express-hbs-segment
express-hbs-segment
takes care of recurring elements (called segments or fragments) for your application. Sometimes, the express-hbs
partial behaviour is not the best opportunity. Maybe the partial should load its own data or simply accept a bunch of configuration attributes. At this point express-hbs-segment
is a good choice. The built-in example/
directory gives you a short instruction.
Install
npm i --save express-hbs-segment
Usage
var hbs = ;var segment = ; segment;
{{segment id="latest_news" limit=5 category=1337 title="Latest News"}}
Create a segment
Creating segments is really easy. Just add a folder (e.g. latest-news) and create a .hbs
and .js
file with the same name (in this example: latest-news) in it.
The segment controller must returns a bluebird
Promise instance. The data passed to the resolve-function will be forwarded to the hbs template.
var Promise = ; module { return Promise;};
The above shown example forwards the obtained options object to the view.
FAQ
express-hbs
?
Is there a reason why this modules depend on Unfortunately, the module handlebars
does not support an asynchronous helper workflow. However, express-hbs
comes with a method called registerAsyncHelper
which takes care of the above-mentoined process.