Extend templating context (and json output)

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/gitbook.js b/lib/gitbook.js
index cbdcaed..54513c1 100644
--- a/lib/gitbook.js
+++ b/lib/gitbook.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ var pkg = require('../package.json');
 var VERSION = pkg.version;
 var VERSION_STABLE = VERSION.replace(/\-(\S+)/g, '');
 
+var START_TIME = new Date();
+
 // Verify that this gitbook version satisfies a requirement
 // We can't directly use samver.satisfies since it will break all plugins when gitbook version is a prerelease (beta, alpha)
 function satisfies(condition) {
@@ -14,8 +16,18 @@ function satisfies(condition) {
     return semver.satisfies(VERSION_STABLE, condition);
 }
 
+// Return templating/json context for gitbook itself
+function getContext() {
+    return {
+        gitbook: {
+            version: pkg.version,
+            time: START_TIME
+        }
+    };
+}
 
 module.exports = {
     version: pkg.version,
-    satisfies: satisfies
+    satisfies: satisfies,
+    getContext: getContext
 };