handlebars_template_merge Function

Syntax

dim result as c = handlebars_template_merge(template as c, jsonData as c)

Arguments

templateCharacter: The HandleBars template string.
jsonDataCharacter: JSON data to be merged into the template.

Returns

resultCharacter: Returns the merged template and JSON data.

Description

Merges JSON data into a template using Handlebars syntax.

Discussion

Handlebars is a popular, open source templating library. This function takes JSON data and a template (that uses Handlebars syntax) and merges the data into the template.

Example

jsondata = <<%str%
{
    firstname:'Fred',
    lastname : 'Smith'
}
%str%

template = <<%str%
Hello {{firstname}} {{lastname}}
%str%

? handlebars_template_merge(template,jsondata)
= "Hello Fred Smith"

This is just a helper function for the low level NodeServices::HandleBars::RunTemplate() static method.