Variables
The following is a reference of the available data during book's parsing and theme generation.
Global Variables
| Variable |
Description |
book |
Book-wide information + configuration settings from book.json. See below for details. |
gitbook |
GitBook specific information |
page |
Current page specific information |
file |
File associated with the current page specific information |
readme |
Information about the Readme |
glossary |
Information about the Glossary |
summary |
Information about the table of contents |
languages |
List of languages for multi-lingual books |
output |
Information about the output generator |
config |
Dump of the book.json |
Book Variables
| Variable |
Description |
book.[CONFIGURATION_DATA] |
All the variables set via the book.json are available through the book variable. |
book.language |
Current language for a multilingual book |
GitBook Variables
| Variable |
Description |
gitbook.time |
The current time (when you run the gitbook command) . |
gitbook.version |
Version of GitBook used to generate the book |
File Variables
| Variable |
Description |
file.path |
The path to the raw page |
file.mtime |
Modified Time. Last time the file was modified |
file.type |
The name of the parser used to compile this file (ex: markdown, asciidoc, etc) |
Page Variables
| Variable |
Description |
page.title |
Title of the page |
page.previous |
Previous page in the Table of Contents (can be null) |
page.next |
Next page in the Table of Contents (can be null) |
page.dir |
Text direction, based on configuration or detected from content (rtl or ltr) |
Table of Contents Variables
| Variable |
Description |
summary.parts |
List of sections in the Table of Contents |
The whole table of contents (SUMMARY.md) can be accessed:
summary.parts[0].articles[0].title will return the title of the first article.
Multi-lingual book Variable
| Variable |
Description |
languages.list |
List of languages for this book |
Languages are defined by { id: 'en', title: 'English' }.
Output Variables
| Variable |
Description |
output.name |
Name of the output generator, possible values are website, json, ebook |
output.format |
When output.name == "ebook", format defines the ebook format that will be generated, possible values are pdf, epub or mobi |
Readme Variables
| Variable |
Description |
readme.path |
Path to the Readme in the book |
Glossary Variables
| Variable |
Description |
glossary.path |
Path to the Glossary in the book |