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Get Markdown Meta

v1.0.2 Latest version

Get Markdown Meta

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Get Markdown Meta

Extracts meta information from a blog post in markdown format

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

              

- name: Get Markdown Meta

uses: InfraWay/[email protected]

Learn more about this action in InfraWay/get-markdown-meta-action

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get-markdown-meta-action

Github Action for extracting metadata from markdown file

Inputs

markdown_file

Required The markdown file path of the article.

base_url

Base blog's url e.g. https://myblog.com

Outputs

title

Title of the post

Example usage

Let's assume the post markdown file's path is ./content/post.md.

name: tweet-from-markdown
on: [push]

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Read post's meta
        id: meta
        uses: infraway/get-markdown-meta-action@v1
        with:
          markdown_file: ./content/post.md
      - uses: infraway/tweet-action@v1
        with:
          status: Check out new article ${{ steps.meta.outputs.title }} - ${{ steps.meta.outputs.url }}