Enhancement: support shvl syntax for customapi fields (#5020)

docs/widgets/services/customapi.md

@@ -22,15 +22,10 @@ widget:
     - field: key # needs to be YAML string or object
       label: Field 1
       format: text # optional - defaults to text
-    - field: # needs to be YAML string or object
+    - field: path.to.key2
-        path:
-          to: key2
       format: number # optional - defaults to text
       label: Field 2
-    - field: # needs to be YAML string or object
+    - field: path.to.another.key3
-        path:
-          to:
-            another: key3
       label: Field 3
       format: percent # optional - defaults to text
     - field: key # needs to be YAML string or object
@@ -49,9 +44,7 @@ widget:
       label: Field 6
       format: text
       additionalField: # optional
-        field:
+        field: hourly.time.key
-          hourly:
-            time: other key
         color: theme # optional - defaults to "". Allowed values: `["theme", "adaptive", "black", "white"]`.
         format: date # optional
     - field: key
@@ -103,9 +96,16 @@ mappings:
     label: Name
   - field: status # Alive
     label: Status
-  - field:
+  - field: origin.name # Earth (C-137)
-      origin: name # Earth (C-137)
     label: Origin
+  - field: locations.1.name # Citadel of Ricks
+    label: Location
+```
+
+Note that older versions of the widget accepted fields as a yaml object, which is still supported. E.g.:
+
+```yaml
+mappings:
   - field:
       locations:
         1: name # Citadel of Ricks
@@ -170,9 +170,7 @@ The list view can optionally display an additional field next to the primary fie
     - any: true # will map all other values
       to: Unknown
   additionalField:
-    field:
+    field: hourly.time.key
-      hourly:
-        time: key
     color: theme
     format: date
 ```

src/widgets/customapi/component.jsx

@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ function getValue(field, data) {
     return value;
   }
 
+  // shvl is easier, everything else is kept for backwards compatibility.
+  if (typeof field === "string") {
+    return shvl.get(data, field, null);
+  }
+
   while (typeof lastField === "object") {
     key = Object.keys(lastField)[0] ?? null;