I want to encode uri, using Link tag of react-router-dom but when I use javascript encodeURIComponent to encode uri it does not show encoded uri in address bar(url bar) though i see uri encoded when i hover.

<Link key={i}  to={encodeURIComponent(item.url)}> {item.text}</Link>  

Am I mising anything or uri is decoded inside react router dom.

I want to encode uri, using Link tag of react-router-dom but when I use javascript encodeURIComponent to encode uri it does not show encoded uri in address bar(url bar) though i see uri encoded when i hover.

<Link key={i}  to={encodeURIComponent(item.url)}> {item.text}</Link>  

Am I mising anything or uri is decoded inside react router dom.

• javascript
• reactjs
• react-router-dom

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• Try to fix like that <Link key={i} to={encodeURIComponent(item.url)}}> {item.text}</Link> – Andrew Paramoshkin Commented Jan 30, 2018 at 13:51
• Andrew I used the same...I edited my question...Thanks – Ans Commented Jan 30, 2018 at 17:14

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The Link in react router dom decodes the uri while pushing it to history.
Anybody can read this issue in github and related issues Path is decoded in createLocation #505
https://github./ReactTraining/history/issues/505

I did workaround of this issue by double encoding the uri so that it is decoded once while pushing in history.
encodeURIComponent(encodeURIComponent(item.url))
till now I have not found any side effects of this....hope this helps anybody facing this issue.