Can we use props to pass variable in vue? - vue.js

Question

Slall question:
I have a 2 parent components nesting the same child component inside of them.
I use props so the parents can tell the child what title to show.
this child component is a photo gallery. It makes a query to the database, download photos and show them up. classic.
I need the parents to tell the child where to get the photos from:
Get the photos from All users, for the home page
or
get only the photos from a specific user for a user's page.
I'm wondering if I can pass this information through a prop.
Is that possible? Can we use the info from a prop as a varialble inside of the setup() function?
Is there a better way to do this?

Answer 1

Passing objects from one component to a child component is the purpose of props.
You can pass many items through props. VueJS has the following types built-in:
String
Number
Boolean
Array
Object
Function
Promise
In the V3 VueJS guide it gives the following example of a prop being passed into a component and then being logged to the console inside the setup() method.
export default {
props: {
title: String
},
setup(props) {
console.log(props.title)
}
}
However, when using props, you should always mark whether the is required, what its type is and what the default is if it is not required.
For example:
export default {
props: {
title: String, // This is the type
required: false, // If the prop is required
default: () => 'defaultText' // Default needed if required false
},
setup(props) {
console.log(props.title)
}
}
It's important to note that when using default, the value must be returned from a function. You cannot pass a default value directly.