router-query/repository-context/docs/router/api/router/RouteType.md

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id: RouteType title: Route type

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The Route type is used to describe a route instance.

Route properties and methods

An instance of the Route has the following properties and methods:

.addChildren method

• Type: (children: Route[]) => this
• Adds child routes to the route instance and returns the route instance (but with updated types to reflect the new children).

.update method

• Type: (options: Partial<UpdatableRouteOptions>) => this
• Updates the route instance with new options and returns the route instance (but with updated types to reflect the new options).
• In some circumstances, it can be useful to update a route instance's options after it has been created to avoid circular type references.
• ...RouteApi methods

.lazy method

• Type: (lazyImporter: () => Promise<Partial<UpdatableRouteOptions>>) => this
• Updates the route instance with a new lazy importer which will be resolved lazily when loading the route. This can be useful for code splitting.

.redirect method

• Type: (opts?: RedirectOptions) => Redirect
• A type-safe version of the redirect function that is pre-bound to the route's path.
• The from parameter is automatically set to the route's fullPath, enabling type-safe relative redirects.
• See RouteApi.redirect for more details.

Example

import { createFileRoute } from '@tanstack/react-router'

export const Route = createFileRoute('/dashboard/settings')({
  beforeLoad: ({ context }) => {
    if (!context.user) {
      // Type-safe redirect - 'from' is automatically '/dashboard/settings'
      throw Route.redirect({
        to: '../login', // Relative path to sibling route
      })
    }
  },
})

...RouteApi methods

• All of the methods from RouteApi are available.