Dynamic Routes

When a path is unknown ahead of time, it can be treated as a flexible parameter that is passed on to the component:

import { lazy } from "solid-js";
import { render } from "solid-js/web";
import { Router, Route } from "@solidjs/router";

const Users = lazy(() => import("./pages/Users"));
const User = lazy(() => import("./pages/User"));
const Home = lazy(() => import("./pages/Home"));

render(
  () => (
    <Router>
      <Route path="/users" component={Users} />
      <Route path="/users/:id" component={User} />
      <Route path="/" component={Home} />
    </Router>
  ),
  document.getElementById("app")
);

The colon (:) indicates that id can be any string. Once a URL matches the pattern, the User component will be shown. When using dynamic segments, the values can be accessed via the useParams hook within the component.

<Show when={params.something} keyed>
  <MyComponent />
</Show>

Each path parameter can be validated using a MatchFilter. This allows for more complex routing descriptions rather than just checking the presence of a parameter.

import { lazy } from "solid-js";
import { render } from "solid-js/web";
import { Router, Route } from "@solidjs/router";
import type { SegmentValidators } from "./types";

const User = lazy(() => import("./pages/User"));

const filters: MatchFilters = {
  parent: ["mom", "dad"], // allow enum values
  id: /^\d+$/, // only allow numbers
  withHtmlExtension: (v: string) => v.length > 5 && v.endsWith(".html"), // we want an `*.html` extension
};

render(
  () => (
    <Router>
      <Route
        path="/users/:parent/:id/:withHtmlExtension"
        component={User}
        matchFilters={filters}
      />
    </Router>
  ),
  document.getElementById("app")
);

Here, matchFilters prop allows for validation of the parent, id and withHtmlExtension parameters against the filters defined in filters. If the validation fails, the route will not match.

So in this example:

• /users/mom/123/contact.html would match,
• /users/dad/123/about.html would match,
• /users/aunt/123/contact.html would not match as :parent is not 'mom' or 'dad',
• /users/mom/me/contact.html would not match as :id is not a number,
• /users/dad/123/contact would not match as :withHtmlExtension is missing .html.

Optional Parameters

Parameters can be specified as optional by adding a question mark to the end of the parameter name:

// Matches stories and stories/123 but not stories/123/comments
<Route path="/stories/:id?" component={Stories} />

Wildcard Routes

:param provides an arbitrary name at that point in the path. Using an asterisk (*) will provide a way to match any end of the path:

// Matches any path that begins with foo, including foo/, foo/a/, foo/a/b/c
<Route path="foo/*" component={Foo} />

If the wild part of the path to the component as a parameter needs to be exposed, it can be named:

<Route path="foo/*any" component={Foo} />

Note: that the wildcard token must be the last part of the path; foo/*any/bar will not create any routes.

Multiple Paths

Routes also support defining multiple paths using an array. This allows a route to remain mounted and not rerender when switching between two or more locations that it matches:

// Navigating from login to register does not cause the Login component to re-render
<Route path={["login", "register"]} component={Login} />