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You can configure the parameters for your book in the ***book.toml*** file. You can configure the parameters for your book in the ***book.toml*** file.
>**Note:**
JSON configuration files were previously supported but have been deprecated in favor of
the TOML configuration file. If you are still using JSON we strongly encourage you to migrate to
the TOML configuration because JSON support will be removed in the future.
Here is an example of what a ***book.toml*** file might look like: Here is an example of what a ***book.toml*** file might look like:
```toml ```toml
[book]
title = "Example book" title = "Example book"
author = "John Doe" author = "John Doe"
description = "The example book covers examples." description = "The example book covers examples."
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It is important to note that **any** relative path specified in the in the configuration will It is important to note that **any** relative path specified in the in the configuration will
always be taken relative from the root of the book where the configuration file is located. always be taken relative from the root of the book where the configuration file is located.
### General metadata ### General metadata
This is general information about your book.
- **title:** The title of the book - **title:** The title of the book
- **author:** The author of the book - **authors:** The author(s) of the book
- **description:** A description for the book, which is added as meta information in the html `<head>` of each page - **description:** A description for the book, which is added as meta
information in the html `<head>` of each page
**book.toml** - **src:** By default, the source directory is found in the directory named
```toml `src` directly under the root folder. But this is configurable with the `src`
title = "Example book" key in the configuration file.
author = "John Doe" - **build-dir:** The directory to put the rendered book in. By default this is
description = "The example book covers examples." `book/` in the book's root directory.
```
Some books may have multiple authors, there is an alternative key called `authors` plural that lets you specify an array
of authors.
**book.toml** **book.toml**
```toml ```toml
[book]
title = "Example book" title = "Example book"
authors = ["John Doe", "Jane Doe"] authors = ["John Doe", "Jane Doe"]
description = "The example book covers examples." description = "The example book covers examples."
``` src = "my-src" # the source files will be found in `root/my-src` instead of `root/src`
build-dir = "build"
### Source directory
By default, the source directory is found in the directory named `src` directly under the root folder. But this is configurable
with the `source` key in the configuration file.
**book.toml**
```toml
title = "Example book"
authors = ["John Doe", "Jane Doe"]
description = "The example book covers examples."
source = "my-src" # the source files will be found in `root/my-src` instead of `root/src`
``` ```
### HTML renderer options ### HTML renderer options
The HTML renderer has a couple of options aswell. All the options for the renderer need to be specified under the TOML table `[output.html]`. The HTML renderer has a couple of options as well. All the options for the
renderer need to be specified under the TOML table `[output.html]`.
The following configuration options are available: The following configuration options are available:
- **`destination`:** By default, the HTML book will be rendered in the `root/book` directory, but this option lets you specify another pub playpen: Playpen,
destination fodler.
- **`theme`:** mdBook comes with a default theme and all the resource files needed for it. But if this option is set, mdBook will selectively overwrite the theme files with the ones found in the specified folder. - **theme:** mdBook comes with a default theme and all the resource files
- **`curly-quotes`:** Convert straight quotes to curly quotes, except for those that occur in code blocks and code spans. Defaults to `false`. needed for it. But if this option is set, mdBook will selectively overwrite
- **`google-analytics`:** If you use Google Analytics, this option lets you enable it by simply specifying your ID in the configuration file. the theme files with the ones found in the specified folder.
- **`additional-css`:** If you need to slightly change the appearance of your book without overwriting the whole style, you can specify a set of stylesheets that will be loaded after the default ones where you can surgically change the style. - **curly-quotes:** Convert straight quotes to curly quotes, except for
- **`additional-js`:** If you need to add some behaviour to your book without removing the current behaviour, you can specify a set of javascript files that will be loaded alongside the default one. those that occur in code blocks and code spans. Defaults to `false`.
- **google-analytics:** If you use Google Analytics, this option lets you
enable it by simply specifying your ID in the configuration file.
- **additional-css:** If you need to slightly change the appearance of your
book without overwriting the whole style, you can specify a set of
stylesheets that will be loaded after the default ones where you can
surgically change the style.
- **additional-js:** If you need to add some behaviour to your book without
removing the current behaviour, you can specify a set of javascript files
that will be loaded alongside the default one.
- **playpen:** A subtable for configuring various playpen settings.
**book.toml** **book.toml**
```toml ```toml
[book]
title = "Example book" title = "Example book"
authors = ["John Doe", "Jane Doe"] authors = ["John Doe", "Jane Doe"]
description = "The example book covers examples." description = "The example book covers examples."
[output.html] [output.html]
destination = "my-book" # the output files will be generated in `root/my-book` instead of `root/book`
theme = "my-theme" theme = "my-theme"
curly-quotes = true curly-quotes = true
google-analytics = "123456" google-analytics = "123456"
additional-css = ["custom.css", "custom2.css"] additional-css = ["custom.css", "custom2.css"]
additional-js = ["custom.js"] additional-js = ["custom.js"]
[output.html.playpen]
editor = "./path/to/editor"
editable = false
``` ```
## For Developers
If you are developing a plugin or alternate backend then whenever your code is
called you will almost certainly be passed a reference to the book's `Config`.
This can be treated roughly as a nested hashmap which lets you call methods like
`get()` and `get_mut()` to get access to the config's contents.
By convention, plugin developers will have their settings as a subtable inside
`plugins` (e.g. a link checker would put its settings in `plugins.link_check`)
and backends should put their configuration under `output`, like the HTML
renderer does in the previous examples.
As an example, some hypothetical `random` renderer would typically want to load
its settings from the `Config` at the very start of its rendering process. The
author can take advantage of serde to deserialize the generic `toml::Value`
object retrieved from `Config` into a struct specific to its use case.
```rust
#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
struct RandomOutput {
foo: u32,
bar: String,
baz: Vec<bool>,
}
let src = r#"
[output.random]
foo = 5
bar = "Hello World"
baz = [true, true, false]
"#;
let book_config = Config::from_str(src)?; // usually passed in by mdbook
let random: Value = book_config.get("output.random").unwrap_or_default();
let got: RandomOutput = random.try_into()?;
assert_eq!(got, should_be);
if let Some(baz) = book_config.get_deserialized::<Vec<bool>>("output.random.baz") {
println!("{:?}", baz); // prints [true, true, false]
// do something interesting with baz
}
// start the rendering process
```