Direct access to global data within partial template (Liquid)

[SchraderMa]

Hello everyone.

Is there a way to access global data (data file, process.env, etc.) within a partial template (Liquid) without passing the data over in render tag?

/_data/datafile.json

{
  direct: "Direct value",
  passed: "Passed value"
}

/page-file.html

{% render 'partial.html', passed: datafile.passed %}

This is working: {{ datafile.direct}}

/_includes/partial.html

This is working: {{ passed }}
This is not working: {{ datafile.direct }}

It would be very helpful to access global data directly in partials, otherwise you have to pass all the data through all render calls.

Thx for your help!

Best regards,
Marc

[gabidombrowski]

Did you ever figure this out? I am having the same problem.

[dwkns]

How are you including _includes/partial.html into your templates?

given _includes/partial.html

<p>passed = {{ passed }}</p>
<p>datafile.direct = {{ datafile.direct }}</p>

And index.liquid

   <h1>Using Render</h1>
   {% render 'partial.html' %}

   <h1>Using Render with passed</h1>
   {% render 'partial.html', passed: datafile.passed %}
  
   <h1>Using Include</h1>
   {% include 'partial.html' %}

   <h1>Using Include with passed</h1>
   {% include 'partial.html' , passed: datafile.passed %}

   <h1>Direct</h1>
   <p>datafile.direct= {{ datafile.direct }}</p>

You should get:

Using Render

passed =
datafile.direct =

Using Render with passed

passed = Passed value
datafile.direct =

Using Include

passed =
datafile.direct = Direct value

Using Include with passed

passed = Passed value
datafile.direct = Direct value

Direct

datafile.direct= Direct value

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It may be worth noting that{% Include %} is depreciated in Liquid. And passing data using render is the prefered way forward.