wasp/web/versioned_docs/version-0.11.8/advanced/links.md
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title: Type-Safe Links
---
import { Required } from '@site/src/components/Tag'
If you are using Typescript, you can use Wasp's custom `Link` component to create type-safe links to other pages on your site.
## Using the `Link` Component
After you defined a route:
```wasp title="main.wasp"
route TaskRoute { path: "/task/:id", to: TaskPage }
page TaskPage { ... }
```
You can get the benefits of type-safe links by using the `Link` component from `@wasp/router`:
```jsx title="TaskList.tsx"
import { Link } from '@wasp/router'
export const TaskList = () => {
// ...
return (
<div>
{tasks.map((task) => (
<Link
key={task.id}
to="/task/:id"
{/* 👆 You must provide a valid path here */}
params={{ id: task.id }}>
{/* 👆 All the params must be correctly passed in */}
{task.description}
</Link>
))}
</div>
)
}
```
### Using Search Query & Hash
You can also pass `search` and `hash` props to the `Link` component:
```tsx title="TaskList.tsx"
<Link
to="/task/:id"
params={{ id: task.id }}
search={{ sortBy: 'date' }}
hash="comments"
>
{task.description}
</Link>
```
This will result in a link like this: `/task/1?sortBy=date#comments`. Check out the [API Reference](#link-component) for more details.
## The `routes` Object
You can also get all the pages in your app with the `routes` object:
```jsx title="TaskList.tsx"
import { routes } from '@wasp/router'
const linkToTask = routes.TaskRoute.build({ params: { id: 1 } })
```
This will result in a link like this: `/task/1`.
You can also pass `search` and `hash` props to the `build` function. Check out the [API Reference](#routes-object) for more details.
## API Reference
### `Link` Component
The `Link` component accepts the following props:
- `to` <Required />
- A valid Wasp Route path from your `main.wasp` file.
- `params: { [name: string]: string | number }` <Required /> (if the path contains params)
- An object with keys and values for each param in the path.
- For example, if the path is `/task/:id`, then the `params` prop must be `{ id: 1 }`. Wasp supports required and optional params.
- `search: string[][] | Record<string, string> | string | URLSearchParams`
- Any valid input for `URLSearchParams` constructor.
- For example, the object `{ sortBy: 'date' }` becomes `?sortBy=date`.
- `hash: string`
- all other props that the `react-router-dom`'s [Link](https://v5.reactrouter.com/web/api/Link) component accepts
### `routes` Object
The `routes` object contains a function for each route in your app.
```ts title="router.tsx"
export const routes = {
// RootRoute has a path like "/"
RootRoute: {
build: (options?: {
search?: string[][] | Record<string, string> | string | URLSearchParams
hash?: string
}) => // ...
},
// DetailRoute has a path like "/task/:id/:something?"
DetailRoute: {
build: (
options: {
params: { id: ParamValue; something?: ParamValue; },
search?: string[][] | Record<string, string> | string | URLSearchParams
hash?: string
}
) => // ...
}
}
```
The `params` object is required if the route contains params. The `search` and `hash` parameters are optional.
You can use the `routes` object like this:
```tsx
import { routes } from '@wasp/router'
const linkToRoot = routes.RootRoute.build()
const linkToTask = routes.DetailRoute.build({ params: { id: 1 } })
```