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File Index

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Create a metadata file about the files present in the Vault.

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Obsidian File Index

Obsidian plugin to create a metadata file about the files present in the Vault

About

This Obsidian plugin creates and keeps updated a file-index.json file at the root of your Vault, containing a list of all file paths and a map of all basenames to file paths.

Useful to externally render Wikilinks with no knowledge of the file structure of the vault, for example in Glassflame.

{
    "paths": [
        "README.md",
        "Garas/moto.md",
        "Garas/auto.md"
    ],
    "basenames": {
        "moto": "Garas/moto.md",
        "auto": "Garas/auto.md"
    }
}

Ignore

Files can be excluded by the index by adding a file-index-ignore.json file at the root of your Vault, containing a JSON array of regular expressions that will prevent matching files from being added to the list:

[
    "^Garas",
    ".*HelloWorld.*"
]

Known issues

[!WARNING]

May have some trouble distinguishing between files with the same basename, but in different folders.

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Create and maintain a file-index.json at your vault root that lists all file paths and maps basenames to their file paths for external processing. Exclude files with a file-index-ignore.json of regex patterns and use the index to render wikilinks or feed external tools.
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Details
Current version
3.0.3
Last updated
2 years ago
Created
3 years ago
Updates
2 releases
Downloads
3k
Compatible with
Obsidian 0.15.0+
License
MIT
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Sponsor
Ko-fi
Author
steffo99steffo99
www.steffo.eu
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