eleventy-plugin-markdown-shortcode/.eleventy.js

Eleventy plugin to add a markdown shortcode

const MarkdownIt = require("markdown-it");
const FrontMatter = require('markdown-it-front-matter');
const fs = require('fs');
const path = require('path');

module.exports = {
    configFunction: function (eleventyConfig, options = {}) {
        const md = new MarkdownIt(options).use(FrontMatter, function (fm) {
            console.log(fm)
        });
        eleventyConfig.addShortcode("markdown", function (file) {
            let relativeFilePath = `.${file}`
            if (path.extname(file) != '.md') {
                throw new Error("eleventy-plugin-markdown-shortcode requires a filetype of md");
            }
            let data = fs.readFileSync(relativeFilePath, function (err, contents) {
                if (err) {
                    throw new Error(err)
                }
                return contents;
            });
            return md.render(data.toString());
        });
    }
}