How to programmatically change a route in Next.js
In a component, you can use the useRouter hook:
import { useRouter } from 'next/router'
//...
const router = useRouter()
router.push('/test')
Sometimes you can’t, for example when you’re not in a React component, maybe in a utility function.
In that case, you can do this:
import Router from 'next/router'
Router.push('/test')
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