Get-MarkdownMetadata

Reference

Module:: platyPS

Gets metadata from the header of a markdown file.

Syntax

Get-MarkdownMetadata
   -Path <String[]>
   [<CommonParameters>]

Get-MarkdownMetadata
   -Markdown <String>
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Get-MarkdownMetadata cmdlet gets the metadata from the header of a markdown file that is supported by PlatyPS. The command returns the metadata as a hash table.

PlatyPS stores metadata in the header block of a markdown file as key-value pairs of strings. By default, PlatyPS stores help file name and markdown schema version.

Metadata section can contain user-provided values for use with external tools. The New-ExternalHelp cmdlet ignores this metadata.

Examples

Example 1: Get metadata from a file

PS C:\> Get-MarkdownMetadata -Path ".\docs\Get-MarkdownMetadata.md"

Key                Value
---                -----
external help file platyPS-help.xml
schema             2.0.0

This command retrieves metadata from a markdown file.

Example 2: Get metadata from a markdown string

PS C:\> $Markdown = Get-Content -Path ".\docs\Get-MarkdownMetadata.md" -Raw
PS C:\> Get-MarkdownMetadata -Markdown $Markdown

Key                Value
---                -----
external help file platyPS-help.xml
schema             2.0.0

The first command gets the contents of a file, and stores them in the $Markdown variable.

The second command retrieves metadata from the string in $Metadata.

Example 3: Get metadata from all files in a folder

PS C:\> Get-MarkdownMetadata -Path ".\docs"

Key                Value
---                -----
external help file platyPS-help.xml
schema             2.0.0
external help file platyPS-help.xml
schema             2.0.0
external help file platyPS-help.xml
schema             2.0.0
external help file platyPS-help.xml
schema             2.0.0
external help file platyPS-help.xml
schema             2.0.0
external help file platyPS-help.xml
schema             2.0.0
external help file platyPS-help.xml
schema             2.0.0
external help file platyPS-help.xml
schema             2.0.0

This command gets metadata from each of the markdown files in the .\docs folder.

Parameters

-Markdown

Specifies a string that contains markdown formatted text.

Type:	String
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	True
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-Path

Specifies an array of paths of markdown files or folders.

Type:	String[]
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	True
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	True

Inputs

String[]

You can pipe an array of paths to this cmdlet.

Outputs

Dictionary[String, String]

The cmdlet returns a Dictionary[String, String] object. The dictionary contains key-value pairs found in the markdown metadata block.