Redirects

When making a non-GET Inertia request manually or via a <Link> element, you should ensure that you always respond with a proper Inertia redirect response.

For example, if your controller is creating a new user, your “store” endpoint should return a redirect back to a standard GET endpoint, such as your user “index” page. Inertia will automatically follow this redirect and update the page accordingly.

using InertiaCore;

public class UsersController : Controller
{
    private readonly AppDbContext _context;

    public UsersController(AppDbContext context)
    {
        _context = context;
    }

    public IActionResult Index()
    {
        return Inertia.Render("Users/Index", new {
            Users = _context.Users.ToList(),
        });
    }

    [HttpPost]
    public async Task<IActionResult> Store([FromBody] CreateUserRequest request)
    {
        if (!ModelState.IsValid)
        {
            // Validation errors are forwarded to the response automatically.
            return Index();
        }

        _context.Users.Add(new User { Name = request.Name, Email = request.Email });
        await _context.SaveChangesAsync();

        return RedirectToAction("Index");
    }
}

class UsersController extends Controller
{
    public function index()
    {
        return Inertia::render('Users/Index', [
            'users' => User::all(),
        ]);
    }

    public function store(Request $request)
    {
        User::create(
            $request->validate([
                'name' => ['required', 'max:50'],
                'email' => ['required', 'max:50', 'email'],
            ])
        );

        return to_route('users.index');
    }
}

303 Response Code

When redirecting after a PUT, PATCH, or DELETE request, you must use a 303 response code, otherwise the subsequent request will not be treated as a GETrequest. A 303 redirect is very similar to a 302 redirect; however, the follow-up request is explicitly changed to a GET request.

If you’re using one of our official server-side adapters, all redirects will automatically be converted to 303 redirects.

External Redirects

Sometimes it’s necessary to redirect to an external website, or even another non-Inertia endpoint in your app while handling an Inertia request. This can be accomplished using a server-side initiated window.location visit via the Inertia::location() method.

return Inertia.Location(url);

The Inertia::location() method will generate a 409 Conflict response and include the destination URL in the X-Inertia-Location header. When this response is received client-side, Inertia will automatically perform a window.location = url visit.