I am trying to evaluate a string in if statement using JSON templates.
This works:
{.if true}
<h1>It is true</h1>
{.end}
However, this syntax breaks the page:
{.if "foo"=="bar"}
<h1>Not true</h1>
{.end}
How do I compare strings using JSON templates?
Squarespace solves this problem using the ".equal" predicate (I can't post the link due to not enough rep. points):
{.equal? foo "bar"}
<h1>It's true</h1>
{.or}
<h1>Not true</h1>
{.end}
where foo is the key to a value provided within the JSON data. If you only want the "false/not-equal" part of it, then it could be condensed to:
{.equal? foo "bar"}{.or}<h1>Not true</h1>{.end}
Now, in cases where "bar" contains a space, you'll need to use a different character than a space as a delimiter. From the Squarespace Forums:
The solution then is to specify any other character as a delimiter (one that won't be used in any other part of the string). For example, this will work:
{.equal?:categoryFilter:"Family Law"}
You can see that instead of using a space after .equal?, I've used a : (colon). That way, the space in your second argument "Family Law" is treated correctly and not attempting to delimit the words into two separate arguments.
Note: to see that data that is provided for a page, add "?format=json-pretty" to the url. Here's an example.
I don't think this is doable, and I'm sure you don't wanna harcode values like this especially on a template that defeats the purpose.
try:
{.if foo}
<h1>Not true</h1>
{.end}
