We don’t need no base64. I blame the Atom editor for making me think …

…my JSON was corrupt.

README.md

@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ triggers `npm run build`, which does the following:
 1. Reads the contents of each markdown file.
 1. Parses [HTML Frontmatter](#html-frontmatter) from the markdown files
 1. Converts markdown to HTML
-1. Writes [content.json](/content.json) with Base64-encoded markdown contents AND HTML contents
-1. Writes [content.lite.json](/content.lite.json) with the same thing minus file contents.
+1. Writes [content.json](/content.json) with HTML content of each file included.
+1. Writes [content.lite.json](/content.lite.json) with the same data minus the file content.
 
 The copied and generated files are [ignored](/.gitignore) for two reasons:
 
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ The [content.json](/content.json) file is served publicly at `/content.json`
 with CORS support, allowing browsers on other domains to fetch all the npm
 documentation and accompanying metadata with a single HTTP call.
 
-The `content` property in each page object is Base64 encoded so it doesn't
-break JSON.
-
 ## Deployment
 
 ```sh

bin/tree.js

@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ emitter.on("file", function(filename,stat){
   // Convert markdown to HTML
   page.content = marked(page.content)
 
-  // Encode content so it can be saved as JSON
-  page.content = new Buffer(page.content).toString('base64')
-
   // Clean up the filename
   filename = filename
     .replace(/.*\/content\//, "") // remove basepath

index.js

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ var harp = require("harp")
 var path = require("path")
 var cors = require("cors")
 var find = require("lodash").find
+var content = require(path.resolve(__dirname, "content.json"))
+var contentLite = require(path.resolve(__dirname, "content.lite.json"))
+
 var app = express()
 app.set("view engine", "hbs")
 app.set("port", (process.env.PORT || 5000))
@@ -12,24 +15,19 @@ app.use(harp.mount(__dirname + "/public"))
 hbs.registerPartials(__dirname + "/views/partials")
 hbs.registerHelper("equal", require("handlebars-helper-equal"))
 
-// Fetch all the content, and convert Base64-encoded
-// content back to regular strings
-var content = require(path.resolve(__dirname, "content.json"))
-content.pages = content.pages.map(function(page) {
-  page.content = (new Buffer(page.content, "base64")).toString()
-  return page
-})
-
 app.get("/content.json", cors(), function(req, res) {
   res.json(content)
 })
 
+app.get("/content.lite.json", cors(), function(req, res) {
+  res.json(contentLite)
+})
+
 app.get("/*", function(req, res) {
   var page = find(content.pages, function(page) {
     return page.href === req.path
   })
 
-  console.log(content)
   res.render("page", {
     page: page,
     content: content