Passing parameters to a Razor View rendering in Sitecore

Question

I'm trying to render out the brightcove media player right now while passing a dynamic video id. The brightcoveData.Id is a valid guid but I can't seem to get the parameters passing properly so that the Rendering understands it. I get an error from this component saying "Media item are not selected."

var embedMedia = new System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection();
            embedMedia.Add("playerId", "E7766078969C3AB892DD158E0E7230B9");
            embedMedia.Add("width", "400");
            embedMedia.Add("height", "300");

            @Html.Sitecore().Rendering("/sitecore/layout/Renderings/Media Framework/Embed Media", new
                               {
                                   DataSource = brightcoveData.Id,
                                   Parameters = embedMedia
                               })

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

What is the HTML output of the rendering? Does it look right? — sestocker, Dec 16 '14 at 01:25
Yeah the HTML output of the rendering looks right. Looks like i'm passing the DS wrong — Thomas Taylor, Dec 16 '14 at 08:23
Follow this answer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25597940/sitecore-controller-rendering-datasource try passing the rendering from sitecore instead with datasource param. — xoail, Dec 17 '14 at 20:06
Yeah @xoail that's part of what I'm basing my work after. I removed the Parameters and didn't seem to matter — Thomas Taylor, Dec 19 '14 at 16:54

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 29 '14 at 22:55

Ok, after talking to Sitecore Support I got an answer:

@Html.Sitecore().Rendering("/sitecore/layout/Renderings/Media Framework/Embed Media", new
                               {
                                   DataSource = brightcoveData.Id,
                                   Parameters = "playerid=E7766078969C3AB892DD158E0E7230B9&height=300&width=400"
                               })

brightcoveData.Id is just a guid string = "{XXXX-...-etc}". playerid is the Sitecore item id for the player you're using.

That's what the final code looks like and it works great! Thanks everyone

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 17 '14 at 09:44

0

I don't think that you can overwrite default properties with those parameters.

Sitecore will parse those parameters and add them as a KeyValuePair<string, object> object. You can access this object via Rendering.Parameters.

If you wan't to set up your own Datasource and Parameters you would have to use the presentation details in Sitecore and set the Datasource there.

answered Dec 17 '14 at 09:44

Fabian

394
1
6

I disagree http://ctor.io/specify-datasource-item-of-a-statically-binded-rendering/ – xoail Dec 17 '14 at 19:22
@xoail I looked inside the SitecoreHelper class and this is what it does: `EnumerableExtensions.Each>((IEnumerable>) TypeHelper.GetProperties(parameters), (Action>) (pair => rendering.Properties[pair.Key] = ObjectExtensions.ValueOrDefault – Fabian Dec 18 '14 at 09:16
As a work around I might be able to add the Embed Media (with an existing DS I could modify) to a placeholder and only show it as a conditional. I might try this approach... giving Sitecore Support like 1-2 more days to have an answer – Thomas Taylor Dec 18 '14 at 19:11

Passing parameters to a Razor View rendering in Sitecore

2 Answers2