Confusion about cshtml files for Shortcodes

[devlife]

I'm a bit confused about the contents of this video about IShortCodeProvider implementations and the usage of cshtml files. Is this implemented? How would I go about creating a short code and having it utilize a cshtml file? Is the current approach basically to try and screenshot the code in the video? Not being sarcastic. I definitely get it if there is documentation missing. Just trying to figure out the current state of things.

[jtkech]

From memory when you define a custom short code, you can use liquid syntax, and then the liquid shape tag to render a shape ;)

[devlife]

I know you can do that but I have a scenario that would be great to have a cshtml file with which to render, make api calls, etc.

[jtkech]

You can create a SomeName.cshtml file and then target it through the shape tag helper

Something like {% shape "SomeName", ... %}

[Skrypt]

{% shape "SomeName", ... %}

Means you can basically use a SomeName.liquid or SomeName.cshtml template in your theme or admin UI templates to render some content. It's an "inline named shape" in which you can call any API's to render something.

[devlife]

I actually did try using that in the shortcode and couldn't get it to work. However, I will definitely give it a try again.