You're expecting `<Dale-test2>` to make a property binding to its `response` property. To make this happen, you'll need to publish the `response` property. You can do so either by list is in the `attributes` of the `polymer-element` declaration or by creating a `publish` object and listing the initial value there:
Some additional info: http://www.polymer-project.org/docs/start/creatingelements.html#publishing Here's how to do the `publish` object: publish: { response: null } On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Scott Beeson <[email protected]> wrote: > I have core-ajax working fine, consuming data within a custom element. > However, I want to write my own element that exposes some data. I'm > starting out with a very simple example, looking at core-ajax for > inspiration, but I'm not getting any data. Here is exactly what I have: > > (Sorry for the length, but I didn't want to trim something important) > > *INDEX.HTML* > <!DOCTYPE html> > <html> > <head lang="en"> > <meta charset="UTF-8"> > <link href=' > http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans+Condensed:300' rel= > 'stylesheet' type='text/css'> > <link rel="stylesheet" href= > "css/vendor/ui-lightness/jquery-ui-1.10.4.custom.min.css"> > <title>(Poly)</title> > <script src="templates/platform/platform.js"></script> > <link href="templates/core-ajax/core-ajax.html" rel="import"> > <link href="templates/dale-test/dale-test.html" rel="import"> > <link href="templates/dale-test2/dale-test2.html" rel="import"> > <link href="templates/one-listEntityCard/one-listEntityCard.html" rel= > "import"> > <link href="templates/polymer/polymer.html" rel="import"> > </head> > <body> > <template is="auto-binding"> > <core-ajax auto > url="https://<server>.firebaseio.com/entities.json" > response="{{entities}}"> > </core-ajax> > <one-listEntityCard entities="{{entities}}"></one-listEntityCard> > <one-entityCard entity="{{entities[0]}}" class="size1x1" > ></one-entityCard> > <!-- The things above work great --> > > <Dale-test2 auto response="{{test2Output}}"></Dale-test2> > <Dale-test daledata="{{test2Output}}" testdata="merp"></Dale-test> > > </template> > > <script src=" > http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js"; > ></script> > <script>window.jQuery || document.write('<script > src="js/vendor/jquery-1.10.2.min.js"><\/script>')</script> > <script src="js/vendor/jquery-ui-1.10.4.custom.min.js"></script> > </body> > </html> > > *Dale-test2.html - The "output" element** (I've tried multiple things > here, this is just the latest iteration)* > <link rel="import" href="../polymer/polymer.html"> > <polymer-element name="Dale-test2" attributes="testvalue"> > <template> > This only outputs a value. > </template> > <script> > Polymer('Dale-test2', { > response: null, > auto: true, > ready: function() { > var r = {text: "testing"}; > this.response = r; > console.log(r.text); > } > }); > </script> > </polymer-element> > > *Dale-test.html - The consumer element* > <link rel="import" href="../polymer/polymer.html"> > <polymer-element name="Dale-test" attributes="daledata testdata"> > <template> > Here is the value from Dale-test2: "{{daledata.text}}" > Here is test data: "{{testdata}}" > </template> > <script> > Polymer('Dale-test', { > }); > </script> > </polymer-element> > > > And here is the output I see (excluding the cards): > > This only outputs a value. Here is the value from Dale-test2: "" Here is > test data: "merp" > > Follow Polymer on Google+: plus.google.com/107187849809354688692 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Polymer" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/polymer-dev/6e4debac-b9c4-4da0-b107-23471cc15b79%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/polymer-dev/6e4debac-b9c4-4da0-b107-23471cc15b79%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > Follow Polymer on Google+: plus.google.com/107187849809354688692 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Polymer" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/polymer-dev/CA%2BrMWZiCjVkD8ft1jGNQ2q99VAZ2jWZfi9gkTBN4AkPsROgA-w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
