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JavaScript React Router 4 Basics Navigating, Nesting and Redirecting Routes Using the Match Object

What is the difference between a path and url? Why use match.path for the route components but url for navlink?

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3 Answers

Jordan Wren
Jordan Wren
30,940 Points

When we are creating a route path it is necessary to use the match.path; however, when we're linking to a path that is already created we use the match.url.

So in the case of the example, we created a route path to the html component using path={`${match.path}/html`}.
And when we want to link our navigation links to the created route path, we use to={`${match.url}/html`}.

G H Mahimaanvita
G H Mahimaanvita
16,234 Points

match.path returns a string that you define when creating a route as Jordan Wren said
match.url also returns a string that is the part of the url which is matched due to which the component is rendered
In this case, both of them return the same value, but the difference becomes clear when parameters are passed into the url in the next part of the course (2:48)

Kriz Ferre Fajardo
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Kriz Ferre Fajardo
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 18,770 Points

Is it safe to just remember that for path=, we use match.path, then for to=, we use match.url? Are there instances that match.path and match.url would be different?