topic Re: Loading resources from parent folder in Integration, Extension & APIs

Loading resources from parent folder

d_pranskus — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 03:30:55 GMT

I would like to create couple of extensions and pack them as a package. Also I would like to create couple of AngularJs directives and use them in multiple extensions. In addition I would like to use node packaging to load my dependencies. So I was thinking to have the following folder structure.

ext-package-root

directives

directive1

directive1.js

directive2

directive2.js

.....

node_modules

font-awesome

css

font-awesome.min.css

bootstrap

css

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.js

extensions

extension1

ext1-properties.js

ext2-paint.js

ext1.js

ext1.qext

extension2

ext2-properties.js

ext2-paint.js

ext2.js

ext2.qext

package.json

Then, for example in the ext1.js file I would like to load resources from node_modules or directives. I tried to do it with require.configure and without, using absulute folder, like "/extensions/ext-package-root/node_modules/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css", or relative folder, like "../../node_modules/css/font-awesome.min.css", but it does not work:

define([

'qlik',

'text!../../node_modules/css/font-awesome.min.css' //this line breaks the code

], function(qlik, fa) {

....

});

What might be a problem? How can I load the resources which are not inside my current folder, but in the parent or even othe folder?

Many many thanks

Re: Loading resources from parent folder

ErikWetterberg — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 05:58:32 GMT

Hi Darius,

You need to add one or more qext files. If you for example add a 'root.qext' to the root,

you can use 'extensions/root/node_modules/....' as requirejs path.

In the qext file, set the type field to something other than 'visualization' or 'mashup'. Create a separate zip file for the stuff you want to load this way.

Hope this helps

Erik Wetterberg

Re: Loading resources from parent folder

ErikWetterberg — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 06:52:20 GMT

Just a small correction: you don't need to create separate zip files, you can have the whole structure in a common zip file with several qext files. Don't put several qext files in the same directory though.

Erik Wetterberg

Re: Loading resources from parent folder

d_pranskus — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 07:37:07 GMT

Hi Erik

Thank you very much

Will check this out.

Re: Loading resources from parent folder

d_pranskus — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 07:53:00 GMT

It realy worked

Thank you very much, Erik.