Metalsmith-medium-data NPM

Metalsmith Medium data

Metalsmith plugin to fetch latest user post data from medium.com as metadata for template usage.

$ npm install metalsmith-medium-data

Add an metalsmith-medium-data entry in metalsmith.json or pass the plugin to metalsmith.use() in a JavaScript file.

metalsmith.json

{
    "plugins": {
        "metalsmith-medium-data": {
            "username": "huntie"
        }
    }
}

JavaScript file

import medium from 'metalsmith-medium-data';

metalsmith.use(medium({
    username: 'huntie'
});

The plugin will add a new metadata object on build under the key medium for use in templates.

Property	Type	Description
`medium.user`	`Object`	The user profile data.
`medium.posts`	`Array`	The collection of most recent user posts.

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
`username`	`String`	Yes	`null`	The Medium account user from which to fetch posts.
`key`	`String`	No	`"medium"`	The name of the key to set in metadata.
`limit`	`Number`	No	`10`	The maximum number of `posts` to include.

If you discover a problem or have a feature request, please create an issue or feel free to fork this repository and make improvements.

7 years ago