Bloomreach Lit SDK

Bloomreach Lit SDK integration for Lit web components. This package provides the same component set as the React, Angular, and Vue SDKs — built with Lit patterns: custom elements, decorators, and @lit/context for state propagation.

Features

• Lit custom elements for Bloomreach page rendering
• Dynamic component mapping (brXM ctype to Lit tag name)
• Experience Manager preview integration with live editing
• Context-based state propagation via @lit/context
• Full TypeScript support with re-exported spa-sdk types

Installation

npm install @bloomreach/lit-sdk @bloomreach/spa-sdk

Quick Start

1. Create the app shell

import { LitElement, html } from 'lit';
import { customElement } from 'lit/decorators.js';
import type { Configuration } from '@bloomreach/spa-sdk';
import '@bloomreach/lit-sdk';

import './my-banner.js';
import './my-content.js';

const MAPPING: Record<string, string> = {
  'Banner': 'my-banner',
  'Content': 'my-content',
};

@customElement('my-app')
export class MyApp extends LitElement {
  private get _config(): Configuration {
    return {
      endpoint: 'http://localhost:8080/site/resourceapi',
      httpClient: async (config) => {
        const response = await fetch(config.url, {
          method: config.method,
          headers: config.headers as Record<string, string>,
          body: config.data,
        });
        return { data: await response.json() };
      },
      path: `${window.location.pathname}${window.location.search}`,
    } as Configuration;
  }

  createRenderRoot() { return this; }

  render() {
    return html`
      <br-page .configuration=${this._config} .mapping=${MAPPING}>
        <header>
          <br-component name="menu"></br-component>
        </header>
        <main>
          <br-component name="main"></br-component>
        </main>
        <footer>
          <br-component name="footer"></br-component>
        </footer>
      </br-page>
    `;
  }
}

2. Create a mapped component

Every mapped component receives component (ContainerItem) and page (Page) properties from the SDK:

import { LitElement, html, nothing } from 'lit';
import { customElement, property } from 'lit/decorators.js';
import type { ContainerItem, Page } from '@bloomreach/spa-sdk';
import { getDocumentData } from '@bloomreach/lit-sdk';

interface BannerData {
  title: string;
  content: { value: string };
}

@customElement('my-banner')
export class MyBanner extends LitElement {
  @property({ type: Object }) component?: ContainerItem;
  @property({ type: Object }) page?: Page;

  createRenderRoot() { return this; }

  render() {
    if (!this.component || !this.page) return nothing;
    const data = getDocumentData<BannerData>(this.component, this.page);
    if (!data) return nothing;

    return html`
      <div class="banner">
        <br-manage-content-button
          .content=${this.page.getContent(this.component.getModels().document)}
          .page=${this.page}
        ></br-manage-content-button>
        <h1>${data.title}</h1>
      </div>
    `;
  }
}

Note: Use createRenderRoot() { return this; } (light DOM) on components that need <br-manage-content-button> or <br-manage-menu-button>, so the Experience Manager can find the meta comments.

Components

<br-page>

Root SDK component. Initializes the SPA SDK and provides Page, Component, and mapping to descendants via Lit Context.

Two rendering modes:

• Auto-render (no children) — renders the full component tree
• Custom layout (with children) — you control layout with <br-component name="...">

Note: Auto-render mode uses a slot fallback internally. Ensure no whitespace or text nodes exist between the opening and closing <br-page> tags, as any light DOM content (including whitespace) will suppress the fallback. This is not an issue when using Lit template bindings.

<br-component>

Traverses the brXM component tree by name and renders children recursively.

The name values correspond to component names in the brXM page layout (e.g., menu, main, footer).

<br-manage-content-button>

Renders an “Edit content” overlay in Experience Manager preview mode.

<br-manage-menu-button>

Renders an “Edit menu” overlay in Experience Manager preview mode.

Component Mapping

The mapping property on <br-page> maps brXM ctype strings to Lit custom element tag names:

const MAPPING: Record<string, string> = {
  'Banner': 'my-banner',
  'Content': 'my-content',
  'News List': 'my-news-list',
  'Simple Content': 'my-content',   // multiple ctypes can map to one element
};

The ctype is read from ContainerItem.getType() (falls back to the component label). Unmapped ctypes produce a console warning.

Data Extraction

getDocumentData<T>(component, page)

Resolves document data for container items using the standard models.document pattern:

import { getDocumentData } from '@bloomreach/lit-sdk';

const data = getDocumentData<BannerData>(component, page);

getContainerItemContent<T>(component, page)

Resolves content from the content field pattern (alternative to document references):

import { getContainerItemContent } from '@bloomreach/lit-sdk';

const data = getContainerItemContent<BannerData>(component, page);

Context System

The SDK uses @lit/context to propagate state without prop-drilling:

You typically don’t consume these directly — the SDK passes component and page as properties to mapped elements. For components outside the mapping (e.g., a menu), consume the context:

import { consume } from '@lit/context';
import { brPageContext } from '@bloomreach/lit-sdk';

@customElement('my-menu')
class MyMenu extends LitElement {
  @consume({ context: brPageContext, subscribe: true })
  private page?: Page;
}

Experience Manager Preview

When running in the Experience Manager iframe, the SDK automatically handles:

1. JWT Authentication — Token from ?token= included in API requests
2. DOM Comments — Meta comments injected for editing overlays
3. page.sync() — Called after renders to reposition overlays
4. Live updates — Re-renders on content editor changes

Advanced Topics

Internal components

<br-container> and <br-container-item> are internal components instantiated automatically by <br-component>. You don’t use them directly. <br-container-item> resolves the ctype, creates the mapped element, sets component/page properties, and handles the isHidden() Relevance feature.

Shadow DOM vs Light DOM

Your app shell should also use light DOM (createRenderRoot() { return this; }).

Shadow DOM manage button (renderTarget)

If your mapped component must use Shadow DOM but needs a manage button, pass renderTarget to inject meta comments in the light DOM:

<br-manage-content-button
  .content=${document}
  .page=${this.page}
  .renderTarget=${this}
></br-manage-content-button>

Field name mapping

brXM compound fields may use type-specific names (e.g., featureitem instead of items). Inspect the Delivery API response and map fields in your component:

const raw = getDocumentData<any>(this.component, this.page);
const data = { ...raw, items: raw.featureitem ?? raw.items ?? [] };

Dual-mode components

Components that work both with the SDK and standalone data props:

@customElement('my-component')
export class MyComponent extends LitElement {
  @property({ type: Object }) data?: MyData;
  @property({ type: Object }) component?: ContainerItem;
  @property({ type: Object }) page?: Page;

  private _getData(): MyData | undefined {
    if (this.component && this.page) {
      return getDocumentData<MyData>(this.component, this.page);
    }
    return this.data;
  }
}

API Reference

Components: BrPage, BrComponent, BrComponentNode, BrContainer, BrContainerItem, BrManageContentButton, BrManageMenuButton

Contexts: brPageContext, brComponentContext, brMappingContext

Utilities: getDocumentData, getContainerItemContent, isInternalLink, isExternalLink

Type guards (re-exported from @bloomreach/spa-sdk): isComponent, isContainer, isContainerItem, isContent, isDocument, isImageSet, isLink, isMenu, isMetaComment, isMeta, isPage, isPagination, isReference

Types (re-exported from @bloomreach/spa-sdk): Page, Component, ContainerItem, Container, Content, Document, ImageSet, Image, Link, Menu, Menu10, MenuItem, MetaCollection, MetaComment, Meta, PageModel, Configuration, ManageContentButton, Reference

Functions (re-exported from @bloomreach/spa-sdk): initialize, destroy

Troubleshooting

• “this.httpClient is not a function” — Provide an httpClient in the configuration. See Quick Start.
• “No mapping found for ctype” — The ctype from brXM doesn’t match your mapping keys. Check the Delivery API response for exact values (case-sensitive).
• Components render empty — Verify getDocumentData() returns data. Check the Network tab for API responses.
• Context not reaching components — Ensure your app shell uses light DOM.
• EM overlays not appearing — Check page.isPreview(), CORS headers, and preview URL configuration.