The community members are requesting the following improvements to the Collections feature in the platform:
1. Add more events/actions/triggers to Collections, as currently the only way to trigger a Collection is on a page load event.
2. Add dynamic elements to Collections, such as the ability to inject variables into a Collections query string or post body.
The comments suggest that the community members can achieve some of this functionality using Forms and variables, where they can create filters in a form and bind query/params variables in the resource to filter the Collection. However, there is no explicitly marked answer, and the community members are still exploring how to achieve more dynamic backend queries and application-like functionality within the platform.
Add more events/actions/triggers to Collections. Currently it seems the only way to trigger a Collection is on a page load event.
Add dynamic elements to Collections. Would be great if you could inject variables into a collections query string or post body (unless that is already there and if someone can point me to where I would be able to find that)
See, our collections is basically a loop over json array. What you asking is "resource variable". You can create new variable and give it resource type. There you can customize url, method, headers and body.
Meaning you can create any filters in a form and when submitting the form, url will change (that's how web works), then you can bind query/params variables in the resource and use them to filter collection
Yes, will have to play with it a bit more. I am very new using Webstudio. Guess I am trying to ask for more dynamic backend queries so one can write more of an application in the platform. Like control on when the queries execute.
A use case... I have a website when you fill in your zip code and address. Pressing the search button executes a query and displays a page with the result, based on the zip code and address I specified.
Now that is a application, I know that, but how would I do it in Webstudio as it is today. I can add Javascript to the front end and totally do it, but that would be front end Javascript queries. Would love to see the ability for the back end to do this query and generate a result that populates the front end.
A use case... I have a website when you fill in your zip code and address. Pressing the search button executes a query and displays a page with the result, based on the zip code and address I specified.
That's a basic filter we are launching in the next days
