I’ve a need to generate rail road diagrams from BNF. We have a tool in java and javascript that can generate these diagrams. For now, the team has been generating the files manually add adding them as static files to be served by Hugo. Is there any way I can write a shortcode that can execute the j…

[image] Premkumar: Is there any way I can write a shortcode that can execute the jar or js file No. You might consider writing a local Node server that can return an SVG given a BNF payload, then use resources.GetRemote.

Thanks @jmooring . Are there plans to support os.exec in Hugo pipeline ? And plugins ??

[image] Premkumar: os.exec No; too dangerous. [image] Premkumar: And plugins Other than Hugo Modules, no. Maybe at some point, but not in the near future.

[image] jmooring: You might consider writing a local Node server that can return an SVG given a BNF payload, then use resources.GetRemote. See https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/42145/3 . I think this approach is applicable.

Thanks @jmooring . I setup a small web-service to start along with hugo (with npm start) & talked to the service via resources.GetRemote. works fine.

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jmooring July 31, 2023, 8:43pm 6

See https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/42145/3. I think this approach is applicable.

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