<repo-name> and the base path therefor always is /<repo-name>.
a route name is required to be unique and is allowed to contain a-z, A-Z, 0-9, -, _ and .
static routes will always be preferred to their parameterized counterparts. This means user/a/albums will be preferred to /user/:id/albums if the URL matches the static route.

Then use the Viewport as the actual visual router in your App.svelte passing it your created router instance:

<script lang='ts'>
import Viewport from '@danielsharkov/svelte-router/Viewport'
import router from './router'
</script>

<nav>
    <button on:click={()=> router.push('home')}>
        Home
    </button>
    <button on:click={()=> router.push('users.user', {uid: 'paul'})}>
        Paul
    </button>
    <button on:click={()=> router.push('user.album', {uid: 'alex', aid: 'sumer-2016'})}>
        Bob's Album
    </button>
</nav>

<Viewport {router}/>

Fallback Route

import SvelteRouter from '@danielsharkov/svelte-router'
import ViewHome from './views/Home.svelte'
import ViewNotFound from './views/NotFound.svelte'

export default new SvelteRouter({
    window,
    routes: {
        'home': {
            path: '/',
            component: ViewHome,
        },
        '404': {
            path: '/404',
            component: ViewNotFound,
        },
    },
    fallback: {
        name: '404',
        replace: false, // true by default
    },
})

fallback is optional and defines the route the router should fallback to in case the user navigates to an inexistent URL. If replace is false then the fallback will push the route into the browser history and change the URL, otherwise it'll just display the fallback route in the router viewport without affecting the browser history. replace is true by default.

Route View Component Props

The route view components always get the props router, params, urlQuery and props.

<script lang='ts'>
export let router
// router: is the SvelteRouter instance you provided to <Viewport>

export let params
// params: is either undefined or the parameters you defined
// in the path template for this route in the router config.

export let urlQuery
// urlQuery: is either undefined or a key:value object depending whether
// the URL has any query parameters.

export let props
// props: is either undefined or the defined props for this route
// in the router config.

// We assume that the route parameters always exist, because we defined
// them parameters in the path template for this route in the router config -
// and they do always exist, because the router won't route on a route
// missing its parameters.
// You can may access these values without worry of trying to access an
// undefined property.
console.log(params.someParam)

// Same follows for props, they are hard-coded and therefore always defined.
console.log(props.nav.title)

// Only the urlQuery keys must be checked first, because there's is no
// definition for the URL query.
if (urlQuery.search) console.log(search)
</script>

<!-- Here your Layout & Styles ... -->

Route Props

Routes can be assigned arbitrary props which are then available in the view component:

_router.ts

import SvelteRouter from '@danielsharkov/svelte-router'
import ViewHome from './views/Home.svelte'
import ViewAbout from './views/About.svelte'

export default new SvelteRouter({
    window,
    routes: {
        'root': {
            path: '/',
        },
        'home': {
            path: '/home',
            component: ViewHome,
            props: {
                nav: {
                    title: 'Home',
                    icon: 'fas fa-home',
                },
                picture: 'https://sample.url/picture.jpg',
            },
        },
        'about': {
            path: '/about',
            component: ViewAbout,
            props: {
                nav: {
                    title: 'About me',
                    icon: 'fas fa-address-card',
                },
            },
        },
    },
})

_{views/Home.svelte}

<script lang='ts'>
export let props
</script>

<!-- We assume that these props always exist,
because we hard-coded them into the router -->
<h1>{props.nav.title}</h1>
<img src={props.picture} alt='Some beautiful picture'>

_App.svelte

<script lang='ts'>
import router from './router'
</script>

<nav>
    {#each $router.routes as route}
        {#if route.props?.nav}
            <button on:click={router.push(route.name)}>
                <i class='{route.props.nav.icon}'/>
                <span>{route.props.nav.title}</span>
            </button>
        {/if}
    {/each}
</nav>

Before-Push Hooks

The beforePush hooks are promises which are executed before a route is pushed to the history. The passed function receives an object containing the current location, the pendingRoute (which the router is about to navigate to) and both the resolver and rejector. A hook must either resolve (approve) the pending route otherwise to reject it by passing an another route, or even nothing (undefined) to cancel routing. It can be used for specifying redirect behavior or anything else that should be done before a push.

You may use the $router.isLoading property to determine whether the router is loading a new route and resolving before push hooks, which may be asynchronous.

⚠ Warning ⚠
Be sure to always either resolve or reject a hook, otherwise it will dead-lock your router.

Simple example of using a hook:

<script>
import {onDestroy} from 'svelte'
import router from './router'

const testHookID = 'test-hook'
const removeBeforePushHook = router.addBeforePushHook(
    testHookID,
    ({location, pendingRoute, resolve, reject})=> {
        if (pendingRoute.name === '/very/secret/path') {
            reject()
        }
        resolve()
    }
)

onDestroy(()=> {
    removeBeforePushHook()
    // or
    // router.removeBeforePush(testHookID)
})
</script>

Global Before-Push Hook

The global before push hook is a persistent hook, which can't be removed. It's defined right in the router config. Here's a simple example:

import SvelteRouter from '@danielsharkov/svelte-router'
import {get as get$} from 'svelte/store'
import {isValidUserSession} from 'user_session'
// isValidSession could be any of your implementations - in this example it is
// just a derived store returning false or true

import ViewLogin from './views/Login.svelte'
import ViewHome from './views/Home.svelte'
import ViewUser from './views/User.svelte'

export default new SvelteRouter({
    window,
    routes: {
        'root': {
            path: '/',
        },
        'login': {
            path: '/login',
            component: ViewLogin,
        },
        'home': {
            path: '/home',
            component: ViewHome,
        },
        'user': {
            path: '/user/:uid',
            component: ViewUser,
        },
        'very-secret': {
            path: '/treasure',
        }
    },
    beforePush({pendingRoute, location, resolve, reject}) {
        if (!get$(isValidUserSession)) {
            reject({name: 'login'})
        } else if (pendingRoute.name === 'login') {
            reject()
        }

        switch (pendingRoute) {
        case 'root':
            reject({name: 'home'})
            break
        case 'user':
            if (params.uid === 'a') {
                reject({
                    name: pendingRoute.name,
                    params: {uid: 'b'},
                })
            }
            break
        case 'very-secret':
            reject()
        }
        resolve()
    },
})

To programmatically go back or forward in history just use the browser history API or the built-in aliases:

<script lang='ts'>
import type SvelteRouter from '@danielsharkov/svelte-router'
export let router: SvelteRouter
</script>

<button on:click={router.back}>Back</button>
<button on:click={router.forward}>Forward</button>

To navigate to a new route use the built-in push API of the router, which requires the route name as the first parameter and if needed a key:value object with the parameter values:

<script lang='ts'>
import type SvelteRouter from '@danielsharkov/svelte-router'
export let router: SvelteRouter
</script>

<button on:click={()=> router.push('home')}>
    Home
</button>
<button on:click={()=> router.push('user', {uid: 'ndkh2oj2'})}>
    Dennis
</button>
<button on:click={()=> router.push('user', {uid: 'sz92fnkk'})}>
    Erik
</button>

Route Updated Event Listener

The routeUpdated event listener if fired right after the route has been updated. The payload in the event is the current location.

<script lang='ts'>
export let params;

function routeUpdated(event) {
    console.log('Route params changed!', event.detail.params)
    console.log(parms, 'is equal to the event payload')
}
</script>

<svelte:window on:routeUpdated={routeUpdated}/>

RouteLink Component

A <RouteLink> can only be used inside a <Viewport> instance or by passing it the router instance. You may pass HTML tag attributes like class, id and etc. directly to the component - as you'll see in the example below.

_router.ts

import SvelteRouter from '@danielsharkov/svelte-router'
import ViewHome from './views/Home.svelte'
import ViewAbout from './views/About.svelte'
import ViewUser from './views/User.svelte'

export default new SvelteRouter({
    window,
    routes: {
        'root': {
            path: '/',
        },
        'home': {
            path: '/home',
            component: ViewHome,
            props: {
                nav: {
                    title: 'Home',
                    icon: 'fas fa-home',
                },
            },
        },
        'about': {
            path: '/about',
            component: ViewAbout,
            props: {
                nav: {
                    title: 'About me',
                    icon: 'fas fa-address-card',
                },
            },
        },
        'user': {
            path: '/about/:userName/:userNumber',
            component: ViewUser,
        },
    },
})

_{components/Nav.svelte}

<script>
import RouteLink from '@danielsharkov/svelte-router/RouteLink'
import router from '../router'
</script>

<nav>
    {#each $router.routes as route}
        {#if route.props?.nav}
            <RouteLink to={route.name} class='nav-btn'>
                <i class="{route.props.nav.icon}"/>
                <span>{route.props.nav.title}</span>
            </RouteLink>
        {/if}
    {/each}
</nav>

<!-- The only disadvantage is that you have to define the styles globally -->
<style>
:global(.nav-btn) {
    color: #ff3e00;
}
</style>

RouteLink with parameters

<RouteLink to='user' params={{userName: 'john_doe', userNumber: 0397}}>
    I'm a router link
</RouteLink>

Svelte Action `use:link`

The use action can only be used inside a <Viewport> instance or by passing it the router instance. When you're using it inside a <Viewport>, then leave the parameter router blank.

Inside a `<Viewport>`

<script>
import {link} from '@danielsharkov/svelte-router'
</script>

<a href='/home' use:link class:active={$router.location === 'home'}>
    Home
</a>
<a href='/about' use:link class:active={$router.location === 'about'}>
    About
</a>
<a href='/user/lauren/8953' use:link class:active={$router.location === 'home'}>
    Lauren#8953 <!-- matches /user/:userName/:userNumber -->
</a>

<style>
a.active {
    color: #ff3e00;
}
</style>

Outside a `<Viewport>`

<script>
import {link} from '@danielsharkov/svelte-router'
import Viewport from '@danielsharkov/svelte-router/Viewport'
import router from './router'
</script>

<a href='/home' use:link={router}>Home</a>
<a href='/about' use:link={router}>About</a>
<a href='/user/lauren/8953' use:link={router}>Lauren</a>

<Viewport {router}/>

Route Transitions

Route transitions can't be just applied and used on a route easily. If you would just add some transitions into the route component and navigate through the routes, it will show unexpected behavior ( see Svelte Issues: #6779, #6763, and even including my simple REPL ).

But! Dirty hacks to the rescue: 😎💡

To tell the viewport that a route has a transition you must dispatch the event hasOutro inside the onMount handler. Now that the viewport is aware of the outro transition, it's going to await the route to finish its transition, before switching to the next route. Now that the router is awaiting the outro, at the end of the transition we have to tell the viewport that it may switch further to the next route. This is done by dispatching the another event called outroDone. That's the trick!

ℹ Info
Any mistaken dispatched event `outroDone` will be ignored by the viewport, as it only listens for the event after the routers location has changed. Meaning you may just dispatch this event on every outro transition without worring.

ℹ Info
Inside the route component be sure to call the `outroDone` event on the longest outro transition on any element inside the component, as they have to finish as well. For better understanding see the second example below 👇

⚠ Warning ⚠
Be sure to fire the event `outroDone` after telling the viewport to await the outro transition, otherwise the viewport will wait a indefinitely.

<script lang='ts'>
import {onMount, createEventDispatcher} from 'svelte'
import {fade} from 'svelte/transition'
const dispatch = createEventDispatcher()

onMount(()=> {
    dispatch('hasOutro')
})
</script>

<div class='page'
transition:fade={{duration: 400}}
on:outroend={()=> dispatch('outroDone')}>
    <h1>Some content</h1>

    <p>Lorem Impsum...</p>
</div>

A route containing a child transition

<script lang='ts'>
import {onMount, createEventDispatcher} from 'svelte'
import {fade, fly} from 'svelte/transition'
const dispatch = createEventDispatcher()

onMount(()=> {
    dispatch('hasOutro')
})

const custom =()=> ({
    duration: 1000,
    css: (t)=> (
        `opacity: ${t};` +
        `transform: rotate(${360 - 360 * t}deg);`
    )
})
</script>

<!-- You may delay the actual route transition, otherwise it will already
fade out and the user will see a blank screen, where it's actually is still
processing a child outro. I set it to 600ms, because 1000ms of the longest
child transition (the heading) minus the 400ms route transition is a delay of 600ms. -->

<div class='page'
transition:fade={{duration: 400, delay: 600}}
on:outroend={()=> dispatch('outroDone')}>
    <h1 transition:custom>
        Some content
    </h1>

    <p style='display: inline-block;' transition:fly={{duration: 700}}>
        Lorem Impsum...
    </p>
</div>

🥱 Lazy loading

To lazy load components you would need to set the field lazyComponent instead of component. The router will panic when using both, as it makes no sense. You may even provide a loading and fallback component, which act like a regular route component, meaning they can be smoothly transitioned as well.

import SvelteRouter from '@danielsharkov/svelte-router'
import RouteLoading from './components/RouteLoading.svelte'
import RouteLoadFailedFallback from './components/RouteLoadFailedFallback.svelte'

import ViewHome from './views/Home.svelte'
import ViewNotFound from './views/NotFound.svelte'

export default new SvelteRouter({
    window: window,
    scrollingElement: window.document.scrollingElement,
    routes: {
        'home': {
            path: '/',
            component: ViewHome,
        },
        'users.user': {
            path: '/users/:uid',
            lazyComponent: {
                // lazy load and show this component:
                component: async ()=> (await import('./views/User.svelte')).default,
                // when the actual route component is loading show:
                loading: RouteLoading,
                // in case it fails loading the component show:
                fallback: RouteLoadFailedFallback,
            },
        },
        'user.album': {
            path: '/users/:uid/albums/:aid',
            lazyComponent: {
                component: async ()=> (await import('./views/Album.svelte')).default,
                loading: RouteLoading,
                fallback: RouteLoadFailedFallback,
            },
        },
        // this route below will never load, it would always first show the
        // loading and then the fallback component after 2 seconds
        'will-never-load': {
            path: '/users/:uid/albums/:aid',
            lazyComponent: {
                component: async ()=> new Promise((_, reject)=> setTimeout(reject, 2e3)),
                loading: RouteLoading,
                fallback: RouteLoadFailedFallback,
            },
        },
        '404': {
            path: '/404',
            // This component mustn't be lazy loaded, as it makes no sense.
            // Still though it's possible.
            component: ViewNotFound,
        },
    },
    fallback: {name: '404'},
})

🧩 Router Examples

You can find full router examples in danielsharkov/svelte-router-examples

✨ Thanks for contribution goes to:

@romshark @madebyfabian

⚖️ License

Svelte Router is a open source software licensed as MIT.

⚖️ Additional notices

You may feel free to use the Logo, Animated Logo and Banner for non-commercial usage only, but first please ask me kindly. Contact me by email on scharktv[at]gmail.com.

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🗂 Index

🧗‍♀️ Getting Started

💿 Installation

Initializing a Router Instance

Fallback Route

Route View Component Props

Route Props

Before-Push Hooks

Global Before-Push Hook

Programmatic History Navigation

Route Updated Event Listener

RouteLink Component

RouteLink with parameters

Svelte Action use:link

Inside a <Viewport>

Outside a <Viewport>

Route Transitions

A route containing a child transition

🥱 Lazy loading

🧩 Router Examples

✨ Thanks for contribution goes to:

⚖️ License

⚖️ Additional notices

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Svelte Action `use:link`

Inside a `<Viewport>`

Outside a `<Viewport>`