jgatjens/direcory_tag.rb

## direcory_tag.rb
#usage:
#{% loop_directory directory:images iterator:image filter:*.jpg sort:descending %}
#   <img src="{{ image }}" />
#{% endloop_directory %}

module Jekyll
    class LoopDirectoryTag < Liquid::Block

        include Liquid::StandardFilters
        Syntax = /(#{Liquid::QuotedFragment}+)?/

        def initialize(tag_name, markup, tokens)
            @attributes = {}

            @attributes['directory'] = '';
            @attributes['iterator'] = 'item';
            @attributes['filter'] = 'item';
            @attributes['sort'] = 'ascending';

            # Parse parameters
            if markup =~ Syntax
                markup.scan(Liquid::TagAttributes) do |key, value|
                    @attributes[key] = value
                end
            else
                raise SyntaxError.new("Bad options given to 'loop_directory' plugin.")
            end

            #if @attributes['directory'].nil?
            #   raise SyntaxError.new("You did not specify a directory for loop_directory.")
            #end

            super
        end

        def render(context)
            context.registers[:loop_directory] ||= Hash.new(0)

            images = Dir.glob(File.join(@attributes['directory'], @attributes['filter']))

            if @attributes['sort'].casecmp( "descending" ) == 0
                # Find files and sort them reverse-lexically. This means
                # that files whose names begin with YYYYMMDD are sorted newest first.
                images.sort! {|x,y| y <=> x }
            else
                # sort normally in ascending order
                images.sort!
            end

            result = []

            context.stack do


                # remove filename extension
                images.each { |pathname|
                  context[@attributes['iterator']] = File.basename(pathname, @attributes['filter'].sub('*', ''))
                  result << render_all(@nodelist, context)
                }

                # return pathname
                # images.each_with_index do |item, index|
                    # context[@attributes['iterator']] = item
                    # result << render_all(@nodelist, context)
                # end
            end

            result
        end
    end
end

Liquid::Template.register_tag('loop_directory', Jekyll::LoopDirectoryTag)
	#usage:
	#{% loop_directory directory:images iterator:image filter:*.jpg sort:descending %}
	# <img src="{{ image }}" />
	#{% endloop_directory %}

	module Jekyll
	class LoopDirectoryTag < Liquid::Block

	include Liquid::StandardFilters
	Syntax = /(#{Liquid::QuotedFragment}+)?/

	def initialize(tag_name, markup, tokens)
	@attributes = {}

	@attributes['directory'] = '';
	@attributes['iterator'] = 'item';
	@attributes['filter'] = 'item';
	@attributes['sort'] = 'ascending';

	# Parse parameters
	if markup =~ Syntax
	markup.scan(Liquid::TagAttributes) do \|key, value\|
	@attributes[key] = value
	end
	else
	raise SyntaxError.new("Bad options given to 'loop_directory' plugin.")
	end

	#if @attributes['directory'].nil?
	# raise SyntaxError.new("You did not specify a directory for loop_directory.")
	#end

	super
	end

	def render(context)
	context.registers[:loop_directory] \|\|= Hash.new(0)

	images = Dir.glob(File.join(@attributes['directory'], @attributes['filter']))

	if @attributes['sort'].casecmp( "descending" ) == 0
	# Find files and sort them reverse-lexically. This means
	# that files whose names begin with YYYYMMDD are sorted newest first.
	images.sort! {\|x,y\| y <=> x }
	else
	# sort normally in ascending order
	images.sort!
	end

	result = []

	context.stack do


	# remove filename extension
	images.each { \|pathname\|
	context[@attributes['iterator']] = File.basename(pathname, @attributes['filter'].sub('*', ''))
	result << render_all(@nodelist, context)
	}

	# return pathname
	# images.each_with_index do \|item, index\|
	# context[@attributes['iterator']] = item
	# result << render_all(@nodelist, context)
	# end
	end

	result
	end
	end
	end

	Liquid::Template.register_tag('loop_directory', Jekyll::LoopDirectoryTag)