History API

1. What is history API?
2. What is HTML5 history API?
3. How do you push state in history?
4. What is history pushState?
5. Can I use history back?
6. How do I view windows history?
7. Is history a Web API?
8. Can I use history replaceState?
9. What is HTML history?
10. How do I push data from history?
11. What is the history object?
12. How does Window history pushState work?

What is history API?

The History API lets you interact with the browser history, trigger the browser navigation methods and change the address bar content. ... The History API was introduced in HTML5 and is now supported by all modern browsers. IE supports it since version 10, and if you need to support IE9 and older, use the History.

What is HTML5 history API?

The HTML5 History API gives developers the ability to modify a website's URL without a full page refresh. This is particularly useful for loading portions of a page with JavaScript, such that the content is significantly different and warrants a new URL.

How do you push state in history?

The pushState() method accepts three parameters:

1. 1) state. The state is a serializable object. When you navigate to a new state, a popstate event is fired. ...
2. 2) title. Most browser currently ingore this title property. ...
3. 3) url. The optional url allows you to define the new history entry's URL. ...
4. Make the index. html page.

What is history pushState?

In an HTML document, the history. pushState() method adds an entry to the browser's session history stack.

Can I use history back?

The back() method loads the previous URL in the history list. This is the same as clicking the "Back button" in your browser. ... Tip: You can also use the history.go() method to load the previous (or next) URL in the history list.

How do I view windows history?

The Window. history read-only property returns a reference to the History object, which provides an interface for manipulating the browser session history (pages visited in the tab or frame that the current page is loaded in). See Manipulating the browser history for examples and details.

Is history a Web API?

The Web History API provides easy methods to access the windows. history object. The window. history object contains the URLs (Web Sites) visited by the user.

Can I use history replaceState?

The History. replaceState() method modifies the current history entry, replacing it with the stateObj , title , and URL passed in the method parameters. This method is particularly useful when you want to update the state object or URL of the current history entry in response to some user action.

What is HTML history?

The first version of HTML was written by Tim Berners-Lee in 1993. Since then, there have been many different versions of HTML. The most widely used version throughout the 2000's was HTML 4.01, which became an official standard in December 1999. Another version, XHTML, was a rewrite of HTML as an XML language.

How do I push data from history?

1. For the earlier versions: history.push('/path', yourData); And get the data in the related component just like below: this.props.location.state // it is equal to yourData.
2. For the newer versions the above way works well but there is a new way: history.push( pathname: '/path', customNameData: yourData, );

What is the history object?

The history object is a property of the JavaScript window object, and can be accessed through the window. history property, and is used to access the session history for that window object. It provides useful methods and properties that let us navigate back and forth through the window's session history.

How does Window history pushState work?

Essentially, history. pushState method on the history object can be used to create and activate a new history entry manually. There is another method called history. replaceState, which actually replaces the immediate last entry into the history of the browser session.