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user2858924
user2858924

Reputation: 433

Passing parameter in meteor.js from template

I am trying to link to blog detail page from blog list, but the link does not work. What am I doing wrong here? this._id in the link is the correct id. This is my route

this.route('blogdetail', {
    path: '/groupsmain/:_id/blogs/:paramOne',
    template:'groupdetail',
    yieldTemplates: {
        'blogdetail': {to: 'dynamiccontent'}
    },
    controller: blogdetailController
});

Blog list's url is

http://localhost:3000/groupsmain/NQxvBfeNQE875HDRR/blogs

and this is my link for blog detail

 <h3><a href="{{pathFor 'blogdetail' paramOne=this._id}}">{{this.title}}</a></h3>

Upvotes: 2

Views: 527

Answers (2)

Kako
Kako

Reputation: 251

Looking at the current Iron Router's code (version 0.9.1), it looks like the pathFor helper uses the context only if you don't pass any arguments explicitly in the helper call. It may be a bug, since the docs examples show you could mix both cases.

So you either have to pass both parameters in the pathFor helper or have both values set in the context. You are passing only paramOne in the helper and expecting that Iron Router gets the _id parameter somewhere else. Try this:

<a href="{{pathFor 'blogdetail' _id=whicheverIdYouNeedHere paramOne=_id}}">{{title}}</a>

If whicheverIdYouNeedHere is actually a property of the parent context, you can get it using the .. keyword. You would end up with something like:

<a href="{{pathFor 'blogdetail' _id=../nameOfThePropertyFromTheParentContext paramOne=_id}}">{{title}}</a>

Upvotes: 0

Hubert OG
Hubert OG

Reputation: 19544

pathFor takes parameters from the current data context, not from the arguments you pass to it. So you need to alter the context with #with helper:

<a href="{{#with _id=_id paramOne=this._id}}{{pathFor 'blogDetail'}}{{/with}}">

Upvotes: 2

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