route.start()

Sets up the two-way binding between the hash and the can-route.data and sets the route.data to its initial values. If URL data and route.data set at the same time the URL data will take precedence.

<mock-url></mock-url>
<script type="module">
import "//unpkg.com/mock-url@^5.0.0";
import {route} from "can";

route.register( "{page}", { page: "home" } );
route.start();
console.log( route.data.page ); // -> "home"
</script>

import {route} from "can";

route.register( "overview/{dateStart}-{dateEnd}" );
route.register( "{type}/{id}" );
route.start();

console.log( route.data ); // -> {
//   dateEnd: undefined,
//   dateStart: undefined,
//   id: undefined,
//   type: undefined
// }