Exchanging data between php and js

The purpose is to standardise the exchange of data between the php server side and js client side of your frontend application. There are two types of data exchange:

Global configuration data#

Usage, from any of your project JavaScript files:

import { globalConf } from "@acanto/core-data";
console.log(globalConf);

The object globalConf has following keys:

  • baseUrl: your project's base URL (environment aware), e.g.: http:/myproject.test
  • cmsApiUrl: the CMS API base URL, e.g. https:/myproject.back.acanto.net/api,
  • mediaUrl: the Media remote base URL, e.g. https:/myproject.back.acanto.net/storage/app/media
  • locale: the current locale (return value of App::getLocale())
  • authenticated: a boolean to indicate whether the user is authenticated or not (return value of AuthApi::check())

This data is automatically injected from the core component <x-assets-head /> that should be included in your src/layout/main/index.blade.php

Global custom data#

Usage, from any of your project JavaScript files:

import { globalData } from "@acanto/core-data";
console.log(globalData);

globalData is an object with the keys and data that you add from the core component <x-data key="mykey" :data="$data" /> where mykey can be any string and $data can be any php value (is automatically encoded with json_encode). You can use <x-data /> component from any route, component or any blade template file. Note that if the same key is given from mulitple points the data will be overriden.

Examples#

Using a custom .env variable#

  1. .env:
MY_KEY=somevalue
  1. config/env.php (create it if missing):
<?php
return [
"MY_KEY" => env("MY_KEY"),
];
  1. src/routes/myroute.blade.php:
<x-data key="myKey" :value="config('env.MY_KEY')" />
  1. src/routes/index.js (or any other js file):
import { globalData } from "@acanto/core-data";
console.log(globalData.myKey);

It should not happen but in case the env variable value is not updated on change run from the terminal npm run clear.

Accessing the currently authenticated user#

This will expose the user without its token or token_active on the client side to prevent security risks.

  1. src/layouts/main.blade.php:
<x-data key="user" :value="$userJs" />
  1. src/routes/index.js (or any other js file):
import { globalData } from "@acanto/core-data";
console.log(globalData.user);
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