is it possible to specify which component should be used on router.go() in VueJS - vue.js

Question

In VueJS im trying to setup a scenario where the component used is determined by the url path without having to statically map it.
e.g.
router.beforeEach(({ to, next }) => {
FetchService.fetch(api_base+to.path)
.then((response) => {
router.app.$root.page = response
// I'd like to specify a path and component on the fly
// instead of having to map it
router.go({path: to.path, component: response.pageComponent})
})
.catch((err) => {
router.go({name: '404'})
})
})
Basically, I'd like to be able to create a route on the fly instead of statically specifying the path and component in the router.map
Hope that make sense. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

I think that what you're trying to archive is programmatically load some component based on the current route.
I'm not sure if this is the recommended solution, but is what comes to my mind.
Create a DynamicLoader component whit a component as template
<template>
<component :is="CurrentComponent" />
</template>
Create a watch on $route to load new component in each route change
<script>
export default {
data() {
return {
CurrentComponent: undefined
}
},
watch: {
'$route' (to, from) {
let componentName = to.params.ComponentName;
this.CurrentComponent = require(`components/${componentName}`);
}
},
beforeMount() {
let componentName = this.$route.params.ComponentName;
this.CurrentComponent = require(`components/${componentName}`);
}
}
</script>
Register just this route on your router
{ path: '/:ComponentName', component: DynamicLoader }
In this example I'm assuming that all my componennt will be in components/ folder, in your example seems like you're calling an external service to get the real component location, that should work as well.
Let me know if this help you

Answer 2

As par the documentation of router.go, you either need path you want to redirect to or name of the route you want to redirect to. You don't the component.
Argument of router.go is either path in the form of:
{ path: '...' }
or name of route:
{
name: '...',
// params and query are optional
params: { ... },
query: { ... }
}
so you dont need to return component from your API, you can just return path or name of route, and use it to redirect to relevant page.
You can find more details here to create named routes using vue-router.