handlebars-helper-variable

handlebars-helper-variable

Handlebars block helper that adds variables to the context that can be used by following expressions in the same template.

Install with npm

npm i handlebars-helper-variable --save

Usage

var variableHelper = require('handlebars-helper-variable');

API

variable

Dyanimcally add JSON objects to the context.

• context {Object}: Context object to put the JSON object on.

Register the helper with Handlebars

var variable = require('handlebars-helper-variable');
var context = {};
Handlebars.registerHelper('variable', variable(context));

Use the helper in a Handlebars template.

{{#variable "foo"}}
  { "foo": "bar" }
{{/variable}}

Compile and render the template with the given context.

Handlebars.compile(template)(context);
//=> context = { foo: { foo: 'bar' } }

Run tests

Install dev dependencies:

npm i -d && npm test

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue

Author

Brian Woodward

• github/helpers
• twitter/helpers

License

Copyright (c) 2015 Brian Woodward
Released under the MIT license

This file was generated by verb-cli on March 19, 2015.