I am using node.js to build an app where I have a lot of static text (may change over months) in the code. I want to move the text in a separate file and refer that file data as a variable in the handler file.
E.g.
const result = await client.views.open({ view: { type: 'new', text: [{ text: { type: "plain_text", text: "One", emoji: true }, value: "One" }, { text: { type: "plain_text", text: "Two", emoji: true }, value: "Two" } ] } }); } catch (error) { console.error(error); }
The above is original file code. What I want to do is move the below code to a separate file:
[{ text: { type: "plain_text", text: "One", emoji: true }, value: "One" }, { text: { type: "plain_text", text: "Two", emoji: true }, value: "Two" } ]
And there after use something like require(./newfile.js)
to refer to that as a variable in the handler file.
The issue I am facing is this is not a valid JSON, but an object with JSON structure so unsure how to work around this .
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Answer
In newfile.js
module.exports = [ { text: { type: "plain_text", text: "One", emoji: true }, value: "One" }, { text: { type: "plain_text", text: "Two", emoji: true }, value: "Two" } ]
Then import it in your original file:
const innerText = require('./newfile.js'); const result = await client.views.open({ view: { type: 'new', text: innerText, } });