Parsing

parse

This helper converts a STRING into a structured object at runtime.

It supports:

Input starts with	Parsed as
<	XML
{	JSON object
[	JSON array

JSON example

{{#with (parse '{"name":"Laptop","price":1000}')}}
  Name:
  {{name}}
  Price:
  {{price}}
{{/with}}

Result:

Name: Laptop
Price: 1000

JSON array example

{{#each (parse "[1,2,3]")}}
  <div>{{this}}</div>
{{/each}}

Result:

<div>1</div>
<div>2</div>
<div>3</div>

XML example

{{#with
  (parse
    "
<product>
  <name>Laptop</name>
  <price>1000</price>
</product>
"
  )
}}

  {{name}}
  {{price}}

{{/with}}

Result:

Laptop
1000

Parse + Each example

{{#each
  (parse
    '
[
  {"name":"Laptop"},
  {"name":"Mouse"},
  {"name":"Keyboard"}
]
'
  )
}}

  <li>{{name}}</li>

{{/each}}

Result:

<li>Laptop</li>
<li>Mouse</li>
<li>Keyboard</li>

Dynamic Parse from Variable

We have this data:

{
  "#text": "{\"name\":\"Laptop\",\"price\":1000}"
}

We can use:

{{#with (parse jsonText)}}
  {{name}}
  -
  {{price}}
{{/with}}

Result:

Laptop - 1000