In a template, is it possible to get the content of a block by the block ID?

Question

I am working with some view templates in Drupal 8, and I have the block ID of another view block I want to pull into the template. Is it possible to use the block ID to get the content of a block in a template?

If this is not possible in Twig, how could I achieve this otherwise?

Answer 1

Yes take a look at this module :

Twig Blocks

https://www.drupal.org/project/twig_blocks

After module install just call the block like this in the template :

{{ render_block('machine_name_of_your_block') }}

Or in a hook :

function hook_preprocess_page(&$variables)
{

    $block = \Drupal\block\Entity\Block::load('id_block');

    $variables['myBlock'] = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()
        ->getViewBuilder('block')
        ->view($block);

}

Then in your twig template :

  {{ myBlock }}

Answer 2

Yes by using twig tweaks. See the cheat sheet for blocks and more.

The greater issue is here is that I am using a plugin that lets the user choose whatever views block they want so I won't know what the machine name of the block is

Pass the ID in as a variable and use

{# Print block using default configuration. #}
{{ drupal_block( block_id ) }}