Pages

Pages are the core of any content-driven site. They represent a single piece of content that can be requested through its url.

For example, you might have a about.md file that is rendered as a page at the /about url.

Rendering Pipeline

In jaspr_content pages are built based on the configuration provided to the ContentApp component. This configuration defines how the content is loaded, parsed, and rendered.

For a single page, the following steps are taken:

The page is created by one of the provided RouteLoaders.
The page's configuration is resolved by the provided ConfigResolver based on its route.
The page's frontmatter is parsed and additional data is loaded by the configured DataLoaders.
The page's content is pre-processed by the configured TemplateEngine.
The page's content is parsed by one of the configured PageParsers.
The parsed content is further processed by the configured PageExtensions.
The processed content is rendered using the configured CustomComponents and wrapped in a Content component.
The content component is wrapped in a PageLayout and gets applied the configured ContentTheme.
The result is rendered to HTML.

All of the different parts used to build a page are configurable. They can be switched out, extended, or replaced with custom implementations. This allows you to create a content-driven site that fits your needs perfectly.

Page

The Page class is the main data object that holds all information about a single page.

Fields

pathString

The path of the page including its suffix, e.g. 'index.html', 'some/path.md'.

urlString

The url of the page, e.g. '/', '/some/path'.

contentString

The (unparsed) content of the page.

This may be modified by the different modules during the page building process.

dataMap<String, dynamic>

Additional data for the page.

This contains data from the frontmatter, data loaders, and any other data that is added to the page during the building process.

This may be modified by the different modules during the page building process.

configPageConfig

The configuration for the page.

This determines how the page is built.

Each part in the pipeline can modify the page's content or data by using the apply() method like this:

page.apply(
  content: 'updated content',
  data: {'key': 'value'},
);

With this the content is overridden and the data is deeply merged with the existing data, unless mergeData is set to false.

Accessing a Page

For most parts of the pipeline, you will have access to the page object directly. E.g. a DataLoader will receive the current page as an argument in its loadData(Page page) method.

You can also access the current page from within any Jaspr component by using the context.page extension getter:

class MyComponent extends StatelessComponent {
  @override
  Component build(BuildContext context) {
    return text('Page URL: ${context.page.url}');
  }
}

PageConfig

The PageConfig class is the main configuration object for a page. It holds all the settings for loading, parsing, and rendering the page.

Properties

enableFrontmatterbool

Whether to enable frontmatter parsing. Defaults to true.

dataLoadersList<DataLoader>

The data loaders to use for loading additional data for the page.

templateEngineTemplateEngine

The template engine to use for preprocessing the page content before parsing.

rawOutputPatternPattern

A pattern to match pages that should output their raw content. When this matches a page's path, this will skip parsing and rendering the page and return the content as is. This may be used for matching non-html pages like robots.txt, sitemap.xml, etc.

secondaryOutputsList<SecondaryOutput>

A collection of secondary outputs to create for matching pages. When an output matches a page's path, it is used to generate additional files for the page. This may be used for outputting supplementary files like a 'index.html.md' file containing the raw markdown of a page.

parsersList<PageParser>

The parsers to use for parsing the page content. Each parser may be responsible for a file type like markdown, html, etc.

extensionsList<PageExtension>

The extensions to use for processing the parsed page nodes. Each extension may add or modify the nodes of the page. Extensions are applied in the order they are listed.

componentsList<CustomComponent>

A collection of custom components to render in the page.

layoutsList<PageLayout>

The layouts to use for building the page. When more than one layout is provided, the layout to use is determined by the 'layout' key in the page data. Therefore a page can choose its layout by setting 'layout: ___' in its frontmatter. When no key is set or matching, the first provided layout is used.

themeContentTheme

The theme to use for the page.

There are two ways to create a PageConfig:

The ContentApp() constructor creates a single PageConfig that is used for all pages.
Alternatively the ContentApp.custom() constructor takes a ConfigResolver function that can return different PageConfigs for different pages. This allows you to have different configurations for different parts of your site. In addition to writing a custom function, you can:
- use PageConfig.all(...) to create a ConfigResolver that resolves the same PageConfig for all pages.
- use PageConfig.match(Map<Pattern, PageConfig>) to resolve a PageConfig based on the page's path.

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