Using Liquid variables in JavaScript

Question

I'm new to using Shopify Liquid, I'm having an issue with trying to use Liquid variables in JavaScript. I have put together an Instagram feed, which I want to use as a Section so that the UserId, ClientId, and accessToken can be easily added and changed from within the CMS, rather than in the code. The problem I've got is the Liquid variables aren't being picked up.

I've added data-settings for the three fields and then added the fields to the script with no effect. The feed works, but only if I manually add the IDs and token to the script and not through Liquid.

Any help with this would be great : )

{% if section.settings.insta_enable != blank %}

  {% if section.settings.insta_handle %}
  <div class="ss-handle">
    <h2>be social <a href="https://www.instagram.com/{{ section.settings.insta_handle }}" target="_blank">@{{ section.settings.insta_handle }}</a></h2>
  </div>
  {% endif %}

  <div data-section-id="{{ section.id }}" id="ss-instagram-feed" data-settings='{
  "user_id": {{ section.settings.user_id }},
  "client_id": {{ section.settings.client_id }},
  "access_token": "{{ section.settings.access_token }}"
  }'></div>

<!--
Note:
"user_id": {{ section.settings.instagram_id }}, // numeric (no quotes)
"access_token": "{{ section.settings.instagram_access_token }}", // string in quotes
-->

{% endif %}


{% schema %}
  {
    "name": "Instagram Feed",
    "settings": [
      {
        "type": "header",
        "content": "Feed Configuration"
      },
      {
        "label": "Enable Instagram feed",
        "id": "insta_enable",
        "type": "checkbox"
      },
      {
        "label": "User ID",
        "id": "user_id",
        "type": "text"
      },
      {
        "label": "Client ID",
        "id": "client_id",
        "type": "text"
      },
      {
        "label": "Access Token",
        "id": "access_token",
        "type": "text"
      },
      {
        "label": "Insta Handle (enter without @ symbol)",
        "id": "insta_handle",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "presets": [
      {
        "name": "Instagram Feed",
        "category": "Image"
      }
    ]
  }
{% endschema %}

{% javascript %}
//<script>

function instafeed_load() {

  // JS goes here
  $(document).ready(function() {

    var settings = $('#ss-instagram-feed').data('settings');

    var feed = new Instafeed({
        clientId: 'settings.client_id', 
        accessToken: 'settings.access_token',
        get: 'user',
        userId: settings.user_id,,
        target: 'ss-instagram-feed',
        limit: 5,
        resolution: 'standard_resolution',
        template: '<li><a class="instagram-image" href="{{link}}" target="_blank"><img src="{{image}}"/></a></li>'
    });
    feed.run();

  });

  $(window).on('load', function() {
    setTimeout(function() {
      $('body, #ss-instagram-feed, h1, h3').addClass('loaded');
    }, 500);
  });

}
function instafeed_unload() {
  // you will want to do clean-up and/or destroy what you created in instafeed_load
}
function instafeed_event_handler(event) {
  // there are cleaner ways to write this, but the below works for me
  if (event.detail.sectionId == '1533732475847') { // 1533732475847 or insta-feed
    if (event.type == 'shopify:section:load') {
      instafeed_load();
    } else if (event.type == 'shopify:section:unload') {
      instafeed_unload();
    }
  }
}

$(document).on('shopify:section:load shopify:section:unload', instafeed_event_handler);
$(document).ready(function() {
  instafeed_load(); // this is to execute on initial page load
});

//</script>
{% endjavascript %}

Answer 1

You can do something like that:

<script>
var myVar = {{yourLiquidVar | json}}
</script>

That instruction will convert your liquid var into json format

Answer 2

For JS you can use something like:

var contactId = "{{user.id}}";

You need to set quotes like if it was a string.