Vue 3 - Catch All Redirect (Default Route) with Vue Router
Tutorial built with Vue 3.2.45 and Vue Router 4.1.6
This is a super quick post to show how to create a catch all (default) redirect to the home page (/) in a Vue 3 app with Vue Router. The redirect runs when a request is made to a route that doesn't exist in the Vue 3 app.
The way to do it is with a custom parameter catch all regular expression like this:
{ path: '/:pathMatch(.*)*', redirect: '/' }
The path is a custom route parameter (:pathMatch) followed by a catch all regex ((.*)*) to match all paths. When a request matches this route it is redirected to the home page ('/') with the redirect property.
Example Vue 3 Router with Catch All Redirect
This is an example Vue 3 component with a few page routes configured and a default catch all redirect to the home page.
import { createRouter, createWebHistory } from 'vue-router';
import { HomeView, AboutView, ServicesView, ContactView } from '@/views';
export const router = createRouter({
history: createWebHistory(import.meta.env.BASE_URL),
linkActiveClass: 'active',
routes: [
{ path: '/', component: HomeView },
{ path: '/about', component: AboutView },
{ path: '/services', component: ServicesView },
{ path: '/contact', component: ContactView },
// default redirect to home page
{ path: '/:pathMatch(.*)*', redirect: '/' }
]
});
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