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Tolerim
a month ago

How can I navigate using the useNavigate() hook?

The issue is that after a successful login request, the navigation to the "/home" route using the useNavigate() hook is not working, and instead, it's reloading the "/login" page. The App.js code includes a createBrowserRouter() function that defines the routes for the application, including the "/home" route. The Login.js code handles the form submission and stores the token in localStorage, but the navigation to "/home" is not happening as expected. Can you provide a solution to this problem?
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Vogi
a month ago
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It seems that the issue might be related to the fact that the state update and navigation request are being enqueued in the same render cycle. One solution is to delay the navigate call to the end of the Javascript event queue in the handleLogin handler. Another solution is to move the useAuth state into a React context and provide that to the app. The useAuth hook should then use the useContext hook to access the single auth state. I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.

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redirect to home after login using React react-router and usenavigate ...[Solved]-Update navbar after success login or logout redirection-ReactjsuseNavigate not working react-router-dom v6 - Stack OverflowUnable to navigate using useNavigate() hook - Stack Overflow
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Tolerim
a month ago
It seems like you are using useNavigate() hook from the React Router v6 library to navigate to the '/home' route after a successful login request, but instead of routing to '/home', it is reloading the '/login' page. One possible issue could be that you are not using the useNavigate() hook correctly. Here's how you can use it in your code: In the Login.js file, you need to import the useNavigate() hook from the React Router library: 
import { useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
Then, you can replace the navigate('/home', { replace: true }) line with the following code: 
const navigate = useNavigate();
navigate('/home', { replace: true });
This should correctly navigate to the '/home' route after a successful login request. Additionally, you might want to check if the login() function is returning a promise or not. If it is not a promise, you can wrap it inside a promise and then use the async/await syntax. Here's how you can do it: 
const response = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
  login(payLoad)
    .then(response => resolve(response))
    .catch(error => reject(error));
});
This will ensure that the login() function always returns a promise, which can then be awaited in the handleSubmit() function.
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