ruby inside javascript block [slim template]

Question

There is a way to put ruby conditions inside javascript block? i.e.

javascript:
  var config = {
      common_value_1 : 1, 
      common_value_2 : 2 
  };
           


        

Answer 1

You can use a style similar to string interpolation. See example below.

javascript:
  var config = { 
    custom: "#{my_value ? 'truthy' : 'falsy'}",
    current_user: #{raw current_user.to_json}
  };

** Update below **

If you want more advanced configuration I would recommend to create a class, for example

class ClientConfig
  attr_accessor :foo, :bar

  # .. code

  def to_json
    { foo: foo, bar: bar }.to_json
  end
end

# in view file
javascript: 
  var config = ClientConfig.new.to_json

Else you also have the opportunity to create a ruby partial I've created an example below who may not be so beautiful but I works.

# template_path/_config.html.ruby
def configuration
  { foo: "Hello", bar: "World" }
end

def july_special
  { june_key: "It's June" }
end

def month_name
  Date.today.strftime("%B")
end

config = month_name == 'July' ? configuration.merge(july_special) : configuration

content_tag :script, config.to_json.html_safe

# viewfile
= render 'template_path/config'

So my point is that there are multiple ways of doing this and you should try to find the way the one that suits you and your application the most. In my case, I would use my first example (before the update) if I just need one or two values else I would go for the class ClientConfig.