jekyll format post as json file exampel

post.json

{
  "title": "Quote: Control is an Illusion",
  "categories": [
    "quotes"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "control",
    "illusion",
    "delusion"
  ],
  "date": "2015-07-22 19:27",
  "body": "<blockquote>\n  <p>Control is an illusion. Giving in to chaos is the only way\nthrough. You don’t surf by telling the waves what to do.</p>\n  <footer><a href=\"http://tamouse.org\">tamouse</a></footer>\n</blockquote>\n"
}

post.markdown.txt

---
layout: none
title: "Quote: Control is an Illusion"
date: 2015-07-22 19:27
categories: ["quotes"]
tags: ["control", "illusion", "delusion"]
---

> Control is an illusion. Giving in to chaos is the only way
> through. You don't surf by telling the waves what to do.
> <footer><a href="http://tamouse.org">tamouse</a></footer>

post_post_render_hook.rb

require "json"
Jekyll::Hooks.register :post, :post_render do |post|
  # code to call after Jekyll renders a post
  json_post = post.data.merge("body" => post.content)
  dest = File.join(post.site.dest, File.basename(post.name, ".*")) + ".json"
  json = JSON.pretty_generate(json_post)
  post.site.keep_files << dest
  File.write(dest, json)
end

post.markdown.txt is really just the post.markdown. i didn't want gist to format it...