Pass data/state to the embedded app

[michaelbromley]

Discussed in #1280

^{Originally posted by tomas7 December 10, 2021}
It would be very helpful to have an option to pass data (either product slug or id) to addActionBarItem as a payload or parameter and access it in the embedded app (React).

My user case: Venture admin-UI is extended by react-app. React component is fetching data from another API based on selected product (slug/id), button addActionBarItem is located at product-details. When I try to pass the ID to the URL, react component can't access it.

Is there any workaround?

Request created based on @michaelbromley from Vendure Slack Channel.

Original comment: We are lacking an API that allows you to easily access state from your embedded app.
This can be added though - we can use the same PostMessage channels that we already use to securely pass data to the data service & notification service. Could you open a feature request for this?

Thank you for any help,
Tomas

[michaelbromley]

Added a new function to the ui devkit client, getActivatedRoute(). Will be documented in the next release.