ZDDC/zddc/internal/convert/convert.go
ZDDC 85e0061d6c feat(editor): hint recognized front-matter fields via server placeholder
The markdown editor's YAML front-matter pane was a bare textarea, so authors
had no way to discover the keys the converter honours — notably `doctype:`
(report|letter|specification) and `numbering:`, which have no other source.

Add a single server-side source of truth, convert.RecognizedFrontMatter() +
convert.FrontMatterPlaceholder(), and expose it as JSON at GET /.api/frontmatter
(handler.ServeFrontMatterTemplate; read-only, no auth — leaks only documented
field names). The browse editor fetches it once (server mode) and sets the
front-matter textarea's placeholder to the greyed hint, so an empty pane shows
the recognized keys with one-line hints. It's placeholder-only: it inserts
nothing, vanishes on the first keystroke, and arbitrary keys remain free —
front matter is still passed through to pandoc untouched. file:// mode shows no
placeholder (conversion is server-only).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-05 08:23:25 -05:00

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// Package convert turns a markdown source byte-buffer into DOCX, HTML,
// or PDF by exec'ing pandoc and chromium-browser. Each conversion runs
// inside a sandbox provided by the IMAGE — typically a wrapper script
// at /usr/local/bin/<binary> that puts the real binary into a cgroup
// v2 + bubblewrap sandbox before exec'ing it. See
// zddc/runtime.Containerfile for the production setup.
//
// zddc-server's Go code is unaware of sandboxing: it just exec's
// "pandoc" or "chromium-browser" and gets the corresponding tool's
// behavior back. Operators who want a different isolation strategy
// (firejail, systemd-nspawn, podman-run, raw exec for dev) replace
// the wrapper script in their image; the Go binary doesn't change.
//
// Public surface:
//
// ToDocx(ctx, source, meta) → []byte (DOCX bytes)
// ToHTML(ctx, source, meta, ts) → []byte (standalone HTML)
// ToPDF (ctx, source, meta, ts) → []byte (PDF, via HTML + chromium)
//
// Probe(ctx) → Capabilities (call once at startup)
// Available() → (Capabilities, bool)
// SetBinaries(pandoc, chromium) — install binary names from config
// SetScratchDir(dir) — install scratch root from config
//
// All three converters are safe for concurrent use; each call gets a
// fresh scratch dir + (image-provided) sandbox.
//
// Metadata maps to the placeholders consumed by the doctype templates.
// title/tracking_number/revision/status/is_draft typically come from
// the source filename (zddc.ParseFilename); client/project/contractor/
// project_number from the .zddc cascade `convert:` block.
package convert
import (
"context"
"fmt"
"os"
"path/filepath"
"strings"
"sync/atomic"
"time"
)
// Metadata is the variable bag passed to pandoc as `--variable k=v`
// pairs. Fields with zero values are omitted. The templates use
// `$if(field)$ … $endif$` blocks so absent fields render cleanly.
type Metadata struct {
Title string
TrackingNumber string
Revision string
Status string
Client string
Project string
Contractor string
ProjectNumber string
GenerationTime time.Time
IsDraft bool
NoTOC bool
}
// FrontMatterField is a YAML front-matter key the conversion pipeline honours,
// paired with a short human hint. Clients (the markdown editor) use this to
// communicate the recognised fields to authors while still allowing arbitrary
// keys (anything else is passed straight through to pandoc).
type FrontMatterField struct {
Name string `json:"name"`
Hint string `json:"hint"`
}
// RecognizedFrontMatter is the single source of truth for the front-matter keys
// the converter + doctype templates honour, in a sensible authoring order. All
// are optional. title/tracking_number/revision/status are normally derived from
// the filename and client/project/project_number/contractor from the .zddc
// `convert:` cascade — listing them here lets an author OVERRIDE those. doctype,
// numbering, date and custom_header have no other source, so they're the ones a
// user most needs told about.
func RecognizedFrontMatter() []FrontMatterField {
return []FrontMatterField{
{"doctype", "report | letter | specification"},
{"numbering", "true to number headings (default false)"},
{"title", "overrides the filename-derived title"},
{"date", "document date (free text)"},
{"custom_header", "extra line shown in the document header"},
{"client", "overrides the .zddc convert: cascade"},
{"project", "overrides the .zddc convert: cascade"},
{"project_number", "overrides the .zddc convert: cascade"},
{"contractor", "overrides the .zddc convert: cascade"},
}
}
// FrontMatterPlaceholder renders RecognizedFrontMatter as greyed editor
// placeholder text: a leading note, then one "key: # hint" line per field.
// Shown when the front-matter box is empty; it inserts nothing (placeholder
// vanishes once the author types), so arbitrary keys remain free.
func FrontMatterPlaceholder() string {
var b strings.Builder
b.WriteString("# Recognised front matter (all optional; any other key is allowed):\n")
fields := RecognizedFrontMatter()
width := 0
for _, f := range fields {
if len(f.Name) > width {
width = len(f.Name)
}
}
for _, f := range fields {
pad := strings.Repeat(" ", width-len(f.Name))
b.WriteString(f.Name + ":" + pad + " # " + f.Hint + "\n")
}
return b.String()
}
// TemplateSet is the bundle of files written to the per-call scratch dir for an
// HTML render: the chosen doctype template (Name) plus every partial it may
// include. pandoc resolves `$partial()$` includes from the template's own
// directory, so Files must contain Name and all referenced partials.
type TemplateSet struct {
Name string // primary template filename, e.g. "report.html"
Files map[string][]byte // base filename -> bytes (must include Name)
}
// DefaultTemplateSet returns the baked-in template set for doctype `name`
// (e.g. "report"). An empty or unknown name falls back to DefaultTemplateName.
// The set includes every embedded partial so `$..()$` includes resolve; handlers
// may overlay .zddc.d/templates/ overrides onto the returned Files map.
func DefaultTemplateSet(name string) TemplateSet {
files := embeddedTemplateFiles()
primary := name + ".html"
if name == "" || files[primary] == nil {
primary = DefaultTemplateName + ".html"
}
return TemplateSet{Name: primary, Files: files}
}
// Default binary names. The runtime image installs WRAPPER scripts at
// /usr/local/bin/pandoc and /usr/local/bin/chromium-browser (shadowing
// the real binaries in /usr/bin/) so these names resolve through the
// sandbox automatically. Operators running zddc-server outside the
// runtime image with raw binaries on PATH still get a working
// conversion endpoint — just without the per-call sandbox.
//
// Alpine's chromium package installs the binary as "chromium-browser";
// debian/ubuntu ships "chromium". Operators override via
// --convert-chromium-binary when the package on their image differs.
const (
DefaultPandocBinary = "pandoc"
DefaultChromiumBinary = "chromium-browser"
)
var (
pandocBinary atomic.Pointer[string]
chromiumBinary atomic.Pointer[string]
scratchDir atomic.Pointer[string]
)
// SetBinaries installs the binary names used by Probe/Run. Empty
// values keep the previous setting (or the DefaultPandocBinary /
// DefaultChromiumBinary constants on first call). The values are
// PATH-resolved names (e.g. "pandoc", "chromium-browser") or
// absolute paths. Called from cmd/zddc-server/main.go after flag
// parsing.
func SetBinaries(pandoc, chromium string) {
if pandoc != "" {
s := pandoc
pandocBinary.Store(&s)
}
if chromium != "" {
s := chromium
chromiumBinary.Store(&s)
}
}
// SetScratchDir installs the host-side scratch root used for
// per-call intermediates (template, HTML, PDF). Empty means "use
// $TMPDIR". The runtime-image wrapper bind-mounts the per-call
// scratch dir into its sandbox at the same path, so any path under
// this root works.
func SetScratchDir(dir string) {
s := dir
scratchDir.Store(&s)
}
func currentScratchDir() string {
if p := scratchDir.Load(); p != nil {
return *p
}
return ""
}
func currentPandocBinary() string {
if p := pandocBinary.Load(); p != nil && *p != "" {
return *p
}
return DefaultPandocBinary
}
func currentChromiumBinary() string {
if p := chromiumBinary.Load(); p != nil && *p != "" {
return *p
}
return DefaultChromiumBinary
}
// ToDocx renders source markdown to DOCX bytes. Single pandoc exec;
// no scratch dir needed (stdin → stdout). The caller passes the
// full file content (envelope + body); pandoc handles
// `markdown+yaml_metadata_block` natively.
func ToDocx(ctx context.Context, source []byte, m Metadata) ([]byte, error) {
return convertToDocx(ctx, "markdown+yaml_metadata_block", source, m)
}
// convertToDocx renders source (in pandoc input format fromFmt) to DOCX bytes
// via a single pandoc exec (stdin → stdout; no scratch dir). Images in the
// source's mediabag — present when fromFmt is "html" — are embedded into the
// .docx natively by pandoc's docx writer.
func convertToDocx(ctx context.Context, fromFmt string, source []byte, m Metadata) ([]byte, error) {
r := currentRunner()
if r == nil {
return nil, ErrUnavailable
}
cmd := []string{
"--from=" + fromFmt,
"--to=docx",
"--output=-",
}
cmd = append(cmd, metadataArgs(m)...)
cmd = append(cmd, "-")
return r.Run(ctx, currentPandocBinary(), source, "", cmd)
}
// convertToMarkdown renders source (DOCX or HTML, per fromFmt) to GitHub-
// flavored markdown. Embedded images are inlined as base64 data: URIs via the
// inline-media.lua filter so the output .md is self-contained; --wrap=none keeps
// paragraphs on one line (no hard line breaks).
func convertToMarkdown(ctx context.Context, fromFmt string, source []byte) ([]byte, error) {
r := currentRunner()
if r == nil {
return nil, ErrUnavailable
}
scratch, err := writeScratchFiles(currentScratchDir(), map[string][]byte{"inline-media.lua": inlineMediaLua})
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("scratch: %w", err)
}
defer os.RemoveAll(scratch)
cmd := []string{
"--from=" + fromFmt,
"--to=gfm",
"--wrap=none",
"--lua-filter=" + filepath.Join(scratch, "inline-media.lua"),
"--output=-",
"-",
}
return r.Run(ctx, currentPandocBinary(), source, scratch, cmd)
}
// Convert renders source from one document format to another. Supported pairs:
//
// md → docx | html | pdf
// docx → md | html
// html → md | docx
//
// ts is the resolved HTML template set, used only for the *→html and md→pdf
// directions and ignored otherwise. Unsupported pairs return an error.
func Convert(ctx context.Context, from, to string, source []byte, m Metadata, ts TemplateSet) ([]byte, error) {
switch from {
case "md", "markdown":
switch to {
case "docx":
return ToDocx(ctx, source, m)
case "html":
return ToHTML(ctx, source, m, ts)
case "pdf":
return ToPDF(ctx, source, m, ts)
}
case "docx":
switch to {
case "md":
return convertToMarkdown(ctx, "docx", source)
case "html":
return convertToHTML(ctx, "docx", source, m, ts)
}
case "html", "htm":
switch to {
case "md":
return convertToMarkdown(ctx, "html", source)
case "docx":
return convertToDocx(ctx, "html", source, m)
}
}
return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported conversion %s→%s", from, to)
}
// ToHTML renders source markdown to standalone HTML using the doctype
// template in ts. Embeds CSS + images via --embed-resources. The
// template + its partials live in a per-call scratch dir; the host path
// is passed via ZDDC_SCRATCH so the wrapper bind-mounts it into the
// sandbox at the same path. A zero-value ts falls back to the embedded
// default template.
func ToHTML(ctx context.Context, source []byte, m Metadata, ts TemplateSet) ([]byte, error) {
return convertToHTML(ctx, "markdown+yaml_metadata_block", source, m, ts)
}
// convertToHTML renders source (in pandoc input format fromFmt) to standalone
// HTML through the doctype template in ts. --embed-resources base64-inlines CSS
// and any mediabag images (so DOCX images survive docx→html with no extra
// filter). The template + partials are written to a per-call scratch dir.
func convertToHTML(ctx context.Context, fromFmt string, source []byte, m Metadata, ts TemplateSet) ([]byte, error) {
r := currentRunner()
if r == nil {
return nil, ErrUnavailable
}
if ts.Name == "" || len(ts.Files) == 0 {
ts = DefaultTemplateSet(DefaultTemplateName)
}
scratch, err := writeScratchFiles(currentScratchDir(), ts.Files)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("scratch: %w", err)
}
defer os.RemoveAll(scratch)
tplPath := filepath.Join(scratch, ts.Name)
cmd := []string{
"--from=" + fromFmt,
"--to=html5",
"--standalone",
"--embed-resources",
"--section-divs",
"--id-prefix=",
"--html-q-tags",
"--template=" + tplPath,
}
if !m.NoTOC {
cmd = append(cmd, "--toc", "--toc-depth=6")
}
cmd = append(cmd, metadataArgs(m)...)
cmd = append(cmd, "--output=-", "-")
return r.Run(ctx, currentPandocBinary(), source, scratch, cmd)
}
// ToPDF renders source markdown to PDF in two stages: pandoc
// produces HTML using the doctype template in ts (stage 1), then
// headless chromium prints that HTML to PDF (stage 2). The two-stage
// choice preserves the print-media CSS authored in the templates —
// pandoc's native --pdf-engine path uses LaTeX which would bypass it
// entirely.
//
// Both stages share a single per-call scratch dir: pandoc writes
// `in.html` and chromium reads it, then chromium writes `out.pdf`
// which the host reads back. The wrapper bind-mounts the scratch
// dir read-write into the sandbox at the same path.
func ToPDF(ctx context.Context, source []byte, m Metadata, ts TemplateSet) ([]byte, error) {
html, err := ToHTML(ctx, source, m, ts)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
r := currentRunner()
if r == nil {
return nil, ErrUnavailable
}
scratch, err := os.MkdirTemp(currentScratchDir(), "zddc-pdf-")
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("scratch: %w", err)
}
defer os.RemoveAll(scratch)
htmlPath := filepath.Join(scratch, "in.html")
pdfPath := filepath.Join(scratch, "out.pdf")
if err := os.WriteFile(htmlPath, html, 0o644); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("write html: %w", err)
}
if err := chmodTree(scratch, 0o755, 0o644); err != nil {
return nil, err
}
// --no-sandbox: the wrapper provides the sandbox; chromium's
// own setuid sandbox would conflict (and fails inside our
// user-namespace anyway). --disable-dev-shm-usage: chromium's
// shared-memory fallback writes to /dev/shm which our sandbox
// doesn't expose; redirect to /tmp (the wrapper's tmpfs).
cmd := []string{
"--headless",
"--disable-gpu",
"--no-sandbox",
"--disable-dev-shm-usage",
"--user-data-dir=/tmp/chrome",
"--no-pdf-header-footer",
"--virtual-time-budget=10000",
"--print-to-pdf=" + pdfPath,
"file://" + htmlPath,
}
if _, err := r.Run(ctx, currentChromiumBinary(), nil, scratch, cmd); err != nil {
return nil, err
}
out, err := os.ReadFile(pdfPath)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("read pdf: %w", err)
}
if len(out) < 4 || string(out[:4]) != "%PDF" {
return nil, &ConvertError{
Tool: currentChromiumBinary(),
ExitCode: 0,
Stderr: "chromium did not produce a valid PDF",
Cause: fmt.Errorf("invalid PDF magic in output (got %d bytes)", len(out)),
}
}
return out, nil
}
// metadataArgs renders Metadata into pandoc -V flags. Order is
// stable so test fixtures don't churn. Empty values are omitted
// (the template uses $if(...)$ blocks).
func metadataArgs(m Metadata) []string {
var out []string
add := func(k, v string) {
v = strings.TrimSpace(v)
if v == "" {
return
}
out = append(out, "-V", k+"="+v)
}
add("title", m.Title)
add("tracking_number", m.TrackingNumber)
add("revision", m.Revision)
add("status", m.Status)
add("client", m.Client)
add("project", m.Project)
add("contractor", m.Contractor)
add("project_number", m.ProjectNumber)
if !m.GenerationTime.IsZero() {
add("generation_time", m.GenerationTime.Format("January 02, 2006 at 3:04:05 PM MST"))
}
if m.IsDraft {
add("is_draft", "true")
}
if m.NoTOC {
add("no-toc", "true")
}
return out
}