Use custom helpers in Handlebars which are loaded from an api

1

With ember-cli I use some handlebars which are loaded from an api. I’m using variables in the Handlebars templates, but now it would be nice to get render, bind-attr and a custom-helper working.

// app/helpers/view-helper.js
var ViewTemplateHelper = Ember.Handlebars.makeBoundHelper(function(template, context) {

  if (Ember.isEmpty(template)) {
    return;
  }
  else if (Ember.isArray(template)) {
    template = template.get('firstObject.value');
  }
  else {
    template = template.get('value');
  }

  context = context || this;

  var dummy = Ember.View.extend({
    classNames: ['view-template'],
    context: context,
    template: Ember.Handlebars.compile(template)
  });

  var view = dummy.create();
  var $elem = null;

  Ember.run(function() {
    $elem = $('<div>');
    view.appendTo($elem);
  });

  return new Ember.Handlebars.SafeString($elem.html());
});

export default ViewTemplateHelper;

Just calling the helper like this

// app/templates/blog-list.hbs
{{view-template blog}}

When I use this Handlebar this code works fine

<h1>{{blog.title}}</h1>

But when using render, bind-attr, custom-helper,

{{render 'blog/cover' blog.image}}

the console logs an error:

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'container' of null

Does anyone know how to use custom helpers in the Handlebars loaded from the api?

2

Solved by using this method: How do you render a view from within a handlebars helper that takes dynamic content? - #3 by seilund

See stackoverflow: javascript - Use custom helpers in Handlebars which are loaded from an api - Stack Overflow