jatins
Render functional component directly in controller without .html.heex template?
the docs for functional components say (emphasis mine)
Although this is a quick example, it shows the different roles function components play in Phoenix:
- Function components can be defined as functions that receive
assignsas argument and call the~Hsigil, as we did ingreet/1- Function components can be embedded from template files, that’s how we load
show.html.heexintoHelloWeb.HelloHTML- Function components can declare which attributes are expected, which are validated at compilation time
- Function components can be directly rendered from controllers
- Function components can be directly rendered from other function components, as we called
<.greet messenger={@messenger} />fromshow.html.heex
Ask: How do I render a functional components (that is the function returning ~H sigil) directly from controller function without needing a .html.heex template in the middle? Couldn’t find any examples for it in docs
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sodapopcan
I think that may be just weird wording referring to how you can do this:
def MyAppWeb.FooController do
use MyAppWeb, :controller
def index(conn, _params) do
render(conn, :index)
end
end
def MyAppWeb.FooHTML do
use MyAppWeb, :html
def index(assigns) do
~H"""
My template
"""
end
end
def index(assigns) is a component which is rendered from the controller by referencing its name as opposed to “rendering a template from the controller.” AFAIK, you can’t render heex inside a controller action which is what you’re asking. If you have some better wording you could always open a PR to improve!
It’s possible I’m wrong and you can do what you’re asking but I’ve searched through the docs and can’t find anything. render doesn’t take HEEx at all.
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jatins
@sodapopcan thanks, this is what I was looking for! The examples I came across render a .html.heex “template” rather than a component directly. But this answers "how to skip the .html.heex templates. I’ll send a PR to docs to add this example as well
@LostKobrakai that’s interesting! letting you skip the view layer (i,e, MyAppWeb.FooHTML) completely
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