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mfeltscher
Expert
10 years ago

Using system components in custom components (FreeMarker)

Hi

 

I'm looking for a way to integrate a system component into a FreeMarker template.

I want to render a blog post into my template by using the system template Lithium is using (no REST call fetching the data), as well as its comments. Basically, I'm looking for something like this:

<#-- Rendering blog post with ID "blog-post-id" -->
<@component id="blog_post" param=<blog-post-id> />

<#-- Rendering blog post comments for blog post with ID "blog-post-id" -->
<@component id="blog_post_comments" param=<blog-post-id> />

I wasn't able to find a system template for these, so I made up the template names ("blog_post" and "blog_post_comments").

 

Thanks for your help

 

Moreno

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  • VarunGrazitti's avatar
    VarunGrazitti
    Boss
    10 years ago

    mfeltscher - What exactly you want to know, the template names?

     

    This is for the blog article

     

    <component id="article"/>

     

    this is for comment:

     

        <component id="comments"/>

     

    But it will not render the content in a page which is out of context.

  • mfeltscher's avatar
    mfeltscher
    Expert
    10 years ago

    VarunGrazitti Thank you for your fast reply.

     

    First of all I wanted to ask, how I can find all available template names.

     

    The thing is, that we want to use this outside the context you described (for example inside a custom REST endpoint). Is this somehow possible?

  • VarunGrazitti's avatar
    VarunGrazitti
    Boss
    10 years ago

    To know the names of the components, you'd need to switch to the XML view in studio page tab. It'll show you the names of all the components on that page.

    As long as you use that custom REST endpoint in the context of the page, rather on the same page where the default component is being used, you should be fine. E.g. if you use a blog page component on home page, you'll get an exception.

  • mfeltscher's avatar
    mfeltscher
    Expert
    10 years ago

    Thanks for the hint with the XML view!

     

    The custom REST endpoint is getting used outside of the Lithium application itself, so I guess this would mean it doesn't work?

  • VarunGrazitti's avatar
    VarunGrazitti
    Boss
    10 years ago
    You can make a completely custom component rather than having to depend on a core component. You can then use it out side the community as well.
  • mfeltscher's avatar
    mfeltscher
    Expert
    10 years ago

    So that's the only solution? This is exactely what I wanted to avoid..