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Markdown components

Docusaurus provides a rich set of features to write really nice documentation. Please read their online docs to check out the markdown features.

This page details the custom markdown extensions available when writing the documentation.

Command block​

If you what to generate the contents of a code block at build time, then you can use the special command directive to indicate that the code-blocks contents should be set from the output of a command.

PropertyTypeDescription
commandstringCommand to be executed during build time. Command must return an exit code 0.

If the code block title is not provided, then the plugin will set it to Output.

Example: Simple command​

For example, the following snippet will execute ls -l and store the command's output in the code block.

Markdown
```text command="ls -l"
```

Output

Output
total 588
-rw-r--r--   1 runner docker    209 Nov 21 13:51 Dockerfile
-rw-r--r--   1 runner docker   3782 Nov 21 13:51 README.md
-rw-r--r--   1 runner docker     89 Nov 21 13:51 babel.config.js
lrwxrwxrwx   1 runner docker     24 Nov 21 13:52 docs -> ../thin-edge.io/docs/src
-rw-r--r--   1 runner docker   9360 Nov 21 13:51 docusaurus.config.js
-rw-r--r--   1 runner docker   2062 Nov 21 13:51 justfile
drwxr-xr-x 804 runner docker  36864 Nov 21 13:52 node_modules
-rw-r--r--   1 runner docker   1896 Nov 21 13:51 package.json
drwxr-xr-x   6 runner docker   4096 Nov 21 13:51 remark
drwxr-xr-x   2 runner docker   4096 Nov 21 13:51 scripts
-rw-r--r--   1 runner docker    783 Nov 21 13:51 sidebars.js
drwxr-xr-x   5 runner docker   4096 Nov 21 13:51 src
drwxr-xr-x   3 runner docker   4096 Nov 21 13:51 static
drwxr-xr-x   4 runner docker   4096 Nov 21 13:51 versioned_docs
drwxr-xr-x   2 runner docker   4096 Nov 21 13:51 versioned_sidebars
-rw-r--r--   1 runner docker     19 Nov 21 13:51 versions.json
-rw-r--r--   1 runner docker 493596 Nov 21 13:51 yarn.lock

Example: Simple command with custom title​

Execute a command and store the output. Use a custom title for the code block.

Markdown
```text command="ls -l" title="My custom title"
```

Output

My custom title
total 588
-rw-r--r--   1 runner docker    209 Nov 21 13:51 Dockerfile
-rw-r--r--   1 runner docker   3782 Nov 21 13:51 README.md
-rw-r--r--   1 runner docker     89 Nov 21 13:51 babel.config.js
lrwxrwxrwx   1 runner docker     24 Nov 21 13:52 docs -> ../thin-edge.io/docs/src
-rw-r--r--   1 runner docker   9360 Nov 21 13:51 docusaurus.config.js
-rw-r--r--   1 runner docker   2062 Nov 21 13:51 justfile
drwxr-xr-x 804 runner docker  36864 Nov 21 13:52 node_modules
-rw-r--r--   1 runner docker   1896 Nov 21 13:51 package.json
drwxr-xr-x   6 runner docker   4096 Nov 21 13:51 remark
drwxr-xr-x   2 runner docker   4096 Nov 21 13:51 scripts
-rw-r--r--   1 runner docker    783 Nov 21 13:51 sidebars.js
drwxr-xr-x   5 runner docker   4096 Nov 21 13:51 src
drwxr-xr-x   3 runner docker   4096 Nov 21 13:51 static
drwxr-xr-x   4 runner docker   4096 Nov 21 13:51 versioned_docs
drwxr-xr-x   2 runner docker   4096 Nov 21 13:51 versioned_sidebars
-rw-r--r--   1 runner docker     19 Nov 21 13:51 versions.json
-rw-r--r--   1 runner docker 493596 Nov 21 13:51 yarn.lock

Example: Simple command with default contents​

If you would like to make the code block still readable by other markdown renders (e.g. GitHub), then you can provide a sensible default value inside the code block.

Execute a command and store the output. Use a custom title for the code block.

Markdown
```text command="ls -l" title="My custom title"
total 848
-rw-r--r--@   1 tedge  staff     209 Jun 22 11:13 Dockerfile
-rw-r--r--    1 tedge  staff    2718 Jul  4 15:31 README.md
-rw-r--r--@   1 tedge  staff      89 Jun 22 11:13 babel.config.js
drwxr-xr-x@  21 tedge  staff     672 Jul  4 15:13 build
lrwxr-xr-x@   1 tedge  staff      24 Jun 20 18:41 docs -> ../thin-edge.io/docs/src
-rw-r--r--    1 tedge  staff    6200 Jul  4 15:19 docusaurus.config.js
-rw-r--r--    1 tedge  staff    3296 Jul  3 17:36 justfile
drwxr-xr-x@ 751 tedge  staff   24032 Jul  4 09:10 node_modules
-rw-r--r--    1 tedge  staff    1363 Jul  4 09:18 package.json
-rw-r--r--@   1 tedge  staff     781 Jun 22 11:13 sidebars.js
drwxr-xr-x@   6 tedge  staff     192 Jul  1 11:08 src
drwxr-xr-x@   4 tedge  staff     128 Jun 22 11:13 static
drwxr-xr-x@   3 tedge  staff      96 Jul  4 15:22 versioned_docs
drwxr-xr-x@   3 tedge  staff      96 Jul  3 18:55 versioned_sidebars
-rw-r--r--@   1 tedge  staff      10 Jul  4 15:22 versions.json
-rw-r--r--    1 tedge  staff  394026 Jul  4 09:18 yarn.lock
```

Output

Output
total 588
-rw-r--r--   1 runner docker    209 Nov 21 13:51 Dockerfile
-rw-r--r--   1 runner docker   3782 Nov 21 13:51 README.md
-rw-r--r--   1 runner docker     89 Nov 21 13:51 babel.config.js
lrwxrwxrwx   1 runner docker     24 Nov 21 13:52 docs -> ../thin-edge.io/docs/src
-rw-r--r--   1 runner docker   9360 Nov 21 13:51 docusaurus.config.js
-rw-r--r--   1 runner docker   2062 Nov 21 13:51 justfile
drwxr-xr-x 804 runner docker  36864 Nov 21 13:52 node_modules
-rw-r--r--   1 runner docker   1896 Nov 21 13:51 package.json
drwxr-xr-x   6 runner docker   4096 Nov 21 13:51 remark
drwxr-xr-x   2 runner docker   4096 Nov 21 13:51 scripts
-rw-r--r--   1 runner docker    783 Nov 21 13:51 sidebars.js
drwxr-xr-x   5 runner docker   4096 Nov 21 13:51 src
drwxr-xr-x   3 runner docker   4096 Nov 21 13:51 static
drwxr-xr-x   4 runner docker   4096 Nov 21 13:51 versioned_docs
drwxr-xr-x   2 runner docker   4096 Nov 21 13:51 versioned_sidebars
-rw-r--r--   1 runner docker     19 Nov 21 13:51 versions.json
-rw-r--r--   1 runner docker 493596 Nov 21 13:51 yarn.lock

Generic code block tabs​

Generic code block tabs can be created by adding the tab directive to consecutive code blocks. This allows you to display the related code blocks in a tab format which not only saves spaces, but also give the user more control over what they want to focus on.

The directive is provided by the mrazauskas/docusaurus-remark-plugin-tab-blocks plugin.

Example: Simple tabs​

The following uses code blocks and uses the syntax highlighter option as the tab names. This only makes sense if you don't want to use syntax highlighting in your commands.

Markdown
```systemd tab
systemctl status tedge
```

```openrc tab
service tedge status
```

Output

systemctl status tedge

Example: Tabs with custom labels​

Custom labels can be added to each table by specifying the "label" option on the tab directive.

Below shows two sets of code blocks, the first being instructions how to connect the mapper to 3 different clouds, and the other set shows how to disconnect the mapper for the same clouds. By default any tabs that use the same label-name will be automatically synced.

Markdown
**Connect mapper**

```sh tab={"label":"c8y"}
tedge connect c8y
```

```sh tab={"label":"az"}
tedge connect az
```

```sh tab={"label":"aws"}
tedge connect aws
```

**Disconnect mapper**

```sh tab={"label":"c8y"}
tedge disconnect c8y
```

```sh tab={"label":"az"}
tedge disconnect az
```

```sh tab={"label":"aws"}
tedge disconnect aws
```

Output

Connect mapper

tedge connect c8y

Disconnect mapper

tedge disconnect c8y

MQTT Code block​

One of the main interfaces for thin-edge.io is MQTT, therefore a special plugin has been created to display how to publish/subscribe to messages on an MQTT broker.

The code block only expects the writer to provide the tedge mqtt ... command, and the plugin will take care of the translation to the various formats. The decision was made to use the tedge mqtt command as the base format so that the code blocks would also still be useful when viewing the raw markdown documents.

The MQTT code block is activated by using the te2mqtt directive. The directive will translate the tedge mqtt command into the different variants and display them as a grouped tab. The reader is then able to select the tab which is relevant to their use-case and this setting will sticky (stored in their browser's local storage).

Example: Publish MQTT message​

The following shows how to document how to publish a single MQTT message.

Markdown

Markdown
```sh te2mqtt formats=v1
tedge mqtt pub te/device/main///m/ '{"temperature": 21.3}'
```

Output

tedge mqtt pub 'te/device/main///m/' '{
  "temperature": 21.3
}'

Example: Use legacy MQTT api​

The tedge api code blocks also have the option to set which formats should be displayed, for example the legacy or new v1 api.

Markdown

Markdown
```sh te2mqtt formats=legacy,v1
tedge mqtt pub tedge/alarms/major/temp_hi_hi/child01 '{"text": "Temperature Hi Hi"}'
```

Output

API version: legacy
tedge mqtt pub 'tedge/alarms/major/temp_hi_hi/child01' '{
  "text": "Temperature Hi Hi"
}'
API version: v1
tedge mqtt pub 'te/device/child01///a/temp_hi_hi' '{
  "text": "Temperature Hi Hi",
  "severity": "major"
}'

Example: Use new MQTT api​

The MQTT code block can also be written using the new MQTT api and the command will be automatically translated to the legacy (if there is an equivalent).

Markdown

Markdown
```sh te2mqtt formats=legacy,v1
tedge mqtt pub te/device/child01///a/temp_hi_hi '{"text": "Temperature Hi Hi", "severity": "warning"}'
```

Output

API version: legacy
tedge mqtt pub 'tedge/alarms/warning/temp_hi_hi/child01' '{
  "text": "Temperature Hi Hi"
}'
API version: v1
tedge mqtt pub 'te/device/child01///a/temp_hi_hi' '{
  "text": "Temperature Hi Hi",
  "severity": "warning"
}'

Example: MQTT code blocks with different grouping options​

The tedge api code blocks can also be grouped in different ways.

Grouped​

Markdown

Markdown
```sh te2mqtt formats=legacy,v1 groupTabs=true
tedge mqtt pub te/device/child01///a/temp_hi_hi '{"text": "Temperature Hi Hi", "severity": "warning"}'
```

Output

API version: legacy
tedge mqtt pub 'tedge/alarms/warning/temp_hi_hi/child01' '{
  "text": "Temperature Hi Hi"
}'
API version: v1
tedge mqtt pub 'te/device/child01///a/temp_hi_hi' '{
  "text": "Temperature Hi Hi",
  "severity": "warning"
}'

Ungrouped​

Markdown

Markdown
```sh te2mqtt formats=legacy,v1 groupTabs=false
tedge mqtt pub te/device/child01///a/temp_hi_hi '{"text": "Temperature Hi Hi", "severity": "warning"}'
```

Output

tedge mqtt pub 'tedge/alarms/warning/temp_hi_hi/child01' '{
  "text": "Temperature Hi Hi"
}'

Example: Subscribe to MQTT messages​

Markdown
```sh te2mqtt formats=v1
tedge mqtt sub 'te/#'
```

Output

tedge mqtt sub 'te/#'

Example: Subscribe to MQTT messages and redirect the output​

Any additional arguments will be automatically preserved when translating the commands. Though the mqtt tab will not display this information it is just meant to represent the MQTT message and does not know anything about the terminal/console.

Markdown
```sh te2mqtt formats=v1
tedge mqtt sub 'te/#' > logged.tedge.messages.txt
```

Output

tedge mqtt sub 'te/#' > logged.tedge.messages.txt

Proposal Banner​

A proposal banner is used to indicate that a page details a proposal only and is not yet implemented. The banner allows the proposal to be made public to encourage early feedback from the community as the page will be included in the public documentation.

note

If a proposal is not ready for public feedback, then it should be marked as a draft by setting the draft: true in the page's front matter section. Draft pages are not included in the public documentation, though they are included when building the docs locally in development mode.

The proposal banner can be included in a page by adding the following markdown to the top of the page (after the front matter section).

Markdown
import ProposalBanner from '@site/src/components/ProposalBanner'

<ProposalBanner/>

Output

Proposal

This section details a proposal which is not yet implemented. The proposal is made public under the 'next' version to encourage feedback for upcoming features.

If you want to provide feedback, please reach out to us on GitHub or Discord.

In addition to the <ProposalBanner/>, a proposal page should include the construction icon (🚧) before the page's title so that the page's entry in the sidebar menu clearly shows that the page is a proposal or a work in progress. The example below shows how the page's title is set via the front matter at the top of the markdown document.

Markdown
---
title: 🚧 MQTT API
tags: [Reference, MQTT]
sidebar_position: 6
---