How to use meta-bind to dynamically set bind targets

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Im struggling to work out how to leverage java script to dynamically select different notes.

What I’m trying to do

I am trying to create an encounter calculator that takes the selection of a monster defined in its own file, and populates some local properties that can be used.

The structure of each monster file is the same and is its own folder monsters/[monster-name].md . The simplified metadata is:

---
monster-name: orc
hp: 55
attack: 4
xp: 120
---

Things I have tried

Selecting the monster is easy
INPUT[suggester(optionQuery("monsters"), useLinks(false)):selectedMonster]

The following works if explicilty referenced as storagePath#property

meta-bind-js-view
{orc#hp} as text
---
return context.bound.text

however the following where selectedMonster = orc fails

meta-bind-js-view
{selectedMonster#hp} as text
---
return context.bound.text

and even if selectedMonster = orc#hp it just returns “orc#hp”

meta-bind-js-view
{selectedMonster#hp} as text
---
return context.bound.text

Any advice would be appreciated on how to structure the js, i know there are potential other solutions using other plugins, but i’d like to at least learn what I’m doing wrong here before moving on.

2

I came across this post while searching just about everywhere to find a solution to the same problem. I’ve finally made a working solution:

meta-bind-js-view
{selectedMonster} as selectedMonster
---
const mb = engine.getPlugin('obsidian-meta-bind-plugin').api;
const selectedMonster = context.bound.selectedMonster;
const hp = mb.getMetadata(mb.parseBindTarget(`${selectedMonster}#hp`, ""));
return hp

I doubt this is the most elegant solution, but it works for me!

3

Coming back to this to add another solution in case someone else needs help with this in the future. Below is an example for dynamically creating a VIEW or INPUT element:

meta-bind-js-view
{selectedMonster} as selectedMonster
---
const selectedMonster = context.bound.selectedMonster;
const str = `\`VIEW[{${selectedMonster}#hp}]\``;
return engine.markdown.create(str);
4

Where can I learn how to do this in Obsidian? I think I’m looking for something similar, however, it will be used for Satisfactory instead where I will have different materials used to create different items. Not sure I will be up to the task but I want to give it a go. How do I make these arrays such as you had orc with different properties?