Error while making a Hugo shortcode

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I’m trying to implement a shortcode, but Hugo refuses to use it with an error:

ERROR 2017/09/28 18:25:02 shortcodes/list.html : template: shortcodes/list.html:1: bad character U+007B '{'

The shortcode template in question is:

{{ range $.Site.Data.{{ .Get "path" }}.{{ .Get "item" }} }}
  * {{ . }}
{{ end }}

Just a test shortcode, nothing seems wrong, I’m just trying to import a dataset into a page… can someone help me with this?

2

Try:

{{ range index (index $.Site.Data .Get "path" ) ( .Get "item")  }}

The above totally untested, but it should show my intent.

3

Wow, this works! Can you explain this magic please?

By the way, another error, but this is me doing something wrong probably…

ERROR 2017/09/28 19:02:18 error processing shortcode "shortcodes/list.html" for page "testing.md": template: shortcodes/list.html:1:34: executing "shortcodes/list.html" at <.Get>: wrong number of args for Get: want 1 got 0

The code:

{{% list path="discography" item="discography" %}}

Edit: Found a solution myself - wrong parentheses in shortcode sourcecode.

{{ range index (index $.Site.Data ( .Get 0 ) ( .Get 1 ) ) }}
4

Please read the documentation.