Meatsmith Request

Metalsmith plugin to grab content from the web and expose the results to metadata.

uses got under the hood to make HTTP calls.

Install

npm install metalsmith-request

API

Pass targets to the plugin with the use method:

const metalsmith = new Metalsmith(__dirname)
  .use(request({
    foo: 'http://domain.com/foo'
  }))

You can also pass options as the second argument to use with the got module

const metalsmith = new Metalsmith(__dirname)
  .use(request(
    {
      foo: 'http://domain.com/foo.json'
    },
    {
      json: true
    }
  ))

CLI

You can also use the plugin with the Metalsmith CLI by adding a key to your metalsmith.json file:

{
  "plugins": {
    "metalsmith-request": {
      "foo": "http://domain.com/foo.json"
    }
  }
}

Author: Ahmad Nassri • Github: @ahmadnassri • Twitter: @AhmadNassri