redirects_cli 0.1.1

Generates static redirections from a YAML file.

redirects-cli

A CLI to create static redirections from a YAML file.

Why?

You are relying on GitHub Pages to host your site. However, whenever you move a page from one folder to another, your users get the 404 page.

With redirects-cli, you can define 301 redirects for the pages you have moved in a YAML file. Then, you can generate static redirects for each path with one command.

In my case, I use this command in the project's CI pipelines before publishing the site to the gh-pages branch. If I define the redirections correctly, that means no more 404 errors!

Getting started

Requirements

• Python >= 3.7
• pip

Installation

pip install redirects_cli

Quickstart

redirects-cli fromfile --help

Usage

To generate static redirections from a YAML file:

1. Define the redirects in a new file named redirections.yaml. This file must follow this syntax:

# old_path: new_path
# Example

# internal link example
/original-path/page-a.html: /new-path/page-a.html

# external link example
/original-path/page-b.html: https://example.local

2. Run the command:

redirects-cli fromfile --yaml-file redirects.yaml --output-dir html

The CLI creates the static redirections you have defined in the redirections.yaml file within the folder html. For this example, it creates the following folder structure:

my-app/
├─ html/
│  ├─ original-path/page-a.html
│  ├─ original-path/page-b.html
├─ redirects.yaml

Contributing

Contributions are welcome and appreciated! If you want to enhance the CLI, please read CONTRIBUTING.md file first.

License

Copyright (c) 2022-present David Garcia (@dgarcia360). Licensed under the MIT License.