Runtime Variables

There are some variables defined by Automad during runtime. The names of those runtime variables are always preceded with a colon as follows:

@{ :basename }

Runtime variables can be subdivided into two types - context related variables and variables created within control structures.

:basename: The basename of a page directory or file.
:current: Returns true in case a page is the currently requested page (URL).
:currentPath: Returns true in case the page's URL is part of the URL of the current page.
:level: The level of a page in the virtual site tree.
:mtime: The modification date and time of a page.
:origUrl: The original URL of a page, in case an override is defined for the url variable.
:parent: The URL of the parent of the current page.
:path: The file system path of a page.
:template: The template used to render a page.

Created by Control Structures

:caption: A caption associated with the current file in a foreach loop or with statement.
:file: The file path of the current file when iterating over a list of files.
:filelistCount: The number of files in the currently defined list of files.
:fileResized: The file path of the resized version of the current file when iterating over a list of files.
:filter: The current filter tag in a loop when iterating over a list of filters of a pagelist.
:height: The height of the current file in a loop or with statement.
:heightResized: The height of the resized version of the current file in a loop or with statement.
:i: The index of the current iteration within loops.
:now: The current date and time.
:pagelistCount: The number of pages in the current pagelist — ignoring the pagelist limit and pagination.
:pagelistDisplayCount: The number of pages actually displayed.
:paginationCount: The number of pages of the pagination of the currently defined pagelist, in case a maximum number of pages is defined for the list.
:tag: The current tag in loop when iterating over the list of page tags.
:width: The width of the current file in a loop or with statement.
:widthResized: The width of the resized version of the current file in a loop or with statement.