Hooks

Sometimes you need to do something that could not be achieved with the classical file structure. Maybe you need to create hundred of pages, one for each entry in a .json file.

When the times come for such automation, norska provides some hooks for your to use.

afterHtml

The afterHtml hook runs after all the default HTML files are created (this include both those from .pug and .md files).

You can define it in your norska.config.js like this:

module.exports = {
  hooks: {
    async afterHtml({ createPage }) {
      // Add your custom logic here
    }
  }
}

The hook is asynchronous, so you can await for any method call inside, even calling an external API if you need.

It is also called with the createPage helper function. This function expect three arguments: template, destination and data. It will compile the template at destination with the data.

• template can be any .pug file, relative to the ./src folder
• destination should be a filepath relative to the ./dist folder
• data should be an object whose keys will be available in the template