in my frontend helper I use a parameter and give it everywhere data.widget.
Is it possible to access data.widget in the helper context? I've only found the self.output object tree. But I think that is not a solution with good quality.
Thanks.
Edit for code sample:
Well, in a template you can do something like:
{{ apos.myModuleAlias.iCallAHelper(data.widget) }}
And the part of myModule-widgets/index.js:
construct: function(self, options) {
self.addHelpers({
iCallAHelper: function(data) { console.log(data); }
});
}
Is it possible to access data.widget in the helper without providing data.widget as parameter?
Passing a piece/widget/page to a helper at the template level is pretty common practice, just like your illustrating.
If your issue is that you always need some special data/decision/format to happen based on a widget, you can override the widget's load
method and attach that special something to your widget and then access it in your template.
widget's index.js
module.exports = {
extend: 'apostrophe-widgets',
...
construct: function(self, options) {
const superLoad = self.load;
self.load = function (req, widgets, callback) {
return superLoad(req, widgets, function (err) {
if (err) {
return callback(err);
}
// `widgets` is each widget of this type being loaded on a page
widgets.forEach(function (widget) {
// do something cool, attach it to widget
widget.somethingCool = 'hello world';
});
return callback(null);
});
};
}
}
You would then be able to access data.widget.somethingCool
in your template.