# Include files from a page **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [February 24, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/include-files-from-a-page/62 "2019-02-24T15:41:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![digital](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/zola.discourse.group/digital/32/31_2.png) [@digital](https://zola.discourse.group/u/digital)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/include-files-from-a-page/62/1 "2019-02-24T15:41:16Z")
I’d like to make a page that displays the contents of an asset file (text). however, tera doesn’t seem to work in pages, only templates. What is a good way to achieve this? ---
**Author:** ![keats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/34f0e0/32.png) [@keats](https://zola.discourse.group/u/keats)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/include-files-from-a-page/62/2 "2019-02-25T16:30:27Z")
You can use [https://www.getzola.org/documentation/content/shortcodes/](https://www.getzola.org/documentation/content/shortcodes/) for that, combined with the `load_data` Tera function: [https://www.getzola.org/documentation/templates/overview/#load-data](https://www.getzola.org/documentation/templates/overview/#load-data) ---
**Author:** ![digital](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/zola.discourse.group/digital/32/31_2.png) [@digital](https://zola.discourse.group/u/digital)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/include-files-from-a-page/62/3 "2019-02-28T15:34:17Z")
I’m having some problems implementing this. here are the files I’m working with [https://gitlab.com/latigid/dinid.net](https://gitlab.com/latigid/dinid.net) and here is the output of `zola build`: ```nohighlight Building site... Failed to build the site Error: Failed to render content of /home/digital/projects/zola-dinid-net/content/test/index.md Reason: Failed to render sh_load_data shortcode Reason: Failed to render 'shortcodes/sh_load_data.html' Reason: Global function 'load_data' not found ``` I’m using version 0.5.1 of zola. ---
**Author:** ![keats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/34f0e0/32.png) [@keats](https://zola.discourse.group/u/keats)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/include-files-from-a-page/62/4 "2019-02-28T17:17:05Z")
Ah yes that’s a bug in 0.5.1, it is already fixed in the `next` branch and will be part of the 0.6.0 release. ---
**Author:** ![digital](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/zola.discourse.group/digital/32/31_2.png) [@digital](https://zola.discourse.group/u/digital)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/include-files-from-a-page/62/5 "2019-02-28T20:07:30Z")
It indeed works with the next branch. Thank you for your help! Edit: and by works means it spits out a different error message. I want to include text (clearsigned human readable list of fingerprints, not structured data), but `load_data` is for structured data. I realize that I didn’t make it very clear that I wanted to include human readable text. I tried to use the functions `include` and `get_page` but neither of them are found using the next branch (commit `67ddabfa8b26984620935b1bf66c0a89b162d181`). the next branch can’t even build after-dark, which works fine on master. I assume that `get_page` or `include` should work, right? (I updated the repo for my webpage at [https://gitlab.com/latigid/dinid.net](https://gitlab.com/latigid/dinid.net)) error message for my shortcode using branch next: ```nohighlight Building site... Failed to build the site Error: Failed to render content of /home/digital/projects/zola-dinid-net/content/test/index.md Reason: Failed to render sh_display_file shortcode Reason: Failed to render 'shortcodes/sh_display_file.html' Reason: Function 'get_page' not found ``` error message for the page without my shortcode: ```nohighlight Building site... -> Creating 3 pages (0 orphan), 0 sections, and processing 0 images Failed to build the site Error: Failed to render page '/home/digital/projects/zola-dinid-net/content/some-article.md' Reason: Failed to render 'after-dark/templates/page.html' Reason: `get_taxonomy_url` received an unknown taxonomy as kind: categories ``` ---
**Author:** ![digital](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/zola.discourse.group/digital/32/31_2.png) [@digital](https://zola.discourse.group/u/digital)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/include-files-from-a-page/62/6 "2019-03-08T19:18:47Z")
It doesn’t look like edits generate notifications, so _bump_. the issues are still the same. ---
**Author:** ![keats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/34f0e0/32.png) [@keats](https://zola.discourse.group/u/keats)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/include-files-from-a-page/62/7 "2019-03-11T19:47:16Z")
The first issue is normal, you don’t have access to `get_page` in shortcodes as shortcodes are rendered while rendering the markdown of pages themselves. > [@digital](#): > > error message for the page without my shortcode: Are the taxonomies defined in `config.toml` like shown in [Configuration | Zola](https://www.getzola.org/documentation/getting-started/configuration/)? > [@digital](#): > > (I updated the repo for my webpage at [https://gitlab.com/latigid/dinid.net](https://gitlab.com/latigid/dinid.net)) I get a 404, it probably needs to be set to public. > [@digital](#): > > I want to include text (clearsigned human readable list of fingerprints, not structured data), but `load_data` is for structured data. I realize that I didn’t make it very clear that I wanted to include human readable text. You can load plain text as well with `load_data`. ---
**Author:** ![digital](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/zola.discourse.group/digital/32/31_2.png) [@digital](https://zola.discourse.group/u/digital)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/include-files-from-a-page/62/8 "2019-03-13T17:01:15Z")
> [@keats](#): > > I get a 404, it probably needs to be set to public. oops, fixed > [@keats](#): > > You can load plain text as well with `load_data` . In that case I must be doing something wrong, when I try to load a file ending in .asc or .txt I get this messag ```plaintext Building site... Failed to build the site Error: Failed to render content of /home/digital/projects/zola-dinid-net/content/test/index.md Reason: Failed to render sh_display_file shortcode Reason: Failed to render 'shortcodes/sh_display_file.html' Reason: Unknown output format asc ``` The same happens with .txt (except for the last line, where asc is replaced by txt). ---
**Author:** ![keats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/34f0e0/32.png) [@keats](https://zola.discourse.group/u/keats)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/include-files-from-a-page/62/9 "2019-03-13T19:47:04Z")
> [@digital](#): > > In that case I must be doing something wrong, when I try to load a file ending in .asc or .txt I get this messag Looking at the code now, it seems that it will load things as plain text when it doesn’t have an extension…? I’ll have a better look later this week but that sounds like a bug ---
**Author:** ![digital](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/zola.discourse.group/digital/32/31_2.png) [@digital](https://zola.discourse.group/u/digital)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/include-files-from-a-page/62/10 "2019-03-15T14:02:38Z")
I played around with it a bit more and here are some notable results: an older version of zola and no extension produced this error: ```nohighlight Building site... Failed to build the site Error: Failed to render content of /home/digital/projects/zola-dinid-net/content/test/index.md Reason: Failed to render sh_display_file shortcode Reason: Failed to render 'shortcodes/sh_display_file.html' Reason: Could not determine format for /home/digital/projects/zola-dinid-net/content/test/keys from extension ``` however with the extension “plain” or adding `format=plain` to the `load_data` call I don’t get errors about this part of the site (I get some related to taxonomies) I then compiled a newer version of zola, destroying the old binary (didn’t think :/) now I zola can’t find the file I’m trying to include, no matter the extension: ```nohighlight Building site... Failed to build the site Error: Failed to render content of /home/digital/projects/zola-dinid-net/content/test/index.md Reason: Failed to render sh_display_file shortcode Reason: Failed to render 'shortcodes/sh_display_file.html' Reason: /home/digital/projects/zola-dinid-net/test/keys doesn't exist ``` I then dug around in the source code a bit: `get_output_format_from_args` returns “plain” if `path` can’t be extracted from `data_source`. (which seems wrong) `grep 'json, toml' load_data.rs` shows two cases where the format “plain” isn’t documented, and [https://www.getzola.org/documentation/templates/overview/](https://www.getzola.org/documentation/templates/overview/) lists plain in sometimes, but not always. ---
**Author:** ![keats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/34f0e0/32.png) [@keats](https://zola.discourse.group/u/keats)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/include-files-from-a-page/62/11 "2019-03-15T14:14:43Z")
> [@digital](#): > > I then compiled a newer version of zola, destroying the old binary (didn’t think :/) > now I zola can’t find the file I’m trying to include, no matter the extension: There was a change recently to have load\_data default from the root path (eg where the config.toml is) instead of the content directory. I’ll have a look at the format thing later today. ---
**Author:** ![keats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/34f0e0/32.png) [@keats](https://zola.discourse.group/u/keats)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2019, 9:02am UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/include-files-from-a-page/62/12 "2019-03-16T09:02:23Z")
I have made some changes in the `next` branch: - file loaded now default to `plain`, even without extensions - `get_taxonomy_url` has been fixed, that was a big bug, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![digital](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/zola.discourse.group/digital/32/31_2.png) [@digital](https://zola.discourse.group/u/digital)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/include-files-from-a-page/62/13 "2019-03-17T14:48:51Z")
Thanks for the fixes, the taxonomy issue is solved! zola includes the file if it has an .plain extension. If I try to load a file with an unknown extension, zola complains about it (even if I specify `format="plain"`). I noticed that if I leave out the double quotes (`format=plain`) zola doesn’t recognize the function call and just includes the line in the html, without giving a warning or error. This is misleading, I’d prefer zola to tell me “hey, this looks like a function call but it has incorrect syntax”. ---
**Author:** ![keats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/34f0e0/32.png) [@keats](https://zola.discourse.group/u/keats)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 9:00am UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/include-files-from-a-page/62/14 "2019-03-18T09:00:53Z")
> [@digital](#): > > If I try to load a file with an unknown extension, zola complains about it (even if I specify `format="plain"` ). Hmm that’s weird I tried your repo with the various files and it seemed to work. > [@digital](#): > > This is misleading, I’d prefer zola to tell me “hey, this looks like a function call but it has incorrect syntax”. That would be a [Tera](https://github.com/Keats/tera/) issue, not Zola ---
**Author:** ![keats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/34f0e0/32.png) [@keats](https://zola.discourse.group/u/keats)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/include-files-from-a-page/62/15 "2019-03-22T19:44:44Z")
> [@keats](#): > > If I try to load a file with an unknown extension, zola complains about it (even if I specify `format="plain"` ). Sorry about that, it is fixed now. ---
**Author:** ![digital](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/zola.discourse.group/digital/32/31_2.png) [@digital](https://zola.discourse.group/u/digital)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/include-files-from-a-page/62/16 "2019-04-08T14:51:54Z")
Sorry for the long wait, offline life was a bit stressful. Thank you very much for the help, I think everything is fixed now. Yay!