Metalsmith Paths

A Metalsmith plugin that adds file path values (base, dir, ext, name, href) to metadata path property.

Install

npm install metalsmith-paths

API

const metalsmith = new Metalsmith(__dirname)
  .use(paths({
    property: "paths"
  }))

given the following directory structure:

src/
└── blog
    └── post.html

The following metadata will be generated:

CLI

You can also use the plugin with the Metalsmith CLI by adding a key to your metalsmith.json file:

{
  "plugins": {
    "metalsmith-paths": {
      "property": "paths"
    }
  }
}

Options

directoryIndex

Removes the filename from the href attribute if it matches the value of directoryIndex. Default: disabled. For example, the following configuration:

{
  "plugins": {
    "metalsmith-paths": {
      "property": "path",
      "directoryIndex": "index.html"
    }
  }
}

Would produce the following filenames:

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