mkdocs-markdownextradata-plugin

A MkDocs plugin that injects the mkdocs.yml extra variables into the markdown template

usecase

As a user with variables that need to be inserted at the markdown level, not the template level.
I need a mkdocs plugin that will inject my `extras` variables into the markdown template before it gets rendered to html.
So that I can build my markdown pages with different values for images, urls, client_names, etc. 

Installation

Note: This package requires MkDocs version 0.17 or higher.

Install the package with pip:

pip install mkdocs-markdownextradata-plugin

Enable the plugin in your mkdocs.yml:

plugins:
    - search
    - markdownextradata: {}

You are then able to use the mkdocs extra: {} hash to pass context data into your files

Note: If you have no plugins entry in your config file yet, you'll likely also want to add the search plugin. MkDocs enables it by default if there is no plugins entry set, but now you have to enable it explicitly.

Using external data files

If the extra: {} hash is not enough for your data then you are able to make use of external yaml files to provide that context data

plugins:
    - search
    - markdownextradata:
        data: path/to/datafiles

The data path is optional; when absent, it will look for a _data folder adjacent to your mkdocs.yml and inside your docs_dir. If this path is found, the plugin will read all .yml and .json files inside it and add the data in them to the data available to the templates. The paths to these become their variable names, so if inside your data folder you have a file called sections/captions.yml, the data inside that file will be available in your templates as sections.captions.

Features

Use Extra Variables in your markdown files

The variables you define in the mkdown.yml extra: slot will become available in your templates

extra:
  customer:
    name: Your name here
    web: www.example.com
    salt: salt.example.com

and then in your *.md files

{{ customer.name }}
<a href="{{ customer.web }}">{{ customer.web }}</a>

Testing

virtualenv venv -p python3.7
source venv/bin/activate
python setup.py test
pytest test

Contributing

From reporting a bug to submitting a pull request: every contribution is appreciated and welcome. Report bugs, ask questions and request features using Github issues. If you want to contribute to the code of this project, please read the Contribution Guidelines.

Contributors

• Ross Crawford-d'Heureuse
• Emiliano Heyns