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Jeff McMorris
Jeff McMorris

Reputation: 97

Passing data from iron router into template helper

I am trying to pass in the categoryId from the iron router data into the template helper in meteor.

This is my router code:

Router.route('/lessons/:categoryId', function() {
this.subscribe('lessons');
this.render('Lessons', {
    data: {
        categoryId: this.params.categoryId
    }
});

This is my template code:

Template.Lessons.helpers({
lessons: function () {
console.log('CategoryId: '+categoryId);
}
});

How can I correctly access the categoryId that was created in iron router?

Thanks so much for any help.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3759

Answers (1)

David Weldon
David Weldon

Reputation: 64312

data from your router provides the context (this) for your template. To access categoryId from your helper, use this.categoryId:

Template.Lessons.helpers({
  lessons: function() {
    console.log('CategoryId: ' + this.categoryId);
  }
});

You can also access router data via:

Template.instance().data.categoryId;

Upvotes: 4

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