#425 - support added for placeholders in the page folders path

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 ### 🎨 Enhancements
 
+- [#425](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/425): Added support for placeholders in the content paths
 - [#473](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/473): Allow setting the SEO title name with the `frontMatter.taxonomy.seoTitleField` setting
 - [#474](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/474): Allow to define the file prefix on content types
 - [#484](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/484): Support for overriding scripts per environment type

src/commands/Folders.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   SETTING_CONTENT_PAGE_FOLDERS,
   SETTING_CONTENT_STATIC_FOLDER,
   SETTING_CONTENT_SUPPORTED_FILETYPES,
+  SETTING_DATE_FORMAT,
   TelemetryEvent
 } from './../constants';
 import { commands, Uri, workspace, window } from 'vscode';
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ import { ContentFolder, FileInfo, FolderInfo } from '../models';
 import uniqBy = require('lodash.uniqby');
 import { Template } from './Template';
 import { Notifications } from '../helpers/Notifications';
-import { Logger, Settings } from '../helpers';
+import { Logger, processKnownPlaceholders, Settings } from '../helpers';
 import { existsSync } from 'fs';
 import { format } from 'date-fns';
 import { Dashboard } from './Dashboard';
@@ -343,18 +344,26 @@ export class Folders {
         folder.title = basename(folder.path);
       }
 
-      const folderPath = Folders.absWsFolder(folder, wsFolder);
-      if (!existsSync(folderPath)) {
-        Notifications.errorShowOnce(
-          `Folder "${folder.title} (${folder.path})" does not exist. Please remove it from the settings.`,
-          'Remove folder'
-        ).then((answer) => {
-          if (answer === 'Remove folder') {
-            const folders = Folders.get();
-            Folders.update(folders.filter((f) => f.path !== folder.path));
-          }
-        });
-        return null;
+      let folderPath: string | undefined = Folders.absWsFolder(folder, wsFolder);
+      if (folderPath.includes(`{{`) && folderPath.includes(`}}`)) {
+        const dateFormat = Settings.get(SETTING_DATE_FORMAT) as string;
+        folderPath = processKnownPlaceholders(folderPath, undefined, dateFormat);
+      } else {
+        if (folderPath && !existsSync(folderPath)) {
+          Notifications.errorShowOnce(
+            `Folder "${folder.title} (${folder.path})" does not exist. Please remove it from the settings.`,
+            'Remove folder',
+            'Create folder'
+          ).then((answer) => {
+            if (answer === 'Remove folder') {
+              const folders = Folders.get();
+              Folders.update(folders.filter((f) => f.path !== folder.path));
+            } else if (answer === 'Create folder') {
+              mkdirAsync(folderPath as string, { recursive: true });
+            }
+          });
+          return null;
+        }
       }
 
       return {

src/helpers/ArticleHelper.ts

@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ export class ArticleHelper {
         );
         return;
       } else {
-        await mkdirAsync(newFolder);
+        await mkdirAsync(newFolder, { recursive: true });
         newFilePath = join(newFolder, `index.${fileExtension || contentType.fileType || fileType}`);
       }
     } else {
@@ -414,6 +414,8 @@ export class ArticleHelper {
 
       newFilePath = join(folderPath, newFileName);
 
+      await mkdirAsync(folderPath, { recursive: true });
+
       if (await existsAsync(newFilePath)) {
         Notifications.warning(`Content with the title already exists. Please specify a new title.`);
         return;