Hello, I have been attempting to use the new encode_filter_params but have not been able to get it to work following the documentation. I can successfully encode to Base64, but the URL is not prepending with “…filters=…” It’s simply encoding the params and appending it to the URL which Avo is unable to interpret. Also, it appears the only way to pass params via URLs for now is using the filters correct? This is an elegant approach but appears tightly integrated requiring a lot of extra steps for simply passing some data from one view to another, etc… This

redirect_to avo.resources_communities_path Avo::Filters::BaseFilter.encode_filters({"ClientFilter"=>models[0].id})

Produces

http://localhost:3000/crm/resources/communities.eyJwYXJhbXMiOnt9fQ==%0A

While I believe for this whole thing to work it needs to produce this

localhost:3000/crm/resources/communities?page=1&filters=eyJDbGllbnRGaWx0ZXIiOjQwMDExfQ==%0A

Am I not encoding it properly? Is there another, easier, way to pass data via URLs I am missing? Thanks!

I think you have to assign the value to the

filters

param

Indeed this worked! 👍 Looks like the documentation needs to be corrected here, though.

done! thanks!

Also, how could I access these params from an Action? Following the docs I am unable to access them via the following:

class DummyAction < Avo::BaseAction
  self.name = "Dummy action"

  def handle(**args)
    filters = Avo::Filters::BaseFilter.decode_filters(params[:filters])

    do_something_important_with_the_filters filters
  end
end

Are we able to access any URL params from an Action? I.e. do I need to even encode something I simply want to pass from a URL to an Action?

hmmm, you should get the

params

object

using

Avo::Filters::BaseFilter.decode_filters(params[:filters])

?

I tested

params

🙂

yes thanks for your help!

haha. yeah, no worries 😛

found a solution! discovered something interesting along the way... The following does not work as it cannot evaluate params[:client_id] on the index view

action ExportCsv
  action ShortlistCommunities,
    arguments: {
      client_id: Avo::App.view_context.params[:client_id].to_i
    }

However, this does work!

CLIENT_ID = Avo::App.view_context.params[:client_id].to_i

  action ExportCsv
  action ShortlistCommunities,
    arguments: {
      client_id: CLIENT_ID
    }

Avo::App.view_context.params[:client_id].to_i

can be shortened to skip the

view_context

like so

Avo::App.params[:client_id].to_i

AFAIK

hmm just tried and it doesn't work

hmmm. ok. then off the

view_context

it is 😛

running into one more issue...apparently while this approach works, it looks like the Resource is cached and thus not updating on new route...any idea how to avoid caching so it updates each time as the URL params change?

hmm, you mean after an action runs?

In my initial approach, I evaluate

Avo::App.view_context.params[:client_id].to_i

in CommunityResource and pass the params as arguments to an Action. This works the first time, but does not in subsequent routes (ie navigate to another page and back). In my console I can see Avo::CommunitiesController is able to detect the query params as the URL changes even after first load. Wondering how I can expose those params to CommunityResource and Action? The end goal = 1. visit Client profile and Select "Search Communities" action which navigates to Community Index View with query param containing client_id 2. on Community Index View evaluate the client_id param (if available) and show the user which Client they are currently searching Communities on behalf of 3. select a subset communities and utilize an Action to save them to a list for that specific client (currently I am passing the client_id as an argument to the Action from the CommunityResource)

could I ask you to create a recording of this and post it on a GitHub issue, please?

my gut says this is a Rails thing as I think I am not grasping exactly how params are exposed and when

I opened https://github.com/avo-hq/avo/issues/1725 with a brief description of what we are hoping to accomplish

thank you! you're the best!