Enhancement: Date format in preview path #593

estruyf · Jun 29, 2023 · c1410de · c1410de
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 - [#586](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/586): Allow to specify the content card fields
 - [#588](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/588): Added extensibility support to override card fields
 - [#591](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/591): Support for date format in the `datetime` field
+- [#593](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/593): Add support for date formatting in the preview path
 
 ### ⚡️ Optimizations
 

diff --git a/src/helpers/processFmPlaceholders.ts b/src/helpers/processFmPlaceholders.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,49 @@
+import { format } from 'date-fns';
+
 export const processFmPlaceholders = (value: string, fmData: any) => {
+  // Example: {{fm.date}} or {{fm.date | dateFormat 'DD.MM.YYYY'}}
   if (value && value.includes('{{fm.')) {
-    const regex = new RegExp('{{fm.(\\w+)}}', 'g');
+    const regex = /{{fm.[^}]*}}/g;
     const matches = value.match(regex);
 
     if (matches) {
       for (const match of matches) {
-        const field = match.replace('{{fm.', '').replace('}}', '');
-        const fieldValue = fmData[field];
+        const placeholderParts = match.split('|');
+
+        if (placeholderParts.length > 1) {
+          const field = placeholderParts[0].replace('{{fm.', '').trim();
+          const formatting = placeholderParts[1].trim().replace('}}', '');
+
+          // Get the field value
+          const fieldValue = fmData[field];
+
+          if (formatting.startsWith('format')) {
+            let dateFormat = formatting.replace('format:', '').trim();
+
+            // Strip the single quotes
+            if (dateFormat.startsWith("'") && dateFormat.endsWith("'")) {
+              dateFormat = dateFormat.substring(1, dateFormat.length - 1);
+            }
+
+            // Parse the date value and format it
+            if (fieldValue) {
+              const formattedDate = format(new Date(fieldValue), dateFormat);
+              value = value.replace(match, formattedDate);
+            }
+          } else if (fieldValue) {
+            value = value.replace(match, fieldValue);
+          }
+        } else {
+          // Get the field name
+          const field = match.replace('{{fm.', '').replace('}}', '');
+
+          // Get the field value
+          const fieldValue = fmData[field];
 
-        if (fieldValue) {
-          value = value.replace(match, fieldValue);
+          // Replace the placeholder with the field value
+          if (fieldValue) {
+            value = value.replace(match, fieldValue);
+          }
         }
       }
     }