Enhancement: Editor for data files in the Hugo 'data' folder.

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I have a site where there are data files (JSON) used to drive the content in tables. https://gohugo.io/templates/data-templates/

Describe the solution you’d like

I would like to describe the data model in the files like I do now with content types, and then have a UI to edit the information in the files with a GUI.

Describe alternatives you’ve considered

I can edit the plain text files by hand, but what’s the fun in that? Also, asking my editors to write JSON, YAML, TOML, etc. by hand is a bit much.

Additional context

Here is an example of a UI for the JSON content below.

{
  "columns": [
    "Rating",
    "Credit Score"
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "cells": [
        "A++",
        "750+"
      ]
    },
    {
      "cells": [
        "A+",
        "710 - 749"
      ]
    },
    {
      "cells": [
        "A",
        "680 - 709"
      ]
    },
    {
      "cells": [
        "B",
        "650 - 679 up to 80% LTV"
      ]
    },
    {
      "cells": [
        "C",
        "620 - 649 up to 70% LTV"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

[estruyf]

i have set it for a folder and can confirm it works. Although in "frontMatter.data.types": [ a file is set in the json schema "file": "[[workspace]]/data/data-entries.yml",

Documentation for these new settings is on its way (still needs to be written before releasing v6).

• frontMatter.data.types: This only defines the object and its fields. There is no reference to any file or folder. It has two properties: id and schema
• frontMatter.data.files: Defines how a single file needs to be handled. It can use a schema or an ID of the data type.
• frontMatter.data.folders: Defines that all files from a folder need to be handled the same. It can use a schema or an ID of the data type.

In your case, you better define the type via the frontMatter.data.types setting and reuse it in the file and folders setting.

[estruyf]

Recreated it with the new sample you gave, and the following schema can create your data structure:

{
  "id": "data-entries",
  "title": "Data Entries",
  "file": "[[workspace]]/data/data-entries.yml",
  "fileType": "yaml",
  "schema": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "entries": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "title": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "folders": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "title": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "output": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "type": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "folderitems": {
                  "type": "array",
                  "items": {
                    "type": "object",
                    "properties": {
                      "title": {
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "url": {
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "output": {
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "type": {
                        "type": "string"
                      }
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "additionalProperties": false,
    "required": [
      "entries"
    ]
  }
}