server/AyaNova/Controllers/ReportController.cs

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
             await new BrowserFetcher().DownloadAsync(BrowserFetcher.DefaultRevision);
 
             //sample CSS
-            var templateCSS = @"
+            var reportCSS = @"
             @page {
             margin: 1cm;
             }
@@ -104,11 +104,9 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
             }";
 
             //sample template
-            var templateHtml = "'<div>{{#with person}}{{firstname}} {{lastname}}{{/with}}</div>'";
-
-            //data object
-            var jsonData = "{person: {firstname: \"Yehuda\",lastname: \"Katz\",}}";
-            var dat="{ person: { firstname: 'Yehuda', lastname: 'Katz' } }";
+            var reportTemplate = "'<div>{{#with person}}{{firstname}} {{lastname}}{{/with}}</div>'";
+            //data object        
+            var reportData = "{ person: { firstname: 'Yehuda', lastname: 'Katz' } }";
 
             using (var browser = await Puppeteer.LaunchAsync(new LaunchOptions { Headless = true }))
             using (var page = await browser.NewPageAsync())
@@ -116,20 +114,23 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
                 //Add handlebars JS for compiling and presenting
                 await page.AddScriptTagAsync(new AddTagOptions() { Path = hbspath });
 
-                //script
-                //var theScript = $"let fun=Handlebars.compile({templateHtml});fun({dat})";
-                 var theScript = $"let fun=Handlebars.compile({templateHtml});fun({dat});";
+                //script               
+               //this works and returns the template properly
+               // var theScript = $"let fun=Handlebars.compile({templateHtml});fun({dat});";
 
-                //COMPILE into function
-             
-                var f3 = await page.EvaluateExpressionAsync<string>(theScript);
-             
-              //get result by running hb function against data
-                // string html = await page.EvaluateExpressionAsync<string>(sfunc);
+                //cleanest way here
+                var compileScript = $"Handlebars.compile({reportTemplate})({reportData});";
 
+                //this properly returns the function, but it doesn't work later
+                //  var theScript = $"''+Handlebars.compile({templateHtml});";
+
+                //COMPILE into function and call against data object            
+                var resultHTML = await page.EvaluateExpressionAsync<string>(compileScript);
+
+              
                 //open page with result
-                // await page.AddStyleTagAsync(new AddTagOptions { Content = templateCSS });
-                // await page.SetContentAsync(templateHtml);
+                 await page.AddStyleTagAsync(new AddTagOptions { Content = reportCSS });
+                 await page.SetContentAsync(resultHTML);
 
                 //pdf-ize and return
                 var pdfBuffer = await page.PdfDataAsync();