Server Data Bindings do not evaluate to their values when using Custom Modules

[mebeingken]

Wappler Version : 3.5.7
Operating System : mac
Server Model: node
Database Type: maria
Hosting Type: remote

Expected behavior

Using a data binding in a custom module should result in the value being used.

Actual behavior

The binding text itself is used

How to reproduce

Create a custom module and using data bindings for a text type

If a text string is provided the code works.

If a databinding is provided, the binding is used eg: {{api1.data.url}}

[George]

Do you have a sample code where you use the parameters?

I think when using parameters that can contain expressions, they have to be run through “evaluate” function to get the expression value first.

Maybe @patrick can advise - it is also server language dependent.

[mebeingken]

Okay…would love to see how to use “evaluate” as everything else works perfectly.

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[mebeingken]

I think I found it George:

Writing Custom Modules and Formatters (NodeJS)

The function runs in the context of Server Connect and has access to several of its internal methods. this.parse is like dmx.parse in App Connect, it parses an expression and returns the result. The input can also be a complete object, it will then check all the properties if it contains a string with an expression to parse and parses them all. Other maybe handy methods/properties: // parse an option or throw an error if not a valid string this.parseRequired(options.value, 'string', 'paramete…

Testing now.

EDIT: All good...just had to use the parseRequired as Patrick documented in the above post.

This just opens up a whole world of fun!