Metalsmith Metadata Convention Plugin

Metalsmith plugin to allow defining Metadata by using file conventions.

Installation

npm install --save metalsmith-metadata-convention

CLI

If you are using the command-line version of Metalsmith, you can install via npm, and then add the metalsmith-metadata-convention key to your metalsmith.json file:

{
  "plugins": {
    "metalsmith-metadata-convention": {}
  }
}

JavaScript

If you are using the JS Api for Metalsmith, then you can require the module and add it to your .use() directives:

var metadata = require('metalsmith-metadata-convention');
 
metalsmith.use(metadata());

Usage

Each metadata object is constructed through files named <name>.metadata. All files with the .metadata extension are merged into Metalsmith's metadata object.

Example

src/authors.metadata

---
Stephen King:
  birthdate: 1947
J. K. Rowling:
  birthdate: 1965
William Shakespeare:
  birthdate: 1564
Nora Roberts:
  birthdate: 1950
---
 
This is a list of authors that are loaded into Metalsmith metadata at:
  metalsmith.metadata().authors

License

MIT