1 [[!template id=plugin name=getfield author="[[rubykat]]"]]
2 [[!tag type/meta type/format]]
6 IkiWiki::Plugin::getfield - query the values of fields
11 add_plugins => [qw{goodstuff getfield ....}],
15 This plugin provides a way of querying the meta-data (data fields) of a page
16 inside the page content (rather than inside a template) This provides a way to
17 use per-page structured data, where each page is treated like a record, and the
18 structured data are fields in that record. This can include the meta-data for
19 that page, such as the page title.
21 This plugin is meant to be used in conjunction with the [[field]] plugin.
25 One can get the value of a field by using special markup in the page.
26 This does not use directive markup, in order to make it easier to
27 use the markup inside other directives. There are four forms:
31 This queries the value of *fieldname* for the source page.
35 \[[!meta title="My Long and Complicated Title With Potential For Spelling Mistakes"]]
38 When the page is processed, this will give you:
40 <h1>My Long and Complicated Title With Potential For Spelling Mistakes</h1>
42 * \{{$*pagename*#*fieldname*}}
44 This queries the value of *fieldname* for the page *pagename*.
50 \[[!meta title="I Am Page Foo"]]
56 For more info, see \[[\{{$PageFoo#title}}|PageFoo]].
58 When PageBar is displayed:
60 <p>For more info, see <a href="PageFoo">I Am Page Foo</a>.</p>
64 This queries the value of *fieldname* for the destination page; that is,
65 the value when this page is included inside another page.
71 \[[!meta title="I Am Page A"]]
78 \[[!meta title="I Am Page B"]]
79 \[[!inline pagespec="PageA"]]
81 When PageA is displayed:
86 When PageB is displayed:
91 * \{{+$*pagename*#*fieldname*+}}
93 This queries the value of *fieldname* for the page *pagename*; the
94 only difference between this and \{{$*pagename*#*fieldname*}} is
95 that the full name of *pagename* is calculated relative to the
96 destination page rather than the source page.
98 I can't really think of a reason why this should be needed, but
99 this format has been added for completeness.
103 Getfield markup can be escaped by putting a backwards slash `\`
104 in front of the markup.
105 If that is done, then the markup is displayed as-is.
109 If no value is found for the given field, then the field name is returned.
115 \[[!meta title="Foo"]]
116 My title is {{$title}}.
118 My description is {{$description}}.
120 When PageFoo is displayed:
122 <p>My title is Foo.</p>
124 <p>My description is description.</p>
126 This is because "description" hasn't been defined for that page.
130 Listing all the sub-pages of the current page:
132 \[[!map pages="{{$page}}/*"]]
136 * browse at GitHub: <http://github.com/rubykat/ikiplugins/blob/master/IkiWiki/Plugin/getfield.pm>
137 * git repo at git://github.com/rubykat/ikiplugins.git