Added global context to render in renderToString.js script.

Forte.Web.React/Configuration/ReactConfiguration.cs

@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ public class ReactConfiguration
     /// </summary>
     public string NameOfObjectToSaveProps { get; set; } = "__reactProps";
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Name of the object used to save global data object. Default value is "__globalData".
+    /// <remarks>NameOfGlobalDataToSave is supported by <see cref="IReactService.RenderToStringAsync"/> method.</remarks>
+    /// </summary>
+    public string NameOfGlobalDataToSave { get; set; } = "__globalData";
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Indicates whether caching is used. Default value is "true".
     /// <remarks>

Forte.Web.React/ForteWebReactExtensions.cs

@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ public static void AddReact(this IServiceCollection services,
     }
 
     public static void UseReact(this IApplicationBuilder app, IEnumerable<string> scriptUrls, Version reactVersion,
-        bool disableServerSideRendering = false, string? nameOfObjectToSaveProps = null, bool? useCache = null, bool? strictMode = null)
+        bool disableServerSideRendering = false, string? nameOfObjectToSaveProps = null,
+        string? nameOfGlobalDataToSave = null, bool? useCache = null, bool? strictMode = null)
     {
         var config = app.ApplicationServices.GetService<ReactConfiguration>();
 
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ public static void UseReact(this IApplicationBuilder app, IEnumerable<string> sc
         config.ScriptUrls = scriptUrls.ToList();
         config.ReactVersion = reactVersion;
         config.NameOfObjectToSaveProps = nameOfObjectToSaveProps ?? config.NameOfObjectToSaveProps;
+        config.NameOfGlobalDataToSave = nameOfGlobalDataToSave ?? config.NameOfGlobalDataToSave;
         config.UseCache = useCache ?? true;
         config.StrictMode = strictMode ?? false;
     }

Forte.Web.React/HtmlHelperExtensions.cs

@@ -17,26 +17,34 @@ namespace Forte.Web.React;
 public static class HtmlHelperExtensions
 {
 #if NET48
-    public static IHtmlString React<T>(this HtmlHelper _, string componentName, T props)
+    public static IHtmlString React<T>(this HtmlHelper _, string componentName, T props, object? globalData = null)
     {
         var reactService = DependencyResolver.Current.GetService<IReactService>();
-        var renderedComponent = reactService.RenderToStringAsync(componentName, props).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+        var renderedComponent = reactService.RenderToStringAsync(componentName, props, globalData: globalData)
+            .GetAwaiter().GetResult();
 
         return new HtmlString(renderedComponent);
     }
-
-    public static IHtmlString React<TComponent>(this HtmlHelper _, TComponent component) where TComponent : IReactComponent
+
+    public static IHtmlString React<TComponent>(this HtmlHelper _, TComponent component, object? globalData = null)
+        where TComponent : IReactComponent
     {
         var reactService = DependencyResolver.Current.GetService<IReactService>();
-        var renderedComponent = reactService.RenderToStringAsync(component.Path, null, component.RenderingMode).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+        var renderedComponent = reactService
+            .RenderToStringAsync(component.Path, null, component.RenderingMode, globalData)
+            .GetAwaiter().GetResult();
 
         return new HtmlString(renderedComponent);
     }
-
-    public static IHtmlString React<TComponent, TProps>(this HtmlHelper _, TComponent component) where TComponent : IReactComponent<TProps> where TProps : IReactComponentProps
+
+    public static IHtmlString React<TComponent, TProps>(this HtmlHelper _, TComponent component,
+        object? globalData = null)
+        where TComponent : IReactComponent<TProps> where TProps : IReactComponentProps
     {
         var reactService = DependencyResolver.Current.GetService<IReactService>();
-        var renderedComponent = reactService.RenderToStringAsync(component.Path, component.Props, component.RenderingMode).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+        var renderedComponent = reactService
+            .RenderToStringAsync(component.Path, component.Props, component.RenderingMode, globalData).GetAwaiter()
+            .GetResult();
 
         return new HtmlString(renderedComponent);
     }
@@ -47,28 +55,38 @@ public static IHtmlString InitJavascript(this HtmlHelper _)
 
         return new HtmlString(reactService.GetInitJavascript());
     }
+}
 #endif
 
 #if NET6_0_OR_GREATER
-    public static async Task<IHtmlContent> ReactAsync<T>(this IHtmlHelper htmlHelper, string componentName, T props)
+    public static async Task<IHtmlContent> ReactAsync<T>(this IHtmlHelper htmlHelper, string componentName, T props,
+        object? globalData = null)
     {
         var reactService = htmlHelper.ViewContext.HttpContext.RequestServices.GetRequiredService<IReactService>();
 
-        return new HtmlString(await reactService.RenderToStringAsync(componentName, props));
+        return new HtmlString(
+            await reactService.RenderToStringAsync(componentName, props, globalData: globalData));
     }
-
-    public static async Task<IHtmlContent> ReactAsync<TComponent>(this IHtmlHelper htmlHelper, TComponent component) where TComponent : IReactComponent
+
+    public static async Task<IHtmlContent> ReactAsync<TComponent>(this IHtmlHelper htmlHelper, TComponent component,
+        object? globalData = null)
+        where TComponent : IReactComponent
     {
         var reactService = htmlHelper.ViewContext.HttpContext.RequestServices.GetRequiredService<IReactService>();
 
-        return new HtmlString(await reactService.RenderToStringAsync(component.Path, null, component.RenderingMode));
+        return new HtmlString(
+            await reactService.RenderToStringAsync(component.Path, null, component.RenderingMode, globalData));
     }
-
-    public static async Task<IHtmlContent> ReactAsync<TComponent, TProps>(this IHtmlHelper htmlHelper, TComponent component) where TComponent : IReactComponent<TProps> where TProps : IReactComponentProps
+
+    public static async Task<IHtmlContent> ReactAsync<TComponent, TProps>(this IHtmlHelper htmlHelper,
+        TComponent component, object? globalData =
+            null) where TComponent : IReactComponent<TProps> where TProps : IReactComponentProps
     {
         var reactService = htmlHelper.ViewContext.HttpContext.RequestServices.GetRequiredService<IReactService>();
 
-        return new HtmlString(await reactService.RenderToStringAsync(component.Path, component.Props, component.RenderingMode));
+        return new HtmlString(
+            await reactService.RenderToStringAsync(component.Path, component.Props, component.RenderingMode,
+                globalData));
     }
 
     public static IHtmlContent InitJavascript(this IHtmlHelper htmlHelper)
@@ -77,5 +95,5 @@ public static IHtmlContent InitJavascript(this IHtmlHelper htmlHelper)
 
         return new HtmlString(reactService.GetInitJavascript());
     }
-#endif
 }
+#endif

Forte.Web.React/React/ReactService.cs

@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
     Task<IReadOnlyCollection<string>> GetAvailableComponentNames();
 
     Task RenderAsync(TextWriter writer, string componentName, object? props = null, RenderOptions? options = null);
-    Task<string> RenderToStringAsync(string componentName, object? props = null, RenderingMode renderingMode = RenderingMode.ClientAndServer);
+
+    Task<string> RenderToStringAsync(string componentName, object? props = null,
+        RenderingMode renderingMode = RenderingMode.ClientAndServer, object? globalData = null);
 }
 
 public class ReactService : IReactService
@@ -65,15 +67,17 @@
     }
 #endif
 
-    private async Task<T> InvokeRenderTo<T>(Component component, object? props = null, params object[] args)
+    private async Task<T> InvokeRenderTo<T>(Component component, object? props = null, object? globalData = null, params object[] args)
     {
         var allArgs = new List<object>()
         {
             component.Path,
             component.JsonContainerId,
             props,
             _config.ScriptUrls,
             _config.NameOfObjectToSaveProps,
+            _config.NameOfGlobalDataToSave,
+            globalData
         };
         allArgs.AddRange(args);
 
@@ -103,7 +107,8 @@
     }
 
 
-    public async Task<string> RenderToStringAsync(string componentName, object? props = null, RenderingMode renderingMode = RenderingMode.ClientAndServer)
+    public async Task<string> RenderToStringAsync(string componentName, object? props = null,
+        RenderingMode renderingMode = RenderingMode.ClientAndServer, object? globalData = null)
     {
         var component = new Component(componentName, props, renderingMode);
         Components.Add(component);
@@ -113,12 +118,13 @@
             return WrapRenderedStringComponent(string.Empty, component);
         }
 
-        var result = await InvokeRenderTo<string>(component, props).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        var result = await InvokeRenderTo<string>(component, props, globalData).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
         return WrapRenderedStringComponent(result, component);
     }
 
-    public async Task RenderAsync(TextWriter writer, string componentName, object? props = null, RenderOptions? options = null)
+    public async Task RenderAsync(TextWriter writer, string componentName, object? props = null,
+        RenderOptions? options = null)
     {
         options ??= new RenderOptions();
         var component = new Component(componentName, props, options.RenderingMode);
@@ -139,7 +145,8 @@
             IdentifierPrefix = _config.UseIdentifierPrefix ? component.ContainerId : null,
         };
 
-        var result = await InvokeRenderTo<HttpResponseMessage>(component, props, streamingOptions).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        var result = await InvokeRenderTo<HttpResponseMessage>(component, props, streamingOptions)
+            .ConfigureAwait(false);
 
         using var reader = new StreamReader(await result.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync().ConfigureAwait(false));
 
@@ -161,7 +168,7 @@
         if (_config.UseCache)
         {
             var (success, cachedResult) = await _nodeJsService
-                .TryInvokeFromCacheAsync<string[]>(getAvailableComponentNames, args: new [] { _config.ScriptUrls })
+                .TryInvokeFromCacheAsync<string[]>(getAvailableComponentNames, args: new[] { _config.ScriptUrls })
                 .ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             if (success)
@@ -173,7 +180,7 @@
         using var stream = GetStreamFromEmbeddedScript(getAvailableComponentNames);
 
         var result = await _nodeJsService.InvokeFromStreamAsync<string[]>(stream,
-                getAvailableComponentNames, args: new [] { _config.ScriptUrls })
+                getAvailableComponentNames, args: new[] { _config.ScriptUrls })
             .ConfigureAwait(false);
 
         return result!;
@@ -185,7 +192,8 @@
 
         var manifestResourceName = $"Forte.Web.React.Scripts.{scriptName}";
         var stream = currentAssembly.GetManifestResourceStream(manifestResourceName) ??
-                     throw new InvalidOperationException($"Could not get manifest resource with name - {manifestResourceName}");
+                     throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                         $"Could not get manifest resource with name - {manifestResourceName}");
 
         return stream;
     }
@@ -219,7 +227,8 @@
 
     private string CreateElement(Component component)
     {
-        var element = $"React.createElement(window.__react.{component.Path}, window.{_config.NameOfObjectToSaveProps}[\"{component.JsonContainerId}\"])";
+        var element =
+            $"React.createElement(window.__react.{component.Path}, window.{_config.NameOfObjectToSaveProps}[\"{component.JsonContainerId}\"])";
 
         return _config.StrictMode ? $"React.createElement(React.StrictMode, null, {element})" : element;
     }
@@ -259,11 +268,12 @@
     public RenderOptions() : this(RenderingMode.ClientAndServer, true)
     {
     }
-
-    public RenderOptions(bool serverOnly, bool enableStreaming = true) : this(serverOnly ? RenderingMode.Server : RenderingMode.ClientAndServer, enableStreaming)
+
+    public RenderOptions(bool serverOnly, bool enableStreaming = true) : this(
+        serverOnly ? RenderingMode.Server : RenderingMode.ClientAndServer, enableStreaming)
     {
     }
-    
+
     public RenderOptions(RenderingMode renderingMode, bool enableStreaming = true)
     {
         RenderingMode = renderingMode;

Forte.Web.React/Scripts/renderToString.js

@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
     jsonContainerId,
     props = {},
     scriptFiles,
-    nameOfObjectToSaveProps
+    nameOfObjectToSaveProps,
+    nameOfGlobalDataToSave,
+    globalData = {}
 ) => {
     scriptFiles.forEach((scriptFile) => {
         require(scriptFile);
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@
     const ReactDOMServer = global["ReactDOMServer"];
     const React = global["React"];
     const componentRepository = global["__react"] || {};
+    global[nameOfGlobalDataToSave] = globalData;
 
     const path = componentName.split(".");
     let component = componentRepository[path[0]];