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[Docs]: Provide a document on how to share the data from parent page to embedded Appsmith page
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Describe the problem
When users embeds the Appsmith in their web pages we can share the data from parent page to Appsmith page through query params. But we don't have step-by-step doc on how user can do this.
Describe the improvement
A step-by-step guide on how to implement this will be helpful.
@abhvsn / @rimildeyjsr - could you please provide more information on what is needed? We do have a how-to guide on sharing data across pages.
@somangshu I don't have much context here can someone from pod-app-viewers help to create this doc?
Sure @abhvsn
@jnikhila here we are talking about the communication between the embedded page and appsmith platform. I.E how does one trigger an event (with some data) in appsmith from the page that is embedded in an appsmith iFrame widget! To resolve this we are using window.postMessage() API. We have a sample app here on release that shows how this works, please check it out and let me know when you have more questions.
@jnikhila the pointers do cover it, Let me know if you want me to review the actual doc also, I am not able to find it right now
@somangshu - I'll share the doc, once it's available. I think, we should be able to pick it up in the upcoming sprint.
@jnikhila I think I initial understanding of this issue is skewed. Apologies for the same! Here is what I have understood now
OP asks for a way to communicate with the appsmith app that is embedded in their application.
We don't have postMessage API that can help here. The initial sample app which I provided caters to another use case all together. My understanding right now is that if the parent app (where appsmith app is embedded) needs to communicate with the embedded appsmith app, they can use either postMessage (not sure how possible if this) or use the query params as explained above (For which we need to detail the doc).
For a bit more context, we have recently also published a new feature #7241, which provides a way for the parent app (where appsmith app is embedded) to receive a message from the appsmith app using the postMessage API.
cc @rimildeyjsr @dilippitchika Do you guys think I am going in the right direction now, Please advise!
@rimildeyjsr is this window.postmessage() ? Can you close this if that's the case, as we already have a ticket for that.
