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TROUBLESHOOTING

Data inspection

Use template functions to inspect values and data structures.

Use the jsonify function to inspect a data structure:

<pre>{{ jsonify (dict "indent" "  ") .Params }}</pre>
{
  "date": "2023-11-10T15:10:42-08:00",
  "draft": false,
  "iscjklanguage": false,
  "lastmod": "2023-11-10T15:10:42-08:00",
  "publishdate": "2023-11-10T15:10:42-08:00",
  "tags": [
    "foo",
    "bar"
  ],
  "title": "My first post"
}

Hugo will throw an error if you attempt to use the construct above to display context that includes a page collection. For example, in a home page template, this will fail:

{{ jsonify (dict "indent" " ") . }}

Use the debug.Dump function to inspect data types:

<pre>{{ debug.Dump .Params }}</pre>
maps.Params{
  "date": time.Time{},
  "draft": false,
  "iscjklanguage": false,
  "lastmod": time.Time{},
  "publishdate": time.Time{},
  "tags": []string{
    "foo",
    "bar",
  },
  "title": "My first post",
}

Use the printf function (render) or warnf function (log to console) to inspect simple data structures. The layout string below displays both value and data type.

{{ $value := 42 }}
{{ printf "%[1]v (%[1]T)" $value }} → 42 (int)
Last updated: February 3, 2024: Replace links to variable pages with links to method pages (126c323d)
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