The result of portal.getContent()

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1

Is

portal.getContent({
    key: "key-to-content"
})

supposed to give the same result no matter where in the code it is called?

2

Hi Helge,

Yes, depending on which Content Type is behind the Content that triggers this Part controller to fire up.

On viewing a Page Template the current Content is the Page Template, and that would show some data that is different than if you’re previewing a Landing Page.

3

So the passed-in key argument doesn’t affect which content is returned?

4

Sorry, read the question wrong. Just assumed you did:

portal.getContent();

That should give the same result yes. Perhaps some context data will change, but not the “hits.data” part of the JSON.

Are you getting something weird?

5

I sorted it out by using

content.get({key: "my-key"})

instead of

portal.getContent({key: "my-key"})

However, I had in controller.js:

var key = "my-key";
var data = portal.getContent({key: "my-key"})
// Here, data._id === key

Then I wanted to attach some functions to data, thus I placed a function in /lib/ContentModel.js:

var ContentModel = function(key) {
   if(key) {
       this.data = portal.getContent({key: key})    
   } else {
       this.data = portal.getContent(); 
   }
}

Then in controller.js:

var ContentModel = require("/lib/ContentModel.js")
var key = "my-key"; 
var model = new ContentModel(key);

In this case, I would expect model.data._id === key, but model.data._id seems to be the key of the page instead the content that I wanted… I did quite a bit of debugging, but chances are I have overlooked something :slight_smile:

As I mentioned, content.get({key: key}) worked for me:

// /lib/ContentModel.js: 
var ContentModel = function(key) {
   if(key) {
       this.data = content.get({key: key})    
   } else {
       this.data = portal.getContent(); 
   }
}
6

Portal.getContent is a different function than lib-content’s getContent.

The first has no params if I remember correctly…