Data

[daveferrara1]

I've got this in my config:

// data passed to main hbs template: `main-template(data)`
    data: require("./public/build/manifest.json"),

I can't seem to access the data in an .hbs file. I'd prefer to get at the data in a helper. I am looking to parse that json in a helper and write some script tags.

Do you have an example using data: ?

[daveferrara1]

Wondering also if I were to use something like

onBeforeSetup: function (Handlebars) {
      title: 'test'
    },

It does not seem to be available like {{HandlebarsPlugin.title}} Is there a way to do that?

[sagold]

Hi daveferrara.

The data is simply passed to the template function as explained in the handlebars docs. To access the data within a helper you have two options:

1. Pass the data to a helper directly (recommended): {{myhelper dataInScope}} or
2. Bind the data via scope to your helper

To bind the data in webpack.config

const data = require("./public/build/manifest.json");
// ...
plugins: [
        new HandlebarsPlugin({
            data,
            helpers: {
                myhelper: function () {
                    // access data
                }
            }
        })

[Pieter-Rees]

Thank you for the answer 👍

[daveferrara1]

@sagold Thanks.