This is a high order component and will provide the component not wrapped in the Route with three props: match, location, and history.
Example: https://codesandbox.io/s/react-router-withrouter-forked-4isp3
index.js
import React from "react";
import { render } from "react-dom";
import { BrowserRouter as Router, Route, Link } from "react-router-dom";
import About from "./components/About";
import Home from "./components/Home";
import Topics from "./components/Topics";
import Nav from "./components/Nav";
const BasicExample = (props) =>
<Router>
<div>
<Nav/>
<hr />
<Route exact path="/" component={Home} />
<Route path="/about" component={About} />
<Route path="/topics" component={Topics} />
</div>
</Router>;
render(<BasicExample />, document.getElementById("root"));
About.js / Home.js
import React from 'react';
const About = () => (
<div>
<h2>About</h2>
</div>
);
export default About;
import React from 'react';
const Home = () => (
<div>
<h2>Home</h2>
</div>
);
export default Home;
Nav.js (just wrap with withRouter)
import React from "react";
import { Link, withRouter } from "react-router-dom";
const Nav = (props) => (
<ul>
<li>
<Link to="/">Home</Link>
</li>
<li>
<Link to="/about">About</Link>
</li>
<li>
<Link to="/topics">Topics</Link>
</li>
<li>{`match prop -> ${JSON.stringify(props.match)}`}</li>
<li>{`location prop -> ${JSON.stringify(props.location)}`}</li>
</ul>
);
export default withRouter(Nav);
Topics.js (this shows how to render post very good)
import React from "react";
import { Link, Route } from "react-router-dom";
const Topic = ({ match, location }) => (
<div>
<h3>{match.params.topicId}</h3>
<li>{`match prop -> ${JSON.stringify(match)}`}</li>
<li>{`location prop -> ${JSON.stringify(location)}`}</li>
</div>
);
const Topics = ({ match, location, history }) => (
<div>
<h2>Topics</h2>
<li>{`match prop -> ${JSON.stringify(match)}`}</li>
<li>{`location prop -> ${JSON.stringify(location)}`}</li>
<ul>
<li>
<Link to={`${match.url}/rendering`}>Rendering with React</Link>
</li>
<li>
<Link to={`${match.url}/components`}>Components</Link>
</li>
<li>
<Link to={`${match.url}/props-v-state`}>Props v. State</Link>
</li>
</ul>
<Route path={`${match.url}/:topicId`} component={Topic} />
{/* <Route
exact
path={match.url}
render={() => <h3>Please select a topic.</h3>}
/> */}
</div>
);
export default Topics;