Using YAML with Swig Templates

Question

Is there an equivalent to Assemble's integration of YAML for Swig?

Having to write {% block title %}Title Here{% endblock %} isn't as nice as:

---
title: Title Here
---

Any ideas on how to integrate YAML with Swig?

Answer 1

Assemble uses the yaml-frontmatter to read and strip off that little block of yaml at the start of each template.

You can integrate this directly into your own build toolchain:

• Gulp with gulp-front-matter
• Grunt with grunt-matter (from assemble)