- Introducing Mojito
- Overview
- Mojito: A Quick Tour
- Mojito Architecture
- Mojito Applications
- Mojits
- MVC in Mojito
- Configuring Mojito
- Mojito Binders
- Static Resources
- Getting Started with Mojito
- Code Examples
- Overview of Code Examples
- Configuration
- Views
- Assets
- Data Access
- Binding Events
- Inter-Mojit Communication
- Other
- Developer Topics
- Assets
- Getting Input and Cookie Data
- Logging
- Testing
- Composite Mojits
- Running Dynamically Defined Mojit Instances
- Framework Mojits
- Extending Mojito
- Introduction
- Addons
- Middleware
- Libraries
- View Engines
- EJS Rendering Engine
- View Engine Addon
- Template
- Using Context Configurations
- Mojito and npm Packaging
- Resource Store
- Startup Requirements for Mojito in Hosting Environments
- Mojito API Overview
- Mojito: FAQ
- Mojito Reference
- Additional Resources
Addons¶
The Action Context uses a mechanism called addons to provide functionality that lives both on the server and client. Each addon provides additional functions through a namespacing object, which is appended to the ActionContext object that is available in every controller function. See the ActionContext Class for the addon classes.
Addons allow you to do the following:
- access assets, such as CSS and JavaScript files
- get configuration information
- get and set cookies
- localize content
- access query and response parameters
- get and set HTTP headers
- create URLs
Syntax¶
Using the ActionContext object ac, you would call a {method} from an {addon} with the following syntax:
ac.{addon}.{method}
For example, to get all of the query string parameters, you would use the Params addon with the url method as seen here:
ac.params.url()
Addon Examples¶
The following code examples use the addons in parentheses:
- Dynamically Adding CSS to Different Devices (Assets)
- Using Cookies (Cookie)
- Using Query Parameters (Params)
- Generating URLs (Url)
- Internationalizing Your Application (Intl)
- Using Multiple Mojits (Composite)
Creating Addons¶
Because customized addons are not part of the standard API, but an extension of the API, the instructions for creating addons can be found in Creating New Addons.