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title: Local Data
blurb: You can use a local file as a datasource to generate data-based pages
automatically. Learn how in this section.
---
<%= md_links %>
<%= md_images %>
<%= current_page.data.blurb %>
You can use data from external sources with _Middleman_ and _Middlemac_, too.
These data files must be in YAML or JSON format, and be present in
`SharedGlobalAssets/_data/`.
This project contains sample in YAML format called `globals.yml`. Let’s see
what it contains:
~~~ yaml
famous_writers:
-
author: Douglas Adams
sample_work: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
-
author: Edward Bulwer-Lytton
sample_work: Paul Clifford
-
author: Daniel Defoe
sample_work: Robinson Crusoe
~~~
We can use this data to build something more interesting. Let’s try this:
<% data.globals.famous_writers.each do |writer| %>
- A sample work of <%= writer.author %> is _<%= writer.sample_work %>_.
<% end %>
These previous sentences were generated with this ERB code:
~~~ erb
<%% data.globals.famous_writers.each do |writer| %>
- A sample work of <%%= writer.author %> is _<%%= writer.sample_work %>_.
<%% end %>
~~~
Accessing data
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This data is available to you via `data.file_name.top_level_key`.
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