Pass Front Matter parameter to YouTube shortcode

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For video posts I have a user-defined piece of front matter

youtubeid: "KsLi7HgSuhI"

I want to pass that parameter to the youtube shortcode in the body of the post.

{{< youtube .Params.youtubeid >}}

That gets me an “unrecognized character in shortcode action: U+002E ‘.’ Note: Parameters with non-alphanumeric args must be quoted” error.

I have tried .Page.Params.youttubeid, $.Page.Params.youtubeid, params youtubeid, all with out success.

If I put quotes around what I am passing into the youtube shortcode, then that string gets used as the video id. How do I embed the front matter parameter in the shortcode so that it provides it’s value to the shortcode?

2

You can’t pass front matter values as shortcode parameters.

Instead, override the embedded youtube shortcode by placing a copy in layouts/shortcodes, and modify it to get the front matter value.

3

In that case I’ll just paste the YouTube ID into the shortcode itself. I was being overly clever by putting a parameter in the front matter for video posts. But since all the post has is the video, just as easy to post directly into the shortcode.

Thanks for the explanation.