py-frontmatter 0.2.0

Manipulate YAML front matter.

py-frontmatter

To manipulate front matter in document file.

Installation

pip install py-frontmatter

Usage

% cat note.md 
---
title: Hacker's note
tags: [a, b]
---
# header
text

To retrieve front matter as JSON:

% frontmatter get note.md | jq
{
  "title": "Hacker's note",
  "tags": [
    "a",
    "b"
  ]
}

To replace the front matter:

% echo '{"title": "My note", "tags": ["a", "b", "c"]}' | frontmatter set note.md 
% cat ~/today/note.md 
---
title: My note
tags:
- a
- b
- c
---
# header
text