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Using Search URL with Routing Option and SearchBox Widget

TLDR John was unsure how to handle a search URL with "routing option set to true". Jason suggested using a window.load hook and shared a relevant hook to consider. John then successfully solved the problem using the searchFunction.

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Jun 18, 2021 (27 months ago)
John
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John
12:51 AM
I am using the routing option set to true. Works great. šŸ™‚ But is there a way to know a search was started by loading a "search" url? When I load one it fails to remove some HTML I was removing in the queryHook function of the searchBox widget...
To remove the HTML I was checking wheter the search input field contained some data or not.
Jason
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Jason
12:52 AM
Yeah, I've found it strange that the queryHook function doesn't get called on page load. So one way to achieve this is to manually check and sanitize query parameters on window.load...
John
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John
12:54 AM
So you would create a window.load hook, but what do you mean exactly by "manually checkĀ and sanitize query parameters"??
Jason
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Jason
12:57 AM
The same things you're doing inside queryHook to sanitize the input, you'd do on window load
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12:58
Jason
12:58 AM
Although if you want to prevent a search from happening at all... I'm not sure how to do that off the top of my head
John
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John
01:01 AM
OK, thanks!
01:02
Jason
01:02 AM
Looks like this gets triggered on page load as well
John
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John
01:03 AM
OK, will try out then!
01:12
John
01:12 AM
The searchFunction is the one - it totally works fine with the routing set to true!
Jason
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Jason
01:12 AM
Awesome!
John
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John
01:12 AM
😁