Populate "choice" tag at runtime

xyboox — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 10:16:35 GMT

Hello,

I have this scenario: we have a firebase database with some data ( let's say some articles ). We'd like to use a "choice" tag or field ( although with field I believe is not possible ) for allowing an editor to select which set of data ( article ) to be used in a template for creating a webpage. For example: we would have a dropdown selector ( generated by a choice tag ) with article titles as options. When the editor selects one of those, the template would use selected set of data.

Is this possible? I tried this code in <head> of the template:

{% require_js %} <script> window.choices = ... // async request using fetch to grab and properly format for "choices" the article titles from firebase. An example of the variable content would be: "First article title, Second article title" </script> {% end_require_js %} {% choice "select_article" label="Select Article", choices="{{window.choices}}" export_to_template_context=true %}

but since choice tag is rendered by hubspot systems server side ( and so before the page reaches the browser ), obviously window.choices = null.

Would this be a use case for a serverless function? Not sure if that can be executed server side before page being sent to the client.

Thanks!

Re: Populate "choice" tag at runtime

Jaycee_Lewis — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 21:02:36 GMT

Hi, @xyboox 👋 Thanks for including those details. Hey, @stefen @Teun @louischausse, do you have any insight you can share with @xyboox?

Thank you very much! — Jaycee

Re: Populate "choice" tag at runtime

stefen — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 13:46:39 GMT

@Jaycee_Lewis @xyboox have you considered migrating that content to HubSpot's HubDB? You could also leave the data there but use a serverless function to sync that data to HubDB.

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