server/AyaNova/Controllers/ReportController.cs

@@ -104,26 +104,32 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
             }";
 
             //sample template
-            var templateHtml = "<div>{{#with person}}{{firstname}} {{lastname}}{{/with}}</div>";
+            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' } }";
 
             using (var browser = await Puppeteer.LaunchAsync(new LaunchOptions { Headless = true }))
             using (var page = await browser.NewPageAsync())
             {
                 //Add handlebars JS for compiling and presenting
-                await page.AddScriptTagAsync(new AddTagOptions() { Path = hbspath});
+                await page.AddScriptTagAsync(new AddTagOptions() { Path = hbspath });
 
-                await page.AddStyleTagAsync(new AddTagOptions { Content = templateCSS });
-                await page.SetContentAsync(templateHtml);
+                //script
+                //var theScript = $"let fun=Handlebars.compile({templateHtml});fun({dat})";
+                 var theScript = $"let fun=Handlebars.compile({templateHtml});fun({dat});";
 
-                //compile into function
-
-                //get result by running hb function against data
+                //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);
 
                 //open page with result
+                // await page.AddStyleTagAsync(new AddTagOptions { Content = templateCSS });
+                // await page.SetContentAsync(templateHtml);
 
                 //pdf-ize and return
                 var pdfBuffer = await page.PdfDataAsync();