eSearch Custom Code : curyear

[BrianO_keefe]

So after asking Robert Scheitlin, GISP​ about some custom URL parameters I've been able to tweak some code modifications he sent to extrapolate upon them. But I'm hitting a weird error. Here is my code:

//now check if there is a url search to do
var myObject = this.getUrlParams();
if (myObject.esearch) {
  if(myObject.esearch === "curmonth"){
  var today = new Date();
  today.setDate(1);
  var thisMonthStr = this._formatDate(today.getTime(), 'yyyy/MM/dd');
  myObject.esearch = thisMonthStr + "~" + this._formatDate(new Date().getTime(), 'yyyy/MM/dd');
  console.info(myObject.esearch);
  }
  if(myObject.esearch === "curyear"){
  var today = new Date();
  today.setDate(1);
  var thisYearStr = this._formatDate(today.getTime(), 'yyyy');
  console.info("This year string is : " + thisYearStr);
  myObject.esearch = this._formatDate(new Date(thisYearStr), 'yyyy');
  console.info("This year string AFTER modiication is : " + myObject.esearch);
  }
  if(this.config.layers[myObject.slayer].expressions.expression.length > 0){
  var valuesObj1 = lang.clone(this.config.layers[myObject.slayer].expressions.expression[myObject.exprnum].values.value);
  var values = myObject.esearch.split("|");
  array.forEach(values, lang.hitch(this, function(val, index){
   if (val.indexOf('~') > -1){
  var ranges = val.split("~");
  valuesObj1[index].valueObj.value1 = ranges[0];
  valuesObj1[index].valueObj.value2 = ranges[1];
   }else{
  valuesObj1[index].valueObj.value = val;
   }
  }));
  html.empty(this.textsearchlabel);
  html.place(html.toDom(this.config.layers[myObject.slayer].expressions.expression[myObject.exprnum].textsearchlabel), this.textsearchlabel);
  this.paramsDijit.build(valuesObj1, this.resultLayers[myObject.slayer], this.config.layers[myObject.slayer].url,
  this.config.layers[myObject.slayer].definitionexpression);
  this.selectLayerAttribute.set('value', myObject.slayer);
  on.once(this.paramsDijit, 'param-ready', lang.hitch(this, function () {
   this._queryFromURL(myObject.esearch, myObject.slayer, myObject.exprnum, myObject.close || false);
  }));
  }

What's happening is on line 11 when it finds curyear, the variable 'thisYearStr' loads FINE... but the 'myObject.esearch' converts it to 2015.

Any ideas?

[BrianO_keefe · Accepted solution]

Got it!

On line 16 you don't need the "new Date" but just "Date" and it works. I hadn't modified the code well enough.

//now check if there is a url search to do
var myObject = this.getUrlParams();
if (myObject.esearch) {
  if(myObject.esearch === "curmonth"){
  var today = new Date();
  today.setDate(1);
  var thisMonthStr = this._formatDate(today.getTime(), 'yyyy/MM/dd');
  myObject.esearch = thisMonthStr + "~" + this._formatDate(new Date().getTime(), 'yyyy/MM/dd');
  console.info(myObject.esearch);
  }
  if(myObject.esearch === "curyear"){
  var today = new Date();
  today.setDate(1);
  var thisYearStr = this._formatDate(today.getTime(), 'yyyy');
  myObject.esearch = this._formatDate(Date(thisYearStr), 'yyyy');
  console.info(myObject.esearch);
  }
  if(this.config.layers[myObject.slayer].expressions.expression.length > 0){
  var valuesObj1 = lang.clone(this.config.layers[myObject.slayer].expressions.expression[myObject.exprnum].values.value);
  var values = myObject.esearch.split("|");
  array.forEach(values, lang.hitch(this, function(val, index){
   if (val.indexOf('~') > -1){
  var ranges = val.split("~");
  valuesObj1[index].valueObj.value1 = ranges[0];
  valuesObj1[index].valueObj.value2 = ranges[1];
   }else{
  valuesObj1[index].valueObj.value = val;
   }
  }));
  html.empty(this.textsearchlabel);
  html.place(html.toDom(this.config.layers[myObject.slayer].expressions.expression[myObject.exprnum].textsearchlabel), this.textsearchlabel);
  this.paramsDijit.build(valuesObj1, this.resultLayers[myObject.slayer], this.config.layers[myObject.slayer].url,
  this.config.layers[myObject.slayer].definitionexpression);
  this.selectLayerAttribute.set('value', myObject.slayer);
  on.once(this.paramsDijit, 'param-ready', lang.hitch(this, function () {
   this._queryFromURL(myObject.esearch, myObject.slayer, myObject.exprnum, myObject.close || false);
  }));
  }

Voila!