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Global Data File Preprocessing
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Feature Removal: This feature was removed in Eleventy 2.0. You can use JavaScript Data Files or Computed Data instead.
The dir.data
global data files run through this template engine before transforming to JSON. Read more about Global Data Files.
Data Template Engine | |
---|---|
Object Key | dataTemplateEngine |
Default | "liquid" (before 1.0) |
Default | false (1.0 and above) |
Valid Options | A valid template engine short name or false |
Command Line Override | None |
Global JSON data files (not template/directory data files) can be optionally preprocessed with a template engine specified under the dataTemplateEngine
configuration option.
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Filename .eleventy.js
module.exports = function(eleventyConfig) {
return {
"dataTemplateEngine": "njk"
}
};
For example, if your dataTemplateEngine
is using njk
or liquid
you can do this in any *.json
files in your _data
folder:
Filename _data/myfile.json
{
"version": "{{ pkg.version }}"
}
package.json
data is available here supplied by Eleventy in the pkg
variable.