Moved here: https://github.com/18F/jekyll-get

readme.md

Install

Add this file to _plugins in the root of your Jekyll site.

Configure

This plugin reads settings from the _config.yml file. Add settings as attributes or an array of attributes for multiple files.

Example

jekyll_get:
  data: team
  json: 'https://18f.gsa.gov/hub/api/team/'

Or

jekyll_get:
  - data: team
    json: 'https://18f.gsa.gov/hub/api/team/'
  - data: projects
    json: 'https://18f.gsa.gov/hub/api/projects/'

Use in a liquid template as if it were a local data file:

{% for member in site.data.team %}
  Hello {{member[1].first_name}}
{% endfor %}

jekyll_get.rb

require 'open-uri'

module Jekyll_Get
  class Generator < Jekyll::Generator
    def generate(site)
      config = site.config['jekyll_get']
      if !config
        return
      end
      if !config.kind_of?(Array)
        config = [config]
      end
      config.each { |d| site.data[d['data']] = JSON.load(open(d['json'])) }
    end
  end
end