Example 3: Custom Method

In this example, we will expand second example, adding a custom method which is exposed through the templateData argument on the renderTemplate method

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Plugin Code

For example, if you have an arbitrary plugin method called `sayHello` it could look something like the following

import NPTemplating from 'NPTemplating'

export async function templatingHelloWorld(): Promise<void> {
  try {
    const templateData = {
      methods: {
        sayHello: (name: string = '') => {
          return `Hello ${name}`
        }
      }
    }
    const result = await NPTemplating.renderTemplate('Template (Say Hello)', templateData)

    Editor.insertTextAtCursor(result)
  } catch (error) {
    console.log('templatingHelloWorld', error)
  }
}

Template

Then, you will have a templated name Template (Hello World) located in your NotPlan template folder with the following

# Test (Say Hello)
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<%- sayHello('Mike') %>

Output

Would produce the following output when the custom command is invoked

Hello Mike

Template Breakdown

The breakdown of this template is as follows

1: <%- sayHello('Mike') %>

• line 1: display some static text

• line 2: invoke the sayHello method which returns Hello Mike