Complementary query hooks

Secondary query hooks work independently or in the presence of query hooks that populate widgets. You can use them to retrieve supplementary data for a variety of use cases.

useSearchResultsBreadcrumb

You can use this hook on product listing pages to complement the useSearchResults hook, it returns the taxonomy for the host page. Sorted in the order they appear in the URL, each item represents a URL segment.

The hook returns the following:

RequestResponse
[
    {
        "category_id": "<id for item 0>",
        "name": "<Name for item 0>",
        "url_path": "<path for item 0>"
    },
    ...
    {
        "category_id": "<id for item N>",
        "name": "<Name for item N>",
        "url_path": "<path for item N>"
    }
]

In the UI reference site, in the Templates section, in SearchResults, the SearchResultsRowGrid demo uses this query hook.

useSearchResultsIsSelectedFacet

You can use this hook to complement the useSearchResults hook. It returns true if a facet has been selected in the search result widget.

RequestResponse
boolean // true if a facet has been selected in the search results widget on the page 

useSearchResultsSelectedFacets

You can use this hook to complement the useSearchResults hook to retrieve additional information about the facets selected in the search results widget.

The hook returns the following where each item is a selected facet:

RequestResponse
[ 
   {
       id: string,
       name: string,
       numberOfProducts: number,
       values: [
           {
               id: string,
               text: string
           }
       ]
   }
]
Note

A page can contain only one search results widget. At runtime, this query hook recognizes the useSearchResults hook on the page.

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