ravenscott-blog/app.js

require('dotenv').config(); // Load environment variables
const express = require('express');
const path = require('path');
const fs = require('fs');
const { marked } = require('marked');
const nodemailer = require('nodemailer');
const hljs = require('highlight.js');

const app = express();

// Set options for marked to use highlight.js for syntax highlighting
marked.setOptions({
    highlight: function (code, language) {
        // Check if the language is valid
        const validLanguage = hljs.getLanguage(language) ? language : 'plaintext';
        return hljs.highlight(validLanguage, code).value;
    }
});

// Set EJS as templating engine
app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));

// Middleware to parse URL-encoded bodies (form submissions)
app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: false }));

// Serve static files (CSS, Images)
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));

// Function to load and parse markdown files and extract lead
function loadMarkdownWithLead(file) {
    const markdownContent = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'markdown', file), 'utf-8');
    
    let lead = '';
    let contentMarkdown = markdownContent;

    // Detect and extract the lead section
    const leadKeyword = '<!-- lead -->';
    if (contentMarkdown.includes(leadKeyword)) {
        const [beforeLead, afterLead] = contentMarkdown.split(leadKeyword);

        // Extract the first paragraph after the lead keyword
        lead = afterLead.split('\n').find(line => line.trim() !== '').trim();

        // Remove the lead from the main content
        contentMarkdown = beforeLead + afterLead.replace(lead, '').trim();
    }

    // Convert markdown to HTML
    const contentHtml = marked.parse(contentMarkdown);

    return { contentHtml, lead };
}

// Function to convert a title (with spaces) into a URL-friendly slug (with dashes)
function titleToSlug(title) {
    return title.replace(/\s+/g, '-').toLowerCase(); // Always lowercase the slug
}

// Function to convert a slug (with dashes) back into a readable title (with spaces)
function slugToTitle(slug) {
    return slug.replace(/-/g, ' ');
}

// Function to load all blog posts
function getAllBlogPosts() {
    const blogFiles = fs.readdirSync(path.join(__dirname, 'markdown')).filter(file => file.endsWith('.md'));
    return blogFiles.map(file => {
        const title = file.replace('.md', '').replace(/-/g, ' '); // Keep original casing for title
        const slug = titleToSlug(title); // Convert title to slug (lowercase)
        return {
            title, // Original casing title
            slug
        };
    });
}

// Home Route (Blog Home)
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
    const blogPosts = getAllBlogPosts();
    res.render('index', { title: 'Raven Scott Blog', blogPosts });
});

// About Route
app.get('/about', (req, res) => {
    res.render('about', { title: 'About Raven Scott' });
});

// Display the Request a Quote form
app.get('/contact', (req, res) => {
    res.render('contact', { title: 'Contact Raven Scott', msg: undefined });
});

// Blog Post Route
app.get('/blog/:slug', (req, res) => {
    const slug = req.params.slug;
    const markdownFile = fs.readdirSync(path.join(__dirname, 'markdown'))
                          .find(file => titleToSlug(file.replace('.md', '')) === slug);

    if (markdownFile) {
        const originalTitle = markdownFile.replace('.md', ''); // Original title with casing
        const blogPosts = getAllBlogPosts();
        const { contentHtml, lead } = loadMarkdownWithLead(markdownFile);

        res.render('blog-post', {
            title: originalTitle, // Use the original title with casing
            content: contentHtml,
            lead: lead,
            blogPosts
        });
    } else {
        res.status(404).render('404', { title: 'Post not found' });
    }
});

// Request a Quote form remains unchanged
// ================================
// Server Listening
// ================================

const PORT = process.env.PORT || 8899;
app.listen(PORT, () => {
    console.log(`Server running on http://localhost:${PORT}`);
});