ruby on rails - Using Apotomo gem to build a user-driven widget page -

i trying use apotomo setting widgets in app , have been running few issues. i've tried researching, haven't found useful yet. hopefully, might have experience here.

here setup:

• i have users model (set via devise), can each create custom pages (pages model).
• each page can have number of widgets. pagescontroller#show view used display published version of page or preview page user. pagescontroller#edit view used display page in "edit" mode w/ forms each widget, allowing user update them needed.
• i have widgets model serialized "data" field holds values each widget. (things such title, url, etc).

the issue running displaying each user's customized widget.

for sake of question, let's assume have single widget "pictureswidget". i've added widget pagescontroller so:

class pagescontroller < applicationcontroller   has_widgets |root|     root << widget(:pictures)   end   ... end 

i have 2 views in pages controller: "pagescontroller#edit" , "pagescontroller#show". defined 2 views in widget controller, 1 "pictureswidget#edit" , default "pictureswidget#display". edit , show views, use load widgets:

# in views/pages/show.html.erb: <%= render_widget :pictures, :display, ... %> # in views/pages/edit.html.erb: <%= render_widget :pictures, :edit, ... %> 

however, main issue running fact user can have multiple widgets per page. in other words, have pass in serialized data field each widget, can display content in pictureswidget#display or pictureswidget#edit views. in pagescontroller do:

def show   @user = ...   @page = @user.pages.find(params[:page_id])   @widgets = @page.widgets end 

and in views/pages/show.html.erb use following loop:

<% @widgets.each |widget| %>   <%= render_widget :pictures, :display, :widget => widget %> <% end %> 

this ends passing-in each individual widget activerecord argument pictureswidget controller. in widget controller, added "args" both display , edit methods:

def display(args)   @widget = args[:widget]   @title = @widget.data[:title]   @url = @widget.data[:url]   render end 

this causing me issues on place because when have re-render view or replace another, complaints "args" not present, , have no way pass in.

in apotomo documentation found supposed use options instead of args in newer version of gem. options pulled "has_widget" method in original pagescontroller:

has_widgets |root|   root << widget(:pictures, :data => @data) end 

in case options[:data] return @data. however, need provide data per each widget, not global @data var. wasn't able find examples of how others doing this. suggestions? or should scrap whole thing , write own widget controller? or downgrade cells , write own ajax handlers?

sorry long write-up. reckon else might run issue , helps them out.

thanks, nick

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[edit] suggested, ended adding unique widgets so:

@page.widgets.each |indiv_wid|   root << widget(indiv_wid.kind.to_sym, indiv_wid.id, data: indiv_wid.data) end 

had override 1 of modules allow use of apotomo_root in controller/views:

module apotomo   module rails         module actionviewmethods       delegate :render_widget, :apotomo_root, :url_for_event, :to => :controller     end   end end 

(added :apotomo_root above)

used in controller list of loaded widgets:

apotomo_root.each |x|               @widget_ids << x.widget_id unless x.widget_id == :root end 

and iterated on in view:

<% @widget_ids.each |id| %>   <%= render_widget id %> <% end %> 

you can have separate options per widgets. should instantiate different widgets each configuration, anyway. passing id each widget: http://rdoc.info/github/apotonick/apotomo/apotomo/widgetshortcuts:widget

class pagescontroller < applicationcontroller   has_widgets |root|     root << widget(:pictures, 'one', :data => ...)     root << widget(:pictures, 'two', :data => ...)   end   ... end 

you can use widget id in #render_widget, then.

render_widget 'one'