Jekyll access data files from inside a plugin

Question

How do we access information inside the "_data" folder from inside a "_plugin"?

for example I have _data/items.yml

item
  data1: info
  data2: moreinfo

inside my plugin in the render method I want to be able to

def render(context)
  <<--MARKUP.strip
  <p>#{site.data.items.data1}</p>
  MARKUP
end

Any ideas? I have been able to get site.data.items but I have not been able to access the children elements (data1, data2)

Hi Helmut, Have you found out a solution? I'm looking for the same question — artu-hnrq, Apr 22 '20 at 02:38
hey @artu-hnrq, you can see what I did here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/43290361/209904 — Helmut Granda, Apr 22 '20 at 16:02

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 07 '17 at 07:54

2

Your data file _data/items.yml has an item key as well.

item
  data1: info
  data2: moreinfo

So data1 is actually accessed by site.data.items.item.data1 and
data2 by site.data.items.item.data2

answered Apr 07 '17 at 07:54

ashmaroli

1

Thanks for the comment and although site.data.items.item.data1 and so forth work great I am looking to how to access the data from within a plugin. – Helmut Granda Apr 08 '17 at 04:38
I had to choose the syntax `site.data["items"]` not `site.data.items` – KargWare Sep 28 '22 at 13:42

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

0

I had to use a combination of two answers:

edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

Community

answered Apr 08 '17 at 04:58

Helmut Granda

2 Answers2