hof-middleware-markdown

i18n-compatible markdown rendering for static content into templates

Usage

First, mount the middleware in your app.

const markdown = require('hof-middleware-markdown');
app.use(markdown());

Then you can embed static markdown snippets in your templates as follows.

{{#markdown}}file-name{{//markdown}}

Snippets will be loaded from within content directories inside your express views directories. So if you have your express views set to /path/to/my/views then the markdown snippets will be looked for in /path/to/my/views/content.

i18n

If req.lang is set (and it will be in hof-bootstrap apps) then content will be loaded first in directories corresponding to the request langauge.

So if req.lang is set to ['en-US', 'en'] then the content will be loaded first from /path/to/my/views/content/en-us then /path/to/my/views/content/en and finally /path/to/my/views/content.

Note: language codes are always lower case when mapped to directories.

Configuration

The markdown middleware can be configured by passing options at initialisation.

const markdown = require('hof-middleware-markdown');
app.use(markdown(options));

Options

• method - Default: markdown - sets the name of the method exposed to templates.
• ext - Default: md - sets the file extension of content files.
• dir - Default: content - sets the subdirectory of views in which to find content snippets.
• fallbackLang - Default: [''] - sets the directories in which to look for content if no matching language specific directory exists.