package templates import ( "encoding/json" "fmt" "strings" "unicode" "github.com/naoina/toml" "gopkg.in/yaml.v2" ) func extractFrontMatter(input string) (map[string]interface{}, string, error) { // get the bounds of the first non-empty line var firstLineStart, firstLineEnd int lineEmpty := true for i, b := range input { if b == '\n' { firstLineStart = firstLineEnd if firstLineStart > 0 { firstLineStart++ // skip newline character } firstLineEnd = i if !lineEmpty { break } continue } lineEmpty = lineEmpty && unicode.IsSpace(b) } firstLine := input[firstLineStart:firstLineEnd] // see what kind of front matter there is, if any var closingFence string var fmParser func([]byte) (map[string]interface{}, error) switch firstLine { case yamlFrontMatterFenceOpen: fmParser = yamlFrontMatter closingFence = yamlFrontMatterFenceClose case tomlFrontMatterFenceOpen: fmParser = tomlFrontMatter closingFence = tomlFrontMatterFenceClose case jsonFrontMatterFenceOpen: fmParser = jsonFrontMatter closingFence = jsonFrontMatterFenceClose default: // no recognized front matter; whole document is body return nil, input, nil } // find end of front matter fmEndFenceStart := strings.Index(input[firstLineEnd:], "\n"+closingFence) if fmEndFenceStart < 0 { return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("unterminated front matter") } fmEndFenceStart += firstLineEnd + 1 // add 1 to account for newline // extract and parse front matter frontMatter := input[firstLineEnd:fmEndFenceStart] fm, err := fmParser([]byte(frontMatter)) if err != nil { return nil, "", err } // the rest is the body body := input[fmEndFenceStart+len(closingFence):] return fm, body, nil } func yamlFrontMatter(input []byte) (map[string]interface{}, error) { m := make(map[string]interface{}) err := yaml.Unmarshal(input, &m) return m, err } func tomlFrontMatter(input []byte) (map[string]interface{}, error) { m := make(map[string]interface{}) err := toml.Unmarshal(input, &m) return m, err } func jsonFrontMatter(input []byte) (map[string]interface{}, error) { input = append([]byte{'{'}, input...) input = append(input, '}') m := make(map[string]interface{}) err := json.Unmarshal(input, &m) return m, err } type parsedMarkdownDoc struct { Meta map[string]interface{} `json:"meta,omitempty"` Body string `json:"body,omitempty"` } const ( yamlFrontMatterFenceOpen, yamlFrontMatterFenceClose = "---", "---" tomlFrontMatterFenceOpen, tomlFrontMatterFenceClose = "+++", "+++" jsonFrontMatterFenceOpen, jsonFrontMatterFenceClose = "{", "}" )