Pass template parameter to {{#if}} block

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1

I call my upload template with the parameter type of "logo":

{{> upload type="logo"}}

My upload template looks like this:

<template name="upload">
    <table class="table">
        {{#if uploads type="{{type}}" }}
            <tr>
                <td>{{type}}</td>
                <td><a href="{{url download=true}}" class="download-icon"><i class="fa fa-cloud-download fa-2x"></i></a></td>
                <td class="delete" data-name="{{type}}"><i class="fa fa-trash fa-2x"></i></td>
            </tr>
        {{/if}}
    </table>
</template>

The {{type}} in the two td work, but the one in the {{#if}} block doesn’t. I’ve tried it with and without quotes. How can I pass the type template parameter to the {{#if}} block?

2

you are not passing it to #if block, but uploads helper
in that case uploads helper should expect argument, but not assignment
what you are trying to accomplish ?

And you are already in {{}} block, so normal type=name would be correct assignment, but it does not make sense in this exact scenario.

3

That’s true. My template helper is currently:

uploads: function(evt) {
    return Uploads.find({
        type: evt.hash.type,
        sponsor: Meteor.user().profile.sponsor
    });
}

If I hard code the value in like this {{#if uploads type="logo"}}, it works great.

I’m trying to abstract the file upload functionality. Ideally, I’d like to use it this way:

{{> upload type="logo"}}
{{> upload type="speakerPicture"}}
{{> upload type="presentation"}}

4

So why not {{#if uploads type }} ?

uploads: function(type) {
    return Uploads.find({
        type: type,
        sponsor: Meteor.user().profile.sponsor
    });
}

I updated it, not uploads name, but uploads type probably for your usecase, I dont know where that “name” came from :smiley:

5

That got it fixed. I knew I was thinking too hard. :wink: Thanks!

That’s got to be a world record response time too, by the way.

6

But my little search engine is not responding very fast, probably it is time to setup mongodb ttl to remove offline livestreams instead of just switching them off in property :smiley:

> db.streams.find({online: true},{_id: 1}).count()
21206
> db.streams.count()
1434514
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