Found: New inputs with useful data at the bottom of each page. How to use?

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Found hidden input elements at the bottom of the page. It's not clear how much use the data can be to us, but it does have the sought var for #158 at the very least. They come in name/value attributes. I've noted them below with an example and some notes. [The below is an example of the direct standard fields testing page, I think, and what those nodes look like and how they might correspond to data we need on the page.]

name = _checkboxes:

value =
'eyJZMmhsWTJ0aWIzaGxjMTk1WlhOdWJ3IjogIkZhbHNlIiwgIlkyaGxZMnRpYjNobGMxOXZkR2hsY2x0Q0oxa3lhR3haTW5ScFlqTm9abUl6VW05YVdFcG1Zak5DTUZoNlJTZGQiOiAiRmFsc2UiLCAiWTJobFkydGliM2hsYzE5dmRHaGxjbHRDSjFreWFHeFpNblJwWWpOb1ptSXpVbTlhV0VwbVlqTkNNRmg2U1NkZCI6ICJGYWxzZSIsICJZMmhsWTJ0aWIzaGxjMTl2ZEdobGNsdENKMWt5YUd4Wk1uUnBZak5vWm1JelVtOWFXRXBtWWpOQ01GaDZUU2RkIjogIkZhbHNlIiwgImNtRmthVzlmZVdWemJtOCI6ICJGYWxzZSJ9'

'{"Y2hlY2tib3hlc195ZXNubw": "False", "Y2hlY2tib3hlc19vdGhlcltCJ1kyaGxZMnRpYjNoZmIzUm9aWEpmYjNCMFh6RSdd": "False", "Y2hlY2tib3hlc19vdGhlcltCJ1kyaGxZMnRpYjNoZmIzUm9aWEpmYjNCMFh6SSdd": "False", "Y2hlY2tib3hlc19vdGhlcltCJ1kyaGxZMnRpYjNoZmIzUm9aWEpmYjNCMFh6TSdd": "False", "cmFkaW9feWVzbm8": "False"}'
checkboxes_yesno: 'False'
checkboxes_other[B'Y2hlY2tib3hfb3RoZXJfb3B0XzE']: 'False'
checkbox_other_opt_1
checkboxes_other[B'Y2hlY2tib3hfb3RoZXJfb3B0XzI']: 'False'
checkbox_other_opt_2
checkboxes_other[B'Y2hlY2tib3hfb3RoZXJfb3B0XzM']: 'False'
checkbox_other_opt_3
radio_yesno: 'False'

name = _event:

value =
'WyJ0aGluZ3NbMF0iXQ'
'["things[0]"]'

name = _question_name:

value =
'ID direct standard fields'

name = _tracker:

value =
5

name = _datatypes:

value =
'eyJaR2x5WldOMFgzTjBZVzVrWVhKa1gyWnBaV3hrY3ciOiAiYm9vbGVhbiIsICJkR2hwYm1kelcybGQiOiAidGV4dCIsICJZMmhsWTJ0aWIzaGxjMTk1WlhOdWJ3IjogImJvb2xlYW4iLCAiWTJobFkydGliM2hsYzE5dmRHaGxjZyI6ICJjaGVja2JveGVzIiwgImNtRmthVzlmZVdWemJtOCI6ICJib29sZWFuIiwgImNtRmthVzlmYjNSb1pYSSI6ICJ0ZXh0IiwgImRHVjRkRjlwYm5CMWRBIjogInRleHQiLCAiZEdWNGRHRnlaV0UiOiAidGV4dCIsICJaSEp2Y0dSdmQyNWZkR1Z6ZEEiOiAiZHJvcGRvd24ifQ'

'{"ZGlyZWN0X3N0YW5kYXJkX2ZpZWxkcw": "boolean", "dGhpbmdzW2ld": "text", "Y2hlY2tib3hlc195ZXNubw": "boolean", "Y2hlY2tib3hlc19vdGhlcg": "checkboxes", "cmFkaW9feWVzbm8": "boolean", "cmFkaW9fb3RoZXI": "text", "dGV4dF9pbnB1dA": "text", "dGV4dGFyZWE": "text", "ZHJvcGRvd25fdGVzdA": "dropdown"}'

direct_standard_fields: 'boolean'
things[i]: 'text'
checkboxes_yesno: 'boolean'
checkboxes_other: 'checkboxes'
radio_yesno: 'boolean'
radio_other: 'text'
text_input: 'text'
textarea: 'text'
dropdown_test: 'dropdown'

name = _varnames:

value =
'eyJYMlpwWld4a1h6QSI6ICJkR2hwYm1kelcybGQiLCAiWDJacFpXeGtYekUiOiAiWTJobFkydGliM2hsYzE5NVpYTnVidyIsICJYMlpwWld4a1h6SSI6ICJZMmhsWTJ0aWIzaGxjMTl2ZEdobGNnIiwgIlgyWnBaV3hrWHpNIjogImNtRmthVzlmZVdWemJtOCIsICJYMlpwWld4a1h6USI6ICJjbUZrYVc5ZmIzUm9aWEkiLCAiWDJacFpXeGtYelUiOiAiZEdWNGRGOXBibkIxZEEiLCAiWDJacFpXeGtYelkiOiAiZEdWNGRHRnlaV0UiLCAiWDJacFpXeGtYemMiOiAiWkhKdmNHUnZkMjVmZEdWemRBIn0'

'{"X2ZpZWxkXzA": "dGhpbmdzW2ld", "X2ZpZWxkXzE": "Y2hlY2tib3hlc195ZXNubw", "X2ZpZWxkXzI": "Y2hlY2tib3hlc19vdGhlcg", "X2ZpZWxkXzM": "cmFkaW9feWVzbm8", "X2ZpZWxkXzQ": "cmFkaW9fb3RoZXI", "X2ZpZWxkXzU": "dGV4dF9pbnB1dA", "X2ZpZWxkXzY": "dGV4dGFyZWE", "X2ZpZWxkXzc": "ZHJvcGRvd25fdGVzdA"}'
_field_0: 'things[i]'
_field_1: 'checkboxes_yesno'
_field_2: 'checkboxes_other'
_field_3: 'radio_yesno'
_field_4: 'radio_other'
_field_5: 'text_input'
_field_6: 'textarea'
_field_7: 'dropdown_test'

Not all of the above are actually on the page. E.g. "X2ZpZWxkXzA" is not directly in the DOM in any other way. It could be hidden inside a name attribute on show if nodes. It might only be on some elements, like checkbox choices. We may or may not end up using that, but we can look at the DOM more closely when we get there.

Question YAML:

id: direct standard fields
continue button field: direct_standard_fields
question: |
  Direct standard fields
subquestion: |
  One proxy vars (e.g. x, i, j, etc.) for testing.
fields:
  - something: things[i]
  - checkboxes (yesno): checkboxes_yesno
    datatype: yesno
  - checkboxes (other): checkboxes_other
    datatype: checkboxes
    choices: 
       - checkboxes opt 1: checkbox_other_opt_1
       - checkboxes opt 2: checkbox_other_opt_2
       - checkboxes opt 3: checkbox_other_opt_3
  - radio (yesno): radio_yesno
    datatype: yesnoradio
  - radio (other): radio_other
    datatype: radio
    choices: 
      - radio opt 1: radio_other_opt_1
      - radio opt 2: radio_other_opt_2
      - radio opt 3: radio_other_opt_3
  - text input: text_input
  - textarea: textarea
    input type: area
  - dropdown: dropdown_test
    datatype: dropdown
    choices:
      - dropdown opt 1: dropdown_opt_1
      - dropdown opt 2: dropdown_opt_2
      - dropdown opt 3: dropdown_opt_3

Vars and their corresponding new node data:

real var_name	name in new nodes	notes
direct standard fields	_question_name	YAML question id
direct_standard_fields	_datatypes	cont button
things[0]	_event	sought var as ["things[0]"]
things[0]	_datatypes, _varnames	as "things[i]", _varnames is _field_0
checkboxes_yesno	_checkboxes, _datatypes, _varnames	_varnames is _field_1
checkboxes_other	_checkboxes, _datatypes, _varnames	_varnames is _field_2
checkbox_other_opt_1	_checkboxes	double encoded
checkbox_other_opt_2	_checkboxes	double encoded
checkbox_other_opt_3	_checkboxes	double encoded
radio_yesno	_checkboxes, _datatypes, _varnames	_varnames is _field_3
radio_other	_datatypes, _varnames	_varnames is _field_4
radio_other_opt_1
radio_other_opt_2
radio_other_opt_3
text_input	_datatypes, _varnames	_varnames is _field_5
textarea	_datatypes, _varnames	_varnames is _field_6
dropdown_test	_datatypes, _varnames	_varnames is _field_7
dropdown_opt_1
dropdown_opt_2
dropdown_opt_3

[plocket]

Things we can get:

1. sought var
2. If input pattern matches _field_n, look in _varnames for matching actual var name. Will these ever be double encoded? Every field has a corresponding _field_n, even if that's not used to denote the variable name in the DOM. It'll show up encoded in the ids, but I'm not sure how to make that useful to us. Do we even need to find out the matching _field_n? No, we just need to translate from _field_n into the var name if the DOM is only supplying a _field_n. We don't need to match the other way around. Ok, this is doable, though I think I'm doing a bad job of articulating it.
3. More?

[plocket]

We are using things. I believe _event and _varnames, but these are going to change soon. _event might go away, so the devs will have to make sure the name of the sought var is on the page. This is discussed in other issues.