Redirects

When making a non-GET Inertia request, via <Link> or manually, be sure to always respond with a proper Inertia response.

For example, if you're creating a new user, have your "store" endpoint 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. Here's a simplified example.

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

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

        return Redirect::route('users.index');
    }
}

303 response code

Note, 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 GET request. A 303 redirect is the same as a 302 except that the follow-up request is explicitly changed to a GET request.

If you're using one of our official server-side adapters, redirects will automatically be converted.

External redirects

Sometimes it's necessary to redirect to an external website, or even another non-Inertia endpoint in your app, within an Inertia request. This is possible using a server-side initiated window.location visit.

return Inertia::location($url);

This will generate a 409 Conflict response, which includes the destination URL in the X-Inertia-Location header. Client-side, Inertia will detect this response and automatically do a window.location = url visit.