navigateTo

navigateTo is a router helper function that allows programmatically navigating users through your Nuxt application.

navigateTo is available on both server side and client side. It can be used within plugins, middleware or can be called directly to perform page navigation.

Type

navigateTo(to: RouteLocationRaw | undefined | null, options?: NavigateToOptions) => Promise<void | NavigationFailure> | RouteLocationRaw

interface NavigateToOptions {
  replace?: boolean
  redirectCode?: number
  external?: boolean
  open?: OpenOptions
}

Parameters

to

Type: RouteLocationRaw | undefined | null

Default: '/'

to can be a plain string or a route object to redirect to. When passed as undefined or null, it will default to '/'.

options (optional)

Type: NavigateToOptions

An object accepting the following properties:

• replace (optional)
  Type: boolean
  Default: false
  By default, navigateTo pushes the given route into the Vue Router's instance on the client side.
  This behavior can be changed by setting replace to true, to indicate that given route should be replaced.
• redirectCode (optional)
  Type: number
  Default: 302
navigateTo redirects to the given path and sets the redirect code to 302 Found by default when the redirection takes place on the server side.
  This default behavior can be modified by providing different redirectCode. Commonly, 301 Moved Permanently can be used for permanent redirections.
• external (optional)
  Type: boolean
  Default: false
  Allows navigating to an external URL when set to true. Otherwise, navigateTo will throw an error, as external navigation is not allowed by default.
• open (optional)
  Type: OpenOptions
  Allows navigating to the URL using the open() method of the window. This option is only applicable on the client side and will be ignored on the server side.
  An object accepting the following properties:
  • target
    Type: string
    Default: '_blank'
    A string, without whitespace, specifying the name of the browsing context the resource is being loaded into.
  • windowFeatures (optional)
    Type: OpenWindowFeatures
    An object accepting the following properties:
    • popup (optional)
      Type: boolean
    • width or innerWidth (optional)
      Type: number
    • height or innerHeight (optional)
      Type: number
    • left or screenX (optional)
      Type: number
    • top or screenY (optional)
      Type: number
    • noopener (optional)
      Type: boolean
    • noreferrer (optional)
      Type: boolean
    
    Refer to the documentation for more detailed information on the windowFeatures properties.

Examples

Navigating Within a Vue Component

<script setup>
// passing 'to' as a string
await navigateTo('/search')

// ... or as a route object
await navigateTo({ path: '/search' })

// ... or as a route object with query parameters
await navigateTo({
  path: '/search',
  query: {
    page: 1,
    sort: 'asc'
  }
})
</script>

Navigating Within Route Middleware

export default defineNuxtRouteMiddleware((to, from) => {
  if (to.path !== '/search') {
    // setting the redirect code to '301 Moved Permanently'
    return navigateTo('/search', { redirectCode: 301 })
  }
})

Navigating to an External URL

<script setup>
// will throw an error;
// navigating to an external URL is not allowed by default
await navigateTo('https://nuxt.com')

// will redirect successfully with the 'external' parameter set to 'true'
await navigateTo('https://nuxt.com', {
  external: true
})
</script>

Navigating using open()

<script setup>
// will open 'https://nuxt.com' in a new tab
await navigateTo('https://nuxt.com', {  
  open: {
    target: '_blank',
    windowFeatures: {
      width: 500,
      height: 500
    }
  }
})
</script>