override Helper method in Harmony child theme

[sweetp]

Id like to override a helper method in NodeBB/public/src/modules/helpers.common.js >> buildCategoryLabel

I want add my own custom class, so I can easily customize the topic badge. It seems like overkill to have to override 2 templates to achieve this. partials/topics_list.tpl topic.tpl

how would I go about this?

[julian]

Have you tried something like this:

const helpers = require.main.require('./src/helpers');

helpers.buildCategoryLabel = (category, className = '') => {
    return 'foobar';
});

?

[sweetp]

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[sweetp]

@Julian would I put this in my library.js

[julian]

@sweetp yeah, although you would want to edit the file on both client and server side. I think you need to edit both files...

[sweetp]

I couldnt figure it out…. And ended up using a client side hook instead to add my class that way. It’s not as pretty… as there’s a slight delay before the class is added, but I may try again when I find some more time to hack away at it