React-router v4 now allows you to use regexes to match params — https://reacttraining.com/react-router/web/api/Route/path-string
const NumberRoute = () => <div>Number Route</div>;
const StringRoute = () => <div>String Route</div>;
<Router>
<Switch>
<Route exact path="/foo/:id(\\d+)" component={NumberRoute}/>
<Route exact path="/foo/:path(\\w+)" component={StringRoute}/>
</Switch>
</Router>
More info:
https://github.com/pillarjs/path-to-regexp/tree/v1.7.0#custom-match-parameters