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Learn how to properly fetch full `id` parameters using useParams in React Router, especially when dealing with nested URL structures.
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Understanding the Problem

If you're working with React Router and trying to navigate through detailed news articles fetched from The Guardian API, you might encounter a common issue. The article IDs you want to access can be complex, formatted like this:

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However, if you try to fetch this with a simple route like /:id, you’ll find that it only captures the first segment of the ID, resulting in just “world”. This can be quite frustrating when you need the entire string for accessing article details.

In this guide, we will explore how to properly set up your routes in React Router to capture the full ID from such complex URLs.

The Issue at Hand

The root of the problem is in the way you've defined your route. By default, using a route such as /:id will only match the first segment of the URL path:

Example URL: world/live/2020/dec/31/coronavirus-covid-live-news-updates-vaccine-lockdown

Captured id: world

Clearly, this is not what you want. You need to access the full article ID to populate your article page correctly.

The Solution

To solve this issue, it’s important to adjust the route definition in your React Router setup. Instead of using a basic path, you’ll want to match the entire structure of your ID.

Define the Route Correctly

If your article structure in the URL is as shown above, you can modify the route like this:

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With this configuration:

:year, :month, and :day are placeholders for the respective date segments,

:id is a placeholder for the news article identifier which can be a longer string representing the headline.

Extracting the Parameters

Once you've defined your route accordingly, you can retrieve all relevant parameters, including the full id, by using the useParams hook. Here's how you can do it:

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With this approach, you're now able to access:

day: 31

month: dec

year: 2020

id: coronavirus-covid-live-news-updates-vaccine-lockdown

Using the Parameters

Now, you can leverage these parameters to fetch the specific article and render it on your ArticlePage component without missing any crucial information.

Conclusion

By appropriately defining your route structure to match the nested elements in your article IDs, you can utilize useParams to extract complete information needed for your application. This not only optimizes your routing setup but also ensures that your app is more efficient in fetching and displaying news articles.

Implementing this small change in how you parse route parameters can save time and headaches, allowing seamless navigation from article summaries to their detailed content.

Now you're all set! Go ahead and enhance your React Router implementation for fetching article details effectively.