grunt-jekyll-post

Prompts questions in command line, then creates a Jekyll post template with the answers..

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.5

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

npm install grunt-jekyll-post --save-dev

Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-jekyll-post');

The "jekyll_post" task

Overview

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named jekyll_post to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().

grunt.initConfig({
  jekyll_post: {
    questions: [
      {
        config: 'title',
        message: 'What would you like the title to be?',
        default: 'My Default Title'
      }
    ]
  },
});

Options

dist

Type: String Default value: _drafts

The folder to which the output file will be written.

format

Type: String Default value: md

The file format of the output file. Usually 'md' or 'markdown'.
Write just the extension, without the .

date

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Include the current date in the output file's front-matter.

comments

Type: String or Object

Write a comment that will appear in the output file's front-matter, below any other content.
Example:

jekyll_post: {
  options: {
    comment: [
      'single comment',
      'anotha one'
    ]
  },
  questions: [
    {
      config: 'title',
      message: 'Title?',
      default: 'Your Default Title'
    }
  ]
}

You can also use a single line comment:

jekyll_post: {
  options: {
    comment: 'single comment'
  },
  questions: [
    {
      config: 'title',
      message: 'Title?',
      default: 'Your Default Title'
    }
  ]
}

Question Options

config

Type: String required

The name of the front-matter's variable (not the value). Example:

config: 'title'

Resulting front matter:

---
title: ANSWER
---

type

Type: String Default value: input

The type of question you're asking:

• list: use arrow keys to pick one choice. Returns a string.
• checkbox: use arrow keys and space bar to pick multiple items. Returns an array.
• confirm: Yes/no. Returns a boolean.
• input: Free text input. Returns a string.
• password: Masked input. Returns a string.

Be sure to read the documentation for Inquiry, the project that enables command-line questions, for more details.

message

Type: String

The message that you want to see in the command line, prompting you to answer the question.

default

Type String/Array/Boolan

The default value used when the user just hits enter without typing anything into it.

choices

only for questions that have the type list or checkbox
Type: Array of Hashes

• name The label that is displayed in the UI.
• value optional Value returned. When not used the name is used instead.
• checked optional Choose the option by default. Only for checkbox.

Usage Examples

Add as many questions as you need, and they will be reflected in the output markdown file.

grunt.initConfig({
  jekyll_post: {
    option: {
      dist: '_post',
      format: 'markdown'
    },
    questions: [
      {
        config: 'title',
        message: 'Title?',
        default: 'Your Default Title'
      },
      {
        config: 'author',
        message: 'Author?',
        default: 'Your Default Author'
      }
    ]
  },
});

Release History

• 0.2.0 - 19 April 2016 - Moved questions property out of options and added new options.
• 0.1.3 - 17 April 2016 - Fixed up the docs
• 0.1.2 - 15 April 2016 - Task now finishes properly
• 0.1.1 - 15 April 2016 - Removed some unnecessary dependencies
• 0.1.0 - 15 April 2016 - First version