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# Method name: getContext()

# Method package: wixWindowFrontend

# Method menu location: wixWindowFrontend --> Lightbox --> getContext

# Method Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/apis/wix-window-frontend/lightbox/get-context.md

# Method Description:

Gets the data object that was passed to a popup.

> **Note:** The terms popup and lightbox refer to the same element. While the editor and dashboard now refer to it as a [popup](https://support.wix.com/en/article/studio-editor-using-popups), the API methods continue to use the term lightbox for backward compatibility. The documentation uses both terms accordingly.

 Retrieves the data object, if any, that was passed when a popup
 was opened with the [`openLightbox()`](https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/api-reference/wix-window-frontend/open-lightbox.md) method.
 If a popup was opened in any other way, `getContext()` returns `undefined`.

 To pass data to a popup, it must be opened programmatically using the [`openLightbox()`](https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/api-reference/wix-window-frontend/open-lightbox.md)
 method. Popups that are opened automatically on page load, or with a link from a page element don't receive passed data.



# Method Code Examples:

*** Note: do not assume any prop names or enum values other than the ones in the example.

## Get the data that was passed to a popup

```javascript
import wixWindowFrontend from 'wix-window-frontend';

// ...

let receivedData = wixWindowFrontend.lightbox.getContext();
```

## Open and close a popup, and send information between a popup and a page

```javascript
/******************
 * Home Page Code *
 ******************/

import { openLightbox } from 'wix-window-frontend';

$w.onReady(() => {
  $w('#openButton').onClick(async () => {
    const dataToSend = {
      greeting: $w('#greeting').value,
      subject: $w('#subject').value
    };

    const lightBoxResponse = await openLightbox('Greeting Lightbox', dataToSend);
    $w('#returnedMessage').text = `YOU CHOSE: ${lightBoxResponse}`;
    $w('#returnedMessage').show();
  });
});

/*****************
 * Lightbox Code *
 *****************/

import { lightbox } from 'wix-window-frontend';

$w.onReady(function () {
  let receivedData = lightbox.getContext();

  $w('#greeting').text = receivedData.greeting.toUpperCase();
  $w('#subject').text = receivedData.subject.toUpperCase();

  $w('#blueButton').onClick(clickHandler);
  $w('#greenButton').onClick(clickHandler);
  $w('#pinkButton').onClick(clickHandler);
});

function clickHandler(event) {
  lightbox.close(event.target.label);
}


```

## A scenario where information is passed between a page and a popup

```javascript
/*************
 * Page Code *
 *************/

import wixWindowFrontend from 'wix-window-frontend';

export function openButton_click(event) {
  wixWindowFrontend.openLightbox("MyLightBox", {
    "pageSend1": $w('#pageSend1').value,
    "pageSend2": $w('#pageSend2').value
  })
  .then( (data) => {
    $w('#pageReceive1').text = data.lightBoxSend1;
    $w('#pageReceive2').text = data.lightBoxSend2;
  } );
}

/*****************
 * Lightbox Code *
 *****************/

import wixWindowFrontend from 'wix-window-frontend';

$w.onReady( function () {
  let received = wixWindowFrontend.lightbox.getContext();
  $w('#lightBoxReceive1').text = received.pageSend1;
  $w('#lightBoxReceive2').text = received.pageSend2;
} );

export function closeButton_click(event) {
  wixWindowFrontend.lightbox.close( {
    "lightBoxSend1": $w('#lightBoxSend1').value,
    "lightBoxSend2": $w('#lightBoxSend2').value
  } );
}

```

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