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"", filterCatName: 'All categories' } }, methods: { formatDate: function (dateVal) { var newDate = new Date(dateVal); var sMonth = this.padValue(newDate.getMonth() + 1); var sDay = this.padValue(newDate.getDate()); var sYear = newDate.getFullYear(); var sHour = newDate.getHours(); var sMinute = this.padValue(newDate.getMinutes()); var sAMPM = "am"; var iHourCheck = parseInt(sHour); if (iHourCheck > 12) { sAMPM = "pm"; sHour = iHourCheck - 12; } else if (iHourCheck === 0) { sHour = "12"; } sHour = this.padValue(sHour); return sDay + "/" + sMonth + "/" + sYear; }, padValue: function (value) { return (value < 10) ? "0" + value : value; }, filterCategory: function (Id, parentId, parentName, childName) { if (parentId == "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000") { //console.log(Id, "----------", parentId); let allChildIds = ""; let seperator = "%20or%20s%20eq%20"; this.categoryData.forEach(function (item) { if (item.ParentId == Id) { allChildIds = allChildIds + item.Id + seperator; } }); const lastIndex = allChildIds.lastIndexOf(seperator); allChildIds = allChildIds.slice(0, lastIndex); //console.log(allChildIds); if (allChildIds) { allChildIds = Id + seperator + allChildIds; this.currentAPI = newsAPI + "&$filter=news/any(s:s%20eq%20" + allChildIds + ")"; } else { this.currentAPI = newsAPI + "&$filter=news/any(s:s%20eq%20" + Id + ")"; } window.newsData = window.sendRequest(this.currentAPI); this.tableData = window.newsData; this.totalRows = window.totalRows; this.filtered = this.tableData; this.render(this.filtered, 1); this.$refs.selectBtn.classList.remove('active'); this.$refs.customSelect.classList.remove('active'); this.$refs.customSelect.classList.add('optSelected'); //console.log(parentName, "parent") this.filterCatName = parentName } else if (parentId == "all") { //console.log(Id, "----------", parentId); this.currentAPI = window.newsAPI; window.newsData = window.sendRequest(this.currentAPI); this.tableData = window.newsData; this.totalRows = window.totalRows; this.filtered = this.tableData; this.render(this.filtered, 1); this.filterCatName = 'All categories' this.$refs.selectBtn.classList.remove('active'); this.$refs.customSelect.classList.remove('active'); this.$refs.customSelect.classList.remove('optSelected'); } else { //console.log(Id, "----------", parentId); this.currentAPI = newsAPI + "&$filter=news/any(s:s%20eq%20" + Id + ")"; window.newsData = window.sendRequest(this.currentAPI); this.tableData = window.newsData; this.totalRows = window.totalRows; this.filtered = this.tableData; this.render(this.filtered, 1); this.$refs.selectBtn.classList.remove('active'); this.$refs.customSelect.classList.remove('active'); this.$refs.customSelect.classList.add('optSelected'); //console.log(childName, "child") this.filterCatName = childName } }, dropdownClick: function () { this.$refs.selectBtn.classList.toggle('active'); this.$refs.customSelect.classList.toggle('active'); }, getCategoryPills: function (categoryList) { _this = this; var pillsMarkup = ''; var prevTitle = ''; categoryList.forEach(function (cat) { var Title = _this.getParentTitle(cat, _this.categoryData); if (Title != prevTitle) { pillsMarkup = pillsMarkup + '<span class="tag">' + Title + '</span>'; } prevTitle = Title }); return pillsMarkup; }, getParentTitle: function (childId, data) { const item = data.find(entry => entry.Id === childId); let retVal = ''; if (item) { if (item.ParentId == "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000") { retVal = item.Title } else { let parentItem = data.find(entry => entry.Id === item.ParentId) retVal = 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