akFillFromJSON

Fill DOM objects with JSON data based on tag attributes.

Fill HTML Template with JSON data

Once you have your HTML template created and jQuery included: $(element).akFillFromJSON(jsonData,notBS)

• element (obj): DOM object you want to fill
• jsonData (obj): JSON object with key:value pairs to be used to fill the DOM object
• notBS (boolean): (optional) "Not Bootstrap". By default elements are shown/hidden using bootstrap classes .d-none and .hidden. If this is false then jQuery's .show() and .hide() will be used instead.

$("#myContainer").akFillFromJSON({
  firstName: "Ashley",
  lastName: "Salinas",
  addresses: [{
      street: "123 Private Road",
      city: "Austin",
      state: "TX"
  },{
      street: "456 Company Drive",
      city: "Dallas",
      state: "TX"
  }]
})

HTML Template Setup

The Basics

You can assign various class names to objects to insert values from JSON. In the below documentation we will use [key] and [value] to represent the JSON key and value passed in the JSON key:value pair.

• Objext with class [key]Val will be populated with the value.
  • If the object is an <img> or <iframe> tag then the value will be assigned to the src.
  • Include data-path to the object if you'd like to APPEND the value to a fixed path.

    <img src="#" class="myKeyVal" data-path="/assets/myImages/"\>

• Objects with the class [key]Div will only be visible when the [value] is not blank.
• Objects with the class not-[key]Div will only be visible when the [value] is blank.

EXAMPLE

Show field values only when they have values.

HTML Template:

<div id="myContainer">
	<div class="firstNameDiv">First Name: <span class="firstNameVal"></span></div>
	<div class="lastNameDiv">Last Name: <span class="lastNameVal"></span></div>
	<div class="companyPhoneDiv">Company Phone: <span class="companyPhoneVal"></span></div>
	<div class="not-companyPhoneDiv">
		<div class="homePhoneDiv">Home Phone: <span class="homePhoneVal"></span></div>
	</div>
</div>

Initialize:

$("#myContainer").akFillFromJSON({
	firstName: "Ashley",
	lastName: "Salinas",
	companyPhone: "",
	homePhone: "555-1212"
})

Final Result:

<div id="myContainer">
	<div class="firstNameDiv">First Name: <span class="firstNameVal">Ashley</span></div>
	<div class="lastNameDiv">Last Name: <span class="lastNameVal">Salinas</span></div>
	<div class="companyPhoneDiv d-none hidden">Company Phone: <span class="companyPhoneVal"></span></div>
	<div class="not-companyPhoneDiv">
		<div class="homePhoneDiv">Home Phone: <span class="homePhoneVal">555-1212</span></div>
	</div>
</div>

Value Conversions

Sometimes you need to convert the value before displaying it. Add the additional classes below to convert the value before displaying.

• .camelCase: convert a string a camel case variable
• .pascalCase: convert a string a pascal case variable
• .alphaNumify: convert a string to alphanumeric characters only
• .slugify: convert a string to a slug
• .toHTML: convert a string to html (replaces line breaks with <br>)
• .toText: converts HTML to text only

EXAMPLE

Convert a description with line breaks into HTML with <br> tags.

HTML Template:

<div id="articleHeader">
	<h3 class="articleNameVal"></h3>
	<div class="articleDescVal toHTML"></div>
</div>

Initialize:

$("#articleHeader").akFillFromJSON({
	articleID: 12345,
	articleName: "Once Upon a Time",
	articleDesc: "Once upon a time there was a bored programmer.\nShe stayed up too late writing documentation."
})

Final Result:

<div id="articleHeader">
	<h3 class="articleNameVal">Once Upon a Time</h3>
	<div class="articleDescVal toHTML">Once upon a time there was a bored programmer.<br>She stayed up too late writing documentation.</div>
</div>

Additional Shortcuts

Sometimes values represent things other than text. Here are some other shortcuts to populate your HTML.

• .[key]Val-link: assigns value to href attribute
  • Include data-path to the object if you'd like to APPEND the value to a fixed path. If our JSON was {catalogID:42} we coud link to it like this:

    <a href="#" class="catalogIDVal-link" data-path="/myCatalog/index.asp?catalogID=">
        Catalog #<span class="catalogIDVal"></span>
    </a>
    

• .[key]Val-class: assigns value to class attribute
• .[key]Val-email: assigns mailto:[value] to href attribute
• .[key]Val-social + data-base: assigns [data-base][value] to the href attribute.

  <a href="#" class="twitterIDVal-social" data-base="https://twitter.com/">View Twitter Profile</a>
  

• .[key]Val-tel: assigns tel:[value] to href attribute
• .[key]Val-width: assigns value width attribute as a percentage.
• .[key]Val-inpV: assigns value to value attribute
• .[key]Val-inpN: assigns value to name attribute
• .[key]Val-attr: adds data-[key]="[value]" attribute

Advanced: Array of Objects

You can also make a block of HTML repeat for every item in an array of json objects.

• .[key]Div: top-level HTML parent block. By default, contents will be replaced with repeating HTML block.
• .[key]-holder: assign to HTML block inside of .[key]Div if you want to specify a sub-element as the container for the repeating HTML.
• .[key]-item: assign to HTML block inside of the holder container (.[key]Div by default) that will be repeated for each item in the array.
• Add the data-assign attribute to the .[key]Div element to assign the [value] of the [key] to the data-id attribute on each item.

EXAMPLE

Show a section of demos with various properties.

HTML Template:

<div class="demoModulesDiv">
	<h4>Lab Modules</h4>
	<ul class="fa-ul demoModules-holder">
		<li class="demoModules-item"><span class="fa-li"><i class="far fa-caret-right"></i></span> 
			<strong class="moduleTitleVal"></strong>
			<span class="moduleDescriptionDiv"> - 
				<span class="moduleDescriptionVal"></span>
			</span>
		</li>
	</ul>
</div>

Initialize:

$("body").akFillFromJSON({
	"demoModules": [{
		"moduleTitle": "OpenManage Enterprise v3.2 Getting Started",
		"moduleDescription": "Focuses on the basic features available in OpenManage Enterprise v3.2 to provide you with a good understanding of its capabilities."
	},{
		"moduleTitle": "OpenManage Enterprise Home Portal",
		"moduleDescription": "a high-level overview of the OpenManage Enterprise Home Portal."
	}]
})

Final Result:

<div class="demoModulesDiv">
	<h4>Lab Modules</h4>
	<ul class="fa-ul demoModules-holder">
		<li class="demoModules-item"><span class="fa-li"><i class="far fa-caret-right"></i></span> 
			<strong class="moduleTitleVal">OpenManage Enterprise v3.2 Getting Started</strong>
			<span class="moduleDescriptionDiv"> - 
				<span class="moduleDescriptionVal">Focuses on the basic features available in OpenManage Enterprise v3.2 to provide you with a good understanding of its capabilities.</span>
			</span>
		</li>
		<li class="demoModules-item"><span class="fa-li"><i class="far fa-caret-right"></i></span> 
			<strong class="moduleTitleVal">OpenManage Enterprise Home Portal</strong>
			<span class="moduleDescriptionDiv"> - 
				<span class="moduleDescriptionVal">a high-level overview of the OpenManage Enterprise Home Portal.</span>
			</span>
		</li>
	</ul>
</div>