contentfs

A structured content file system.

Install

gem install contentfs

Usage

Content can be defined in a structure like this:

docs/
  api/
    application/
      content.md

      class_api/
        new.md
      instance_api/
        ...
  guides/
    ...

Once defined, content can be accessed through ContentFS:

require "contentfs"

database = ContentFS::Database.load("path/to/docs")

database.docs.api.application.render

The content name is special in that it defines content for the containing folder.

Formats

Markdown is supported by default. Simply add the commonmarker gem to your project's Gemfile. For automatic syntax highlighting, add the rouge to your Gemfile as well.

Unknown formats default to plain text.

Metadata

Metadata can be defined on content through front-matter:

---
option: value
---

...

Metadata can be applied to all content in a folder by defining a _metadata.yml file. The folder's metadata is merged with metadata defined in front-matter, with precedence given to the front-matter metadata values.

Filtering

Content can be filtered by one or more metadata values:

database.filter(option: "value") do |content|
  ...
end

Iterating

Iterate over content using the all method:

database.content.all do |content|
  ...
end

Prefixes

Both folders and content can be defined with prefixes, useful for ordering:

docs/
  api/
    0000__application/
      ...

Characters up to __ (double underscore) are considered part of the prefix.