Reuse data in across client scripts

[kiwi07]

I have created a catalog with  3 fields and i have 1 onLoad script and 1 onChange script , in onLoad we do a REST call and get the data but i have to use a portion of the same data in onChange as well is there a way to store the REST call data in an object and access it across or is that a way i can set the whole data in g_form somehow and then resue it?

[Prince Arora]

@kiwi07 ,

1) Create a new variable lets say "DATA" and make it hidden using the UI policy or on load client script (g_form.getDisplay('DATA','false')) and when you made API call into on load client script store the data into "DATA" variable using g_form.setValue('DATA',response_from_API_call) and get the value into onchange client script using g_form.getValue('DATA') and use i accordingly.

2) Second way is you can store data into window's session:
sessionStorage.setItem("Data", response_from_API_call); // storing data into the session
var data = sessionStorage.getItem("Data"); //getting data from the session


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[kiwi07]

@Prince Arora  what should be the type of "DATA" variable 

[Prince Arora · Accepted solution]

@kiwi07 

It should be string and you can mention the size as 5000.

for storing the data use g_form.setValue('DATA', JSON.stringify(response));

for getting the same data use : var data = JSON.parse(g_form.getValue('DATA'));

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