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---
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title: Data Templates
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linktitle:
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description: In addition to Hugo's built-in variables, you can specify your own custom data in templates or shortcodes that pull from both local and dynamic sources.
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date: 2017-02-01
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publishdate: 2017-02-01
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lastmod: 2017-03-12
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categories: [templates]
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#tags: [data,dynamic,csv,json,toml,yaml]
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menu:
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docs:
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parent: "templates"
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weight: 80
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weight: 80
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sections_weight: 80
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draft: false
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aliases: [/extras/datafiles/,/extras/datadrivencontent/,/doc/datafiles/]
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toc: true
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---
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<!-- begin data files -->
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Hugo supports loading data from YAML, JSON, and TOML files located in the `data` directory in the root of your Hugo project.
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## The Data Folder
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The `data` folder is where you can store additional data for Hugo to use when generating your site. Data files aren't used to generate standalone pages; rather, they're meant to be supplemental to content files. This feature can extend the content in case your front matter fields grow out of control. Or perhaps you want to show a larger dataset in a template (see example below). In both cases, it's a good idea to outsource the data in their own files.
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These files must be YAML, JSON, or TOML files (using the `.yml`, `.yaml`, `.json`, or `.toml` extension). The data will be accessible as a `map` in the `.Site.Data` variable.
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## Data Files in Themes
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Data Files can also be used in [Hugo themes][themes] but note that theme data files follow the same logic as other template files in the [Hugo lookup order][lookup] (i.e., given two files with the same name and relative path, the file in the root project `data` directory will override the file in the `themes/<THEME>/data` directory).
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Therefore, theme authors should take care to not include data files that could be easily overwritten by a user who decides to [customize a theme][customize]. For theme-specific data items that shouldn't be overridden, it can be wise to prefix the folder structure with a namespace; e.g. `mytheme/data/<THEME>/somekey/...`. To check if any such duplicate exists, run hugo with the `-v` flag.
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The keys in the map created with data templates from data files will be a dot-chained set of `path`, `filename`, and `key` in file (if applicable).
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This is best explained with an example:
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## Example: Jaco Pastorius' Solo Discography
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[Jaco Pastorius](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaco_Pastorius_discography) was a great bass player, but his solo discography is short enough to use as an example. [John Patitucci](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Patitucci) is another bass giant.
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The example below is a bit contrived, but it illustrates the flexibility of data Files. This example uses TOML as its file format with the two following data files:
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* `data/jazz/bass/jacopastorius.toml`
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* `data/jazz/bass/johnpatitucci.toml`
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`jacopastorius.toml` contains the content below. `johnpatitucci.toml` contains a similar list:
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```
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discography = [
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"1974 – Modern American Music … Period! The Criteria Sessions",
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"1974 – Jaco",
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"1976 - Jaco Pastorius",
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"1981 - Word of Mouth",
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"1981 - The Birthday Concert (released in 1995)",
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"1982 - Twins I & II (released in 1999)",
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"1983 - Invitation",
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"1986 - Broadway Blues (released in 1998)",
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"1986 - Honestly Solo Live (released in 1990)",
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"1986 - Live In Italy (released in 1991)",
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"1986 - Heavy'n Jazz (released in 1992)",
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"1991 - Live In New York City, Volumes 1-7.",
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"1999 - Rare Collection (compilation)",
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"2003 - Punk Jazz: The Jaco Pastorius Anthology (compilation)",
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"2007 - The Essential Jaco Pastorius (compilation)"
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]
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```
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The list of bass players can be accessed via `.Site.Data.jazz.bass`, a single bass player by adding the filename without the suffix, e.g. `.Site.Data.jazz.bass.jacopastorius`.
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You can now render the list of recordings for all the bass players in a template:
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```
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{{ range $.Site.Data.jazz.bass }}
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{{ partial "artist.html" . }}
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{{ end }}
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```
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And then in the `partial/artist.html`:
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```
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<ul>
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{{ range .discography }}
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<li>{{ . }}</li>
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{{ end }}
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</ul>
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```
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Discover a new favorite bass player? Just add another `.toml` file in the same directory.
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## Example: Accessing Named Values in a Data File
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Assume you have the following YAML structure in your `User0123.yml` data file located directly in `data/`:
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```
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Name: User0123
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"Short Description": "He is a **jolly good** fellow."
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Achievements:
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- "Can create a Key, Value list from Data File"
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- "Learns Hugo"
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- "Reads documentation"
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```
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You can use the following code to render the `Short Description` in your layout::
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```
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<div>Short Description of {{.Site.Data.User0123.Name}}: <p>{{ index .Site.Data.User0123 "Short Description" | markdownify }}</p></div>
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```
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Note the use of the [`markdownify` template function][markdownify]. This will send the description through the Blackfriday Markdown rendering engine.
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<!-- begin "Data-drive Content" page -->
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## Data-Driven Content
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In addition to the [data files](/extras/datafiles/) feature, Hugo also a "data-driven content" feature, which lets you load any [JSON](http://www.json.org/) or [CSV](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values) file from nearly any resource.
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Data-driven content currently consists of two functions, `getJSON` and `getCSV`, which are available in all template files.
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## Implementation details
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### Call the Functions with a URL
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In your template, call the functions like this:
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```
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{{ $dataJ := getJSON "url" }}
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{{ $dataC := getCSV "separator" "url" }}
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```
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If you use a prefix or postfix for the URL, the functions accept [variadic arguments][variadic]:
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```
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{{ $dataJ := getJSON "url prefix" "arg1" "arg2" "arg n" }}
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{{ $dataC := getCSV "separator" "url prefix" "arg1" "arg2" "arg n" }}
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```
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The separator for `getCSV` must be put in the first position and can only be one character long.
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All passed arguments will be joined to the final URL:
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```
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{{ $urlPre := "https://api.github.com" }}
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{{ $gistJ := getJSON $urlPre "/users/GITHUB_USERNAME/gists" }}
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```
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This will resolve internally to the following:
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```
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{{ $gistJ := getJSON "https://api.github.com/users/GITHUB_USERNAME/gists" }}
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```
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Finally, you can range over an array. This example will output the
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first 5 gists for a GitHub user:
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```
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<ul>
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{{ $urlPre := "https://api.github.com" }}
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{{ $gistJ := getJSON $urlPre "/users/GITHUB_USERNAME/gists" }}
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{{ range first 5 $gistJ }}
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{{ if .public }}
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<li><a href="{{ .html_url }}" target="_blank">{{ .description }}</a></li>
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{{ end }}
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{{ end }}
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</ul>
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```
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### Example for CSV files
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For `getCSV`, the one-character-long separator must be placed in the first position followed by the URL. The following is an example of creating an HTML table in a [partial template][partials] from a published CSV:
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{{< code file="layouts/partials/get-csv.html" >}}
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<table>
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<thead>
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<tr>
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<th>Name</th>
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<th>Position</th>
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<th>Salary</th>
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</tr>
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</thead>
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<tbody>
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{{ $url := "http://a-big-corp.com/finance/employee-salaries.csv" }}
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{{ $sep := "," }}
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{{ range $i, $r := getCSV $sep $url }}
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<tr>
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<td>{{ index $r 0 }}</td>
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<td>{{ index $r 1 }}</td>
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<td>{{ index $r 2 }}</td>
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</tr>
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{{ end }}
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</tbody>
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</table>
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{{< /code >}}
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The expression `{{index $r number}}` must be used to output the nth-column from the current row.
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### Cache URLs
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Each downloaded URL will be cached in the default folder `$TMPDIR/hugo_cache/`. The variable `$TMPDIR` will be resolved to your system-dependent temporary directory.
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With the command-line flag `--cacheDir`, you can specify any folder on your system as a caching directory.
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You can also set `cacheDir` in the [main configuration file][config].
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If you don't like caching at all, you can fully disable caching with the command line flag `--ignoreCache`.
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### Authentication When Using REST URLs
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Currently, you can only use those authentication methods that can be put into an URL. [OAuth][] and other authentication methods are not implemented.
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### Load Local files
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To load local files with `getJSON` and `getCSV`, the source files must reside within Hugo's working directory. The file extension does not matter, but the content does.
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It applies the same output logic as above in [Calling the Functions with a URL](#calling-the-functions-with-a-url).
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## LiveReload with Data Files
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There is no chance to trigger a [LiveReload][] when the content of a URL changes. However, when a *local* file changes (i.e., `data/*` and `themes/<THEME>/data/*`), a LiveReload will be triggered. Symlinks are not supported. Note too that because downloading of data takes a while, Hugo stops processing your Markdown files until the data download has completed.
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{{% warning "URL Data and LiveReload" %}}
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If you change any local file and the LiveReload is triggered, Hugo will read the data-driven (URL) content from the cache. If you have disabled the cache (i.e., by running the server with `hugo server --ignoreCache`), Hugo will re-download the content every time LiveReload triggers. This can create *huge* traffic. You may reach API limits quickly.
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{{% /warning %}}
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## Examples of Data-driven Content
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- Photo gallery JSON powered: [https://github.com/pcdummy/hugo-lightslider-example](https://github.com/pcdummy/hugo-lightslider-example)
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- GitHub Starred Repositories [in a post](https://github.com/SchumacherFM/blog-cs/blob/master/content%2Fposts%2Fgithub-starred.md) using data-driven content in a [custom short code](https://github.com/SchumacherFM/blog-cs/blob/master/layouts%2Fshortcodes%2FghStarred.html).
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## Specs for Data Formats
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* [TOML Spec][toml]
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* [YAML Spec][yaml]
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* [JSON Spec][json]
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* [CSV Spec][csv]
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[config]: /getting-started/configuration/
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[csv]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4180
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[customize]: /themes/customizing/
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[json]: https://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-ST/ECMA-404.pdf "Specification for JSON, JavaScript Object Notation"
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[LiveReload]: /getting-started/usage/#livereload
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[lookup]: /templates/lookup-order/
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[markdownify]: /functions/markdownify/
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[OAuth]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OAuth
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[partials]: /templates/partials/
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[themes]: /themes/
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[toml]: https://github.com/toml-lang/toml
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[variadic]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variadic_function
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[vars]: /variables/
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[yaml]: http://yaml.org/spec/
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