Populating Templates with JSON?
Hello I’m looking at Hugo as our go-to static site generator and I’m wondering if there was a way to populate templates with information from JSON files? I am working with an API that sends me posts...
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newton: Is this possible using Hugo? Yes. Two ways, one even remotely. Look at the docs for more. Read full topic
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Well, yes and no. Hugo can ingest JSON and use that data on existing pages (see here and here); however, Hugo doesn’t currently support creating new pages from a JSON data source. Generally speaking,...
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Ah so I just need to write a script to populate a file with whatever I want and have Hugo build after that. Thanks for the links to the docs! Read full topic
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@newton Did you write that script? I’m currently using jekyll with a node script that pulls data down from a REST API and then using a cron to build the site over and over. Something like this would...
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Unfortunately no, we decided to go with a custom JS script that uses Handlebars for templating (Handlebars is a mess ). Read full topic
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I’m looking into that too. I just need to figure out some way to build somewhat simple sites based on REST data that isn’t “magic.” I really don’t want to get into big frameworks like Angular if I...
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We ended up using Gulp but npm scripts could have been better. Also anytime a entry is published our CMS triggers webhook that publishes the content, which eliminates the need for cron jobs. Read full...
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Sounds like we are doing something really similar. Unfortunately, the CMS I use doesn’t offer a webhook (for now). So I’m caught in this cycle. Read full topic
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Ah what a bummer, I would submit a support ticket to your CMS. Read full topic
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Nothing I have read in the docs or at any of these links makes it clear how I simply dump some JSON on a page via a template or partial. Any pointers would be appreciated, thanks. Read full topic
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