Dynamic URLs Guide
fastn can be used for creating dynamic websites. By default fastn maps the
URL's path to file system to decide which ftd document to serve. This
behaviour can be changed as described in custom URLs guide. In
this guide we will see how we can map any URL matching a given pattern to a
ftd document.⚠️
Static Vs Dynamic
This feature works better with dynamic hosting. If you are using
fastn in
static site mode, then how the page looked when fastn build was
called will be shown to everyone. But if you are using dynamic
mode then this page would be regenerated on every page load.Dynamic URLs are specified in
FASTN.ftd file under the fastn.dynamic-urls
section:-- fastn.dynamic-urls:
# User Profile Page
url: /<string:username>/
document: profile.ftd
Lang:
ftd
In the above snippet we are saying any URL that matches the pattern
/<string:username>/ will be served by the document profile.ftd. When this
url matches, the matching value of the string is stored as username and
can be extracted using request-data processor.-- import: fastn/processors as pr
-- record r-data:
string username:
-- r-data data:
$processor$: pr.request-data
-- ds.markdown: $data.message
Lang:
ftd
Valid Types
Following types are supported:
string
This matches any string other than
/.integer
This matches any valid integer.
decimal
This matches any decimal number.
