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<p>This is a Lektor plugin that allows you to render Jinja2 inside your content fields that are string-like. For example, this means that inside your content fields that are of type string or Markdown, you can write Jinja logic, and access Lektor's <ahref="https://www.getlektor.com/docs/templates/#template-context"rel="nofollow">Template Context</a>, and has access to all normal Jinja filters, including those provided by <ahref="https://github.com/terminal-labs/lektor-slugify"rel="nofollow">other plugins</a>. In a Markdown field (or other field that is rendered - like <ahref="https://github.com/fschulze/lektor-rst"rel="nofollow">rst</a>), the <strong>Jinja is processed first</strong>, then the formatting processor.</p>
<p>You can set and use Jinja variables, but they will only have meaning within their field that is being rendered.</p>
<p>With this plugin, you'll have to make sure the content that is rendered <strong>is valid Jinja</strong>. Jinja syntax erros will throw an exception. Don't forget about the handy <code>{% raw %} {% endraw %}</code> tags if you want content that is not valid Jinja.</p>
<p><strong>N.B.</strong> Using this plugin is rendering many more items with Jinja, and your build process will slow down as a result. As an early benchmark and anecdote, my small website's build time rose from 4.89s to 5.39s even while I actually had no Jinja-Content that needed rendering. I plan on adding the ability to configure this plugin later so that you don't have to run <em>everything</em> through Jinja if you don't want to.</p>
<h2>Examples</h2>
<p>Querying context: <code>{{ site.get('/').title }}</code> or <code>{{ this.path }}</code></p>
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<p>Try running the <ahref="https://github.com/terminal-labs/lektor-jinja-content/blob/master/tests/demo-project/"rel="nofollow">test site</a> for more examples.</p>
<h2>Possible future of this plugin.</h2>
<p>This Plugin opens the door to some pretty powerful and pretty funky functionality. Here's some food for though:</p>
<ul>
<li>Currently every every string-like field in <code>_data</code> and <code>_blocks</code> is processed, even things like <code>_slug</code> and <code>_template</code>. Can these other things be used?</li>
<li><ahref="https://github.com/lektor/lektor/issues/541"rel="nofollow">Some people want to be able to include markdown in content files / declarations</a>. This plugin might pave the way toward that with <ahref="https://github.com/terminal-labs/lektor-jinja-content/issues/3"rel="nofollow">includes and extends</a>.</li>
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