FrontMeta is a minimalist front-matter format that uses key:value pairs rather than YAML. This results in a parser that is optimized for both size and speed.

Features

• ECMAScript Module
• CommonJS Bundle Included
• Typescript Compatible

Imports

This package works isomorphically in browser and server-side JavaScript

Browser

Import directly from the local path or a CDN

<script type="module">
import { parse } from 'path/to/frontmeta/index.js'
</script>

The minified version can be imported from

<script type="module">
import { parse } from 'path/to/frontmeta/index.min.js'
</script>

Node

Install the package

npm install @vanillaes/frontmeta

Import using the module path

import { parse } from '@vanillaes/frontmeta'

Usage

Parse and stringify FrontMeta

FrontMeta.parse()

FrontMeta.parse(contents) : object

• contents - a string representing the document contents

Example

contents

---
key1:value1
key2:value2
---
This is the document body.

const frontmeta = // the document contents
const parsed = FrontMeta.parse(frontmeta)
console.log(parsed);
> {
>   "meta": {
>     "key1": "value1",
>     "key2": "value2"
>   },
>   "body": "This is the document body."
> }

FrontMeta.stringify()

FrontMeta.stringify(document) : object

• document - The frontmeta document object
  • meta - the frontmeta key:value data
  • body - the document body

document

{
  "meta": {
    "key1": "value1",
    "key2": "value2"
  },
  "body": "This is the document body."
}

const document = // the frontmeta document object
const frontmeta = FrontMeta.stringify(document)
console.log(frontmeta);
> ---
> key1:value1
> key2:value2
> ---
> This is the document body.

Typings

Typings are generated from JSDoc using Typescript. They are 100% compatible with VSCode Intellisense and will work seamlessly with Typescript.