Conditional inclusion of HTML content in the plugin's template file

[cool]

I am writing a plugin. I want that certain HTML included to be displayed only when a user clicks a particular URL (one among the several URLs). How can I achieve this?

[PitaJ]

{{{ if your_condition }}}
<span>HTML stuff you only want displayed under 'condition'</span>
{{{ end }}}

Then you have to set your_condition as a property of the data object when calling res.render:

res.render('template', {
  your_condition: req.path === 'targetted_path',
});

Just as example, might not actually work.

[cool]

//map.tpl
<ul class="nav nav-pills">
<li><a href="{config.relative_path}/map?section=section1">[[map:A]]</a></li>
<li><a href="{config.relative_path}/map?section=section2">[[map:B]]</a></li>
</ul>

{{{ if my_condition }}}
<span>
<p>Some Text</p>
<input type="text" class="form-control input-lg" placeholder="Search"/>
</span>
{{{ end }}}

//In the plugin's controllers.js
console.log(nconf.get('relative_path')); //returns undefined
console.log(req.path); //returns /api/map

In fact I was expecting req.path should equal to http://localhost:4567/map?section=A
.. but it is returning req.path equal to /api/map

Thank you very much

[cool]

//map.tpl
<ul class="nav nav-pills">
<li><a href="{config.relative_path}/map?section=section1">[[map:A]]</a></li>
<li><a href="{config.relative_path}/map?section=section2">[[map:B]]</a></li>
</ul>

{{{ if my_condition }}}
<span>
<p>Some Text</p>
<input type="text" class="form-control input-lg" placeholder="Search"/>
</span>
{{{ end }}}

//In the plugin's controllers.js
console.log(nconf.get('relative_path')); //returns undefined
console.log(req.path); //returns /api/map

In fact I was expecting req.path should equal to http://localhost:4567/map?section=A
.. but it is returning req.path equal to /api/map

[PitaJ]

Oh actually in that case you should be able to use req.query.section I think.

[cool]

It worked. Thanks a lot!