Control the output format

There are four methods that will output a numeric value...

{{ craft.upvote.tally(elementId) }}
{{ craft.upvote.totalVotes(elementId) }}
{{ craft.upvote.totalUpvotes(elementId) }}
{{ craft.upvote.totalDownvotes(elementId) }}

You may also know that each of these methods will accept a second parameter, which allows you to vote on multiple attributes of the same element.

But did you know that there is an optional third parameter? (introduced in v2.1.2)

{{ craft.upvote.tally(elementId, null, "container") }}

The third parameter controls how the value is returned. If you have a special use-case, this parameter may come in handy. The format parameter can have three potential string values...

"container" (default behavior)

• Renders a simple HTML container, which is effectively empty. After the page has finished loading, the container will get dynamically populated with a numeric value via JavaScript. This technique helps make the plugin cache-proof.

{# Populates via JS after the page loads #}
<span data-id="1" class="...">&nbsp;</span>

"number"

• Outputs a simple integer. If you want to use the value for math, this option is for you.

{# A simple integer #}
42

"both"

• Renders an integer inside of an HTML container. It quite literally merges the other two formats together. This is most useful if you are bothered by the FOUC (opens new window), and you are not using any sort of caching.

{# Both formats combined #}
<span data-id="1" class="...">42</span>

Skipping the second parameter

If you want to skip the key parameter, you can simply set it to null.