Add `metadata.update key: value` API?

[eelcoj]

On one site, that pulls data from an API and updates frontmatter, I added a small concern, so I can write:

# …
metadata.update title: "New title"
# …

This then finds the title key in the (yaml) frontmatter and updates the title value—or, if not present, add the key + value.

I like the API and see the value, but wondering if this opens up a can of worm and might be too cumbersome to maintain (mostly around making sure the formatting stays the same, ie no extra linebreaks, etc on frontmatter, but also any potentially addition of toml support next to yaml).

[m-lague]

hello ,

i think it's too much for version 1.0 , I like things simple.

Maybe wait some dev are in this case ?

My perron's use case is full static sites for my clients. The most important for me is to configure properly the SEO (sitemap, json/ld, feeds, external links, ...) , enable my non-tech clients to manage the content (via sveltia cms currently)

[eelcoj]

Thanks for your input @m-lague, but I think you misunderstand the feature I am thinking off. Nothing gets replaced or removed. This update method/API would be an addition for a better DX.

I have a site where I pull stats (pageviews, etc.) into the model's frontmatter to use in a "most popular" list. It looks something like this:

class Content::Post::Stats
  class << self
    def fetch_stats
      Content::Post.all.each do |post|
        stats = fetch(post.slug)
        pageviews = stats.dig("results", 0, "metrics", 0) || 0

        post.metadata.update pageviews: pageviews
      end
    end

   # …

  def fetch(slug)
    # pull stats for the given slug
  end
end

Without the metadata.update method I have to do custom grepping and what not to update the value.

I am just not sure how niche/common (if any) this is. So I leave this open for a bit.