Accessing Vue Component scope from external javascript - vue.js

Question

Can I access Vue components data properties and methods from external javascript? I am trying to create a hybrid application where a portion of the screen is a Vue component, and I want to call a method inside that component on click of a button which is handled by pure js. Is there a way to achieve this?
Thanks!

Answer 1

Yes. You need to assign your Vue object to a variable (i.e. vue) and then you can access vue.methodName() and vue.propertyName:
// add you new Vue object to a variable
const vue = new Vue({
el: "#app",
data: {
todos: [
{ text: "Learn JavaScript", done: false },
{ text: "Learn Vue", done: false },
{ text: "Play around in JSFiddle", done: true },
{ text: "Build something awesome", done: true }
]
},
methods: {
toggle: function(todo){
todo.done = !todo.done
}
}
});
// Add event listener to outside button
const button = document.getElementById('outsideButton');
button.addEventListener('click', function() {
vue.toggle(vue.todos[1]);
});
body {
background: #20262E;
padding: 20px;
font-family: Helvetica;
}
#app {
background: #fff;
border-radius: 4px;
padding: 20px;
transition: all 0.2s;
}
li {
margin: 8px 0;
}
h2 {
font-weight: bold;
margin-bottom: 15px;
}
del {
color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
}
<script src="https://unpkg.com/vue#2.5.16/dist/vue.min.js"></script>
<div id="app">
<h2>Todos:</h2>
<ol>
<li v-for="todo in todos">
<label>
<input type="checkbox"
v-on:change="toggle(todo)"
v-bind:checked="todo.done">
<del v-if="todo.done">
{{ todo.text }}
</del>
<span v-else>
{{ todo.text }}
</span>
</label>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="outside">
<button id="outsideButton">
Click outside button
</button>
</div>

Answer 2

Yes, you can add an event listener to the Vue component that listens for the button click's event. See example here on codepen.
JS
new Vue({
el: '#app',
methods: {
clickMethod(event){
if (event.target.id === 'outsideButton') {
alert('button clicked')
}
}
},
created(){
let localThis = this
document.addEventListener('click', this.clickMethod)
}
})
HTML
<div>
<button id="outsideButton">Button</button>
<div id="app">
</div>
</div>