const moment = require('moment'); export interface MarkdownAndFrontMatter { doc: string; created?: Date; updated?: Date; source_url?: string; forum_url?: string; } const readProp = (line: string): string[] => { line = line.trim(); const d = line.indexOf(':'); return [line.substr(0, d).trim(), line.substr(d + 1).trim()]; }; export const stripOffFrontMatter = (md: string): MarkdownAndFrontMatter => { if (md.indexOf('---') !== 0) return { doc: md }; let state: string = 'start'; const lines = md.split('\n'); const docLines: string[] = []; const output: MarkdownAndFrontMatter = { doc: '', }; for (const line of lines) { if (state === 'start') { if (line !== '---') throw new Error('Expected front matter block to start with "---"'); state = 'in'; continue; } if (state === 'in') { if (line === '---') { state = 'out'; continue; } const propLine = line.trim(); if (propLine) { const p = readProp(propLine); (output as any)[p[0]] = p[1]; } } if (state === 'out') { if (line.trim()) state = 'doc'; } if (state === 'doc') { docLines.push(line); } } if (state !== 'doc') throw new Error('Front matter block was not closed with "---"'); output.doc = docLines.join('\n'); if (output.created) output.created = moment(output.created).toDate(); if (output.updated) output.updated = moment(output.updated).toDate(); return output; }; // --- // created: 2021-07-05T09:42:47.000+00:00 // source_url: https://www.patreon.com/posts/any-ideas-for-53317699 // --- const formatFrontMatterValue = (key: string, value: any) => { if (['created', 'updated'].includes(key)) { return moment((value as Date)).toISOString(); } else { return value.toString(); } }; export const compileWithFrontMatter = (md: MarkdownAndFrontMatter): string => { const output: string[] = []; const header: string[] = []; for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(md)) { if (key === 'doc') continue; header.push(`${key}: ${formatFrontMatterValue(key, value)}`); } if (header.length) { output.push('---'); output.push(header.join('\n')); output.push('---'); output.push(''); } output.push(md.doc); return output.join('\n'); };