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a post with github metadata

September 28, 2020

2020   ·   metadata     ·   sample-posts   external-services  


A sample blog page that demonstrates the accessing of github meta data.

What does Github-MetaData do?

  • Propagates the site.github namespace with repository metadata
  • Setting site variables :
    • site.title
    • site.description
    • site.url
    • site.baseurl
  • Accessing the metadata - duh.
  • Generating edittable links.

Additional Reading

  • If you’re recieving incorrect/missing data, you may need to perform a Github API authentication.
  • Go through this README for more details on the topic.
  • This page highlights all the feilds you can access with github-metadata.

Example MetaData

  • Host Name :
  • URL :
  • BaseURL :
  • Archived :
  • Contributors :
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