All other helpers

Following is the list of all other available view helpers.

app

Reference to the Application instance.

@if(app.nodeEnvironment === 'development')

  Print some debug log

@endif

env

Reference to the Env.get method.

{{ env('APP_URL') }}

config

Reference to the Config.get method.

{{ config('app.appKey') }}

asset

The asset helper returns the path to a compiled frontend assets by doing a lookup inside the manifest.json file.

<script src="{{ asset('assets/app.js') }}"></script>



<link

  rel="stylesheet"

  type="text/css"

  href="{{ asset('assets/app.css') }}"

>

assetsManager

The assetsManager helpers is a reference to the instance of AssetsManager class .

You will hardly rely on assets manager directly, as the asset helper and the @entryPointStyles and @entryPointScripts tags let you reference the assets inside your templates.

csrfToken

Returns the value of the CSRF token. The helper is only available when the @adonisjs/shield is installed and configured.

<input type="hidden" value="{{ csrfToken }}" name="_csrf">

csrfMeta

Returns a meta tag with the csrf token as the content. The helper is only available when the @adonisjs/shield is installed and configured.

<head>

  {{ csrfMeta() }}

</head>

csrfField

Returns the hidden input element for the CSRF token. The helper is only available when the @adonisjs/shield is installed and configured.

<form method="POST" action="posts">

  {{ csrfField() }}

</form>

cspNonce

Returns the value for the nonce to be used with inline script tags. Make sure to read the CSP section in the web security guide. The helper is only available when the @adonisjs/shield is installed and configured.

<script nonce="{{ cspNonce }}">

</script>

request

Reference to the ctx.request instance. You can use it to access to the current url.

<a href="{{ route('UsersController.index') }}" class="{{ (request.matchesRoute('namedRoute')) ? 'link-active' : 'link-inactive' }}">

  Users

</a>

auth

Reference to the ctx.auth instance. You can use it to display the specific portion of your markup conditionally.

This helper is only available when using the @adonisjs/auth package.

@if(auth.isLoggedIn)

  <p> Hello {{ auth.user.username }} </p>

@endif

bouncer

Reference to the ctx.bouncer instance. You can make use of the @can/@cannot tags to conditionally display markup inside your templates.

This helper is only available when using the @adonisjs/bouncer package.

@if(await bouncer.allows('editPost'))

  <a href="/posts/1/edit"> Edit post </a>

@end

i18n

An instance of i18n for the default locale is shared with the templates as a global property.

However, the DetectUserLocale middleware overrides this property and shares a request specific instance for the current user's locale.

{{ i18n.locale }}

{{ i18n.formatNumber(100) }}

t

The t helper is an alias for the i18n.formatMessage method.

{{ t('messages.title') }}

getDefaultLocale

Returns the default locale for the application.

{{ getDefaultLocale() }}

getSupportedLocales

Returns an array of the supported locales.

{{ getSupportedLocales() }}