Display Excerpts In Sharepoint 2013 Blogs

DisplayBlogExcerpts.js

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Excerpts = {

    FirstPostID: -1,

    LastPostID: -1,

    // Instead of the contents of the Body field, returns a temporary placeholder that we can easily find and replace.
    // Also finds and stores the lowest and highest post IDs for later use.
    ReplaceBody: function(ctx) {

        var id = parseInt(ctx.CurrentItem.ID);

        if(id < Excerpt.FirstPostID || Excerpt.FirstPostID === -1) {

            Excerpt.FirstPostID = id;

        }

        if(id > Excerpt.LastPostID) {

            Excerpt.LastPostID = id;

        }

        var ret = "<p id='excerpt_placeholder_" + id + "'>Loading...</p><p><a href='" + _spPageContextInfo.webServerRelativeUrl + "/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=" + id + "'>Read More</a></p>";

        return ret;

    },

    // Fetches the excerpts and replaces the placeholder elements with them.
    ReplaceExcerptPlaceholder: function() {
        
        $(document).ready(function() {

            $.ajax({

                url: _spPageContextInfo.webServerRelativeUrl + "/_api/web/lists/getByTitle('Posts')/items?$select=ID,Excerpt&$filter=ID le " + Excerpts.FirstPostID + " and ID ge " + Excerpts.LastPostID,

                type: "GET",

                headers: {

                    "accept": "application/json;odata=verbose",

                },

                success: function (data) {

                    var res = {};

                    for (var i = 0; i < data.d.results.length; i++) {

                        res = data.d.results[i];

                        $('#excerpt_placeholder_' + res.ID).replaceWith(res.Excerpt);

                    }

                },

                error: function (err) {

                    console.log(JSON.stringify(err));

                }

            });

        });

    }

};

// Override the Body View
(function () {

    var override = {};

    override.Templates = {};

    override.Templates.Fields = {

        'Body': {

            'View': Excerpts.ReplaceBody

        }

    };

    SPClientTemplates.TemplateManager.RegisterTemplateOverrides(override);

})();

// Load jQuery if it doesn't already exist
(function() {
    
    if(typeof jQuery === 'undefined') {
        
        var headTag = document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0];
        
        var jqTag = document.createElement('script');
        
        jqTag.type = 'text/javascript';
        
        jqTag.src = '//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js';
        
        jqTag.onload = Excerpts.ReplaceExcerptPlaceholder;
        
        headTag.appendChild(jqTag);
        
    } else {
        
        Excerpts.ReplaceExcerptPlaceholder();
        
    }
    
})();