How to use wixLocation.query

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1

In the docs you have an example of using this to get the query vars.

import wixLocation from 'wix-location'; 
// ... 
let query = wixLocation.query; // {"species": "african-elephant"}

So if I want to extract the value from species how do I do that?

let species = query[“species”];

or

let species = query[“0”];

Any ideas?

2

you get a plain old json object.
so you can just use query.species to get the value, just like any other js property.

3

So in a router that would be used as

let subject = request.query.species;

And that would correspond to ?species=giraff

And then the value of subject would be giraff?

4

I can’t get value from this url : https://www.wixsweden.se/api/?subject=wixdemo

The router is called api router.

the code in routers.js file is

export function api_Router(request) {
   // Get the data from query
   let subject = request.query.subject;
   console.log(subject);
   if (subject === "wixdemo") {

   	   //define SEO tags 
	   const seoData = { 
		   title: subject, 
		   description: "This is a description of " + subject + " page",
		   noIndex: false,
		   metaTags: {
		      "og:title": subject,
		   }
 	   };
   }

    // Return 404 if item is not found 
    return notFound();
}

It still throws the return notFound() at the bottom, any ideas? It seem straight forward.

5

Ok, continues to bother me and I continue to bother you all. But in the end you will be happy of the demo site I am creating.

The let = subject does not get any value but the below code gets the values.

export function api_Router(request) {

   let item = null;

   if (request.query.subject.includes("wixdemo")) {
   
	   const seoData = { 
	     title: "WIX Sweden Demo - " + request.query.subject, 
	     description: "This is a description of " + request.query.subject + " page",
	     noIndex: false,
	     metaTags: {
	        "og:title": request.query.subject,
	     }
	   };
	   
	   let toInsert = {
	      "title":        request.query.subject
  		};
	   
   		wixData.insert("emails", toInsert)
    		.then( (results) => {
      			item = results; //see item below
         		// Render item page 
          		console.log(item);
    		});
    		return ok("api-page", item, seoData); 

} 
    // Return 404 if item is not found 
    return notFound();
}

Now the page renders but I do not get any data inserted in my data collection. Can someone help?

6

So it all works, if you are not stupid like I am you will check data collection permissions before you bother other people with your shitty problems.

The code above works… Now I will write the showcase article.