This page describes a concept for requesting and rendering content snippets smaller than complete page such as areas or components.
Implemented in 4.3
URI to components returns a rendered component or snippet
Official Documentation Available
This topic is now covered in Integration options > Web services, AJAX and snippets
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Rationale
Scenarios where you may want to render a content snippets or a component:
- AJAX calls (reload of components)
- Integration in other frameworks
Goals
- Allow URI to components/areas
Implementation
- Use component definitions/renderer if the content type is mgln:contentNode
- Delegate this to the rendering engine
Overview
Content Tools