Site Variable does not render in a headless application / redering page using API

[craigWagner99]

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As reported in: https://dotcms.zendesk.com/agent/tickets/105638 v5.3.8.5LTS Tested in v5.3.8.5LTS

In a headless application, when i calling the api/v1/page/render/{mypage} service, the host_variable does not render.

There is a workaround: adding the code to your VTL: #parse("LIVE/${host.identifier}.site")

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Create a page
2. Add a reference to the site variable (e.g. <p>$host_variable.{var}</p> )
3. Render the page using the API
4. The code does not render - it just displays the code

Screenshots

[jdotcms]

In order to test you can create a container and a couple site vars, such as this

$title

on container: $host_variable.onevar <br/>
$host_variable.secondvar

You should see the vars translated to the real values on the site vars

[bryanboza]

Fixed, tested on release22.07 // Docker // FF

[bryanboza]

We need some work here, we need to create a curl test for this specific case.

[fmontes]

@jdotcms Here.

[dsilvam]

PR for postman tests left for master/next-release: https://github.com/dotCMS/core/pull/22653

[fmontes]

Since the tests was done in master, moving this to next release so @bryanboza can check it and pass is there.

[bryanboza]

Now we have the curl test implemented and running, but in this implementation we are using the host word instead a site wich is not good because we are using both to the same thing.

After a discussion with @wezell we need to change the names of the new endpoints to and replace host by site at the endpoints level

Here the list:

• saveHostVariable
• getHostVariables

[jdotcms]

Done: PR

[fmontes]

https://github.com/dotCMS/core/pull/22878

Merged.

[bryanboza]

Fixed, feedback applied. Tested on release-22.09 // Docker // FF

[swicken-dotcms]

Excluding from LTS releases as there is a viable workaround and the issue has been low impact