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+# Changelog for compdoc
+
+# v0.1.0.0
+
+* Initial data declaration and parsing functions.
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2020 Daniel Firth
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
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+# Compdoc - Composite Pandoc Format
+
+Compdoc is an alternative format for reading pandoc markdown data using [composite](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/composite-base) and [composite-aeson](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/composite-aeson).
+
+Compdoc will read a pandoc markdown file according to the `JsonFormat` that you
+supply to parse the metadata, and place the main body in an `FContents` fields
+that can be accessed with the lens `view fContent`.
diff --git a/compdoc.cabal b/compdoc.cabal
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+cabal-version: 1.12
+
+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.34.2.
+--
+-- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
+
+name:           compdoc
+version:        0.1.0.0
+synopsis:       Parse a Pandoc to a composite value.
+description:    Provides a functionality for transforming a Pandoc into a vinyl/composite record.
+category:       Text
+author:         Daniel Firth
+maintainer:     dan.firth@homotopic.tech
+copyright:      2020 Daniel Firth
+license:        MIT
+license-file:   LICENSE
+build-type:     Simple
+extra-source-files:
+    README.md
+    ChangeLog.md
+
+library
+  exposed-modules:
+      Text.Compdoc
+  other-modules:
+      Paths_compdoc
+  hs-source-dirs:
+      src
+  build-depends:
+      aeson
+    , base >=4.7 && <5
+    , composite-aeson
+    , composite-aeson-throw
+    , composite-base
+    , pandoc
+    , pandoc-throw
+    , path
+    , rio
+    , vinyl
+  default-language: Haskell2010
diff --git a/src/Text/Compdoc.hs b/src/Text/Compdoc.hs
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+{- |
+   Module     : Text.Compdoc
+   License    : MIT
+   Stability  : experimental
+
+Provides functionality for transforming a `Pandoc` into a composite record.
+-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds         #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts  #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE NoImplicitPrelude #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell   #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators     #-}
+module Text.Compdoc (
+  FContent
+, fContent
+, Compdoc
+, readMarkdown'
+, readMarkdownFile
+, runPandocPureDefault
+, pandocToCompdoc
+, contentBlock
+, writeBlocksDefault
+, flattenMeta
+) where
+
+import           Composite.Aeson
+import           Composite.Aeson.Throw
+import           Composite.Record
+import           Composite.TH
+import           Data.Aeson
+import           Data.Vinyl ((<+>))
+import           Data.Vinyl.TypeLevel
+import           Path
+import           RIO
+import           Text.Pandoc
+import           Text.Pandoc.Readers
+import           Text.Pandoc.Throw
+
+withLensesAndProxies [d|
+  type FContent = "content" :-> Text
+  |]
+
+-- | A Compdoc is a Record with at least an FContent field.
+type Compdoc a = a ++ (FContent : '[])
+
+-- | Write a list of `Block`s to `Text` using `WriterOptions` defaulting to the empty string
+-- in the case of error.
+writeBlocksDefault :: WriterOptions -> [Block] -> Text
+writeBlocksDefault wopts x = runPandocPureDefault "" (writeHtml5String wopts $ Pandoc mempty x)
+
+-- | Run a `PandocPure` operation with a default value in the event of failure.
+runPandocPureDefault :: a -> PandocPure a -> a
+runPandocPureDefault x = either (const x) id . runPure
+
+-- | Read a markdown file from disk, supplying a `JsonFormat` for the metadata.
+readMarkdownFile :: (MonadIO m, MonadThrow m, Show e, Typeable e)
+                 => ReaderOptions
+                 -> WriterOptions
+                 -> JsonFormat e (Record a)
+                 -> Path b File
+                 -> m (Record (Compdoc a))
+readMarkdownFile ropts wopts f srcPath =
+  readFileUtf8 (toFilePath srcPath) >>= readMarkdown' ropts wopts f
+
+-- | Read some `Pandoc` markdown as `Text` as a `Record (Compdoc a)` supplying a `JsonFormat` for the metadata.
+readMarkdown' :: (Show e, Typeable e, MonadThrow m) => ReaderOptions -> WriterOptions -> JsonFormat e (Record a) -> Text -> m (Record (Compdoc a))
+readMarkdown' ropts wopts f x = runPandocPureThrow (Text.Pandoc.Readers.readMarkdown ropts x) >>= pandocToCompdoc writeHtml5String wopts f
+
+-- | Transform a `Pandoc` to a `Compdoc` supplying a `JsonFormat for the metadata.
+pandocToCompdoc :: (Typeable e, Show e, MonadThrow m) => (WriterOptions -> Pandoc -> PandocPure Text) -> WriterOptions -> JsonFormat e (Record a) -> Pandoc -> m (Record (Compdoc a))
+pandocToCompdoc writer wopts f (Pandoc meta xs) = do
+  k <- flattenMeta (writer wopts) meta >>= parseValue' f
+  return $ k <+> contentBlock wopts xs
+
+-- | Create the tail of a `Compdoc` which is just an `FContent` field.
+contentBlock :: WriterOptions -> [Block] -> Record (FContent : '[])
+contentBlock wopts x = writeBlocksDefault wopts x :*: RNil
+
+-- | Flatten pandoc metadata to an aeson value.
+flattenMeta :: MonadThrow m => (Pandoc -> PandocPure Text) -> Meta -> m Value
+flattenMeta writer (Meta meta) = toJSON <$> traverse go meta
+ where
+  go :: MonadThrow m => MetaValue -> m Value
+  go (MetaMap     m) = toJSON <$> traverse go m
+  go (MetaList    m) = toJSONList <$> traverse go m
+  go (MetaBool    m) = pure $ toJSON m
+  go (MetaString  m) = pure $ toJSON m
+  go (MetaInlines m) = toJSON <$> (runPandocPureThrow . writer . Pandoc mempty . (:[]) . Plain $ m)
+  go (MetaBlocks  m) = toJSON <$> (runPandocPureThrow . writer . Pandoc mempty $ m)
