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Release OfficeIMO-v3.5.3
Language: C# Updated: 2026-11-03
Cmdlet

Get-OfficeMarkdownFrontMatter

Module
PSWriteOffice
Inputs
OfficeIMO.Markdown.MarkdownDoc
Outputs
OfficeIMO.Markdown.FrontMatterBlock+Entry

Gets YAML front matter entries from a Markdown document.

Syntax

Get-OfficeMarkdownFrontMatter
[-AllowDataUrls <Boolean>]
[-AllowedUrlScheme <String[]>]
[-AllowMailtoUrls <Boolean>]
[-AllowProtocolRelativeUrls <Boolean>]
[-BaseUri <String>]
[-CaseSensitive]
[-DisallowFileUrls <Boolean>]
[-Key <String>]
[-MaxInputCharacters <Int32>]
[-NormalizeInput <IntelligenceXTranscript|IntelligenceXTranscriptStrict|DocsLoose>]
[-Options <MarkdownReaderOptions>]
[-Path] <String>
[-Profile <OfficeIMO|CommonMark|GitHubFlavoredMarkdown|Portable>]
[-RestrictUrlSchemes <Boolean>]
[<CommonParameters>]
#
Parameter set: Path
Get-OfficeMarkdownFrontMatter
[-AllowDataUrls <Boolean>]
[-AllowedUrlScheme <String[]>]
[-AllowMailtoUrls <Boolean>]
[-AllowProtocolRelativeUrls <Boolean>]
[-BaseUri <String>]
[-CaseSensitive]
[-DisallowFileUrls <Boolean>]
-Document <MarkdownDoc>
[-Key <String>]
[-MaxInputCharacters <Int32>]
[-NormalizeInput <IntelligenceXTranscript|IntelligenceXTranscriptStrict|DocsLoose>]
[-Options <MarkdownReaderOptions>]
[-Profile <OfficeIMO|CommonMark|GitHubFlavoredMarkdown|Portable>]
[-RestrictUrlSchemes <Boolean>]
[<CommonParameters>]
#
Parameter set: Document
Get-OfficeMarkdownFrontMatter
[-AllowDataUrls <Boolean>]
[-AllowedUrlScheme <String[]>]
[-AllowMailtoUrls <Boolean>]
[-AllowProtocolRelativeUrls <Boolean>]
[-BaseUri <String>]
[-CaseSensitive]
[-DisallowFileUrls <Boolean>]
[-Key <String>]
[-MaxInputCharacters <Int32>]
[-NormalizeInput <IntelligenceXTranscript|IntelligenceXTranscriptStrict|DocsLoose>]
[-Options <MarkdownReaderOptions>]
[-Profile <OfficeIMO|CommonMark|GitHubFlavoredMarkdown|Portable>]
[-RestrictUrlSchemes <Boolean>]
-Text <String>
[<CommonParameters>]
#
Parameter set: Text

Examples

Read selected front matter from a Markdown file.

$metadata = Get-OfficeMarkdownFrontMatter -Path .\Report.md -Key 'title'
$metadata |
    Select-Object -Property Key, Value |
    Format-Table -AutoSize

Parses a Markdown file and returns matching front matter entries for metadata proof.

Parse front matter from generated text.

$markdown = "---`ntitle: Report`nstatus: Ready`n---`n# Report"
Get-OfficeMarkdownFrontMatter -Text $markdown |
    Select-Object -Property Key, Value

Parses Markdown text directly when the document has not been saved yet.

Parameters

-AllowDataUrls Boolean optional
Allow data URLs while parsing Markdown links and images.
-AllowedUrlScheme String[] optional
Allowed URL schemes when URL scheme restriction is enabled.
-AllowMailtoUrls Boolean optional
Allow mailto URLs while parsing Markdown links.
-AllowProtocolRelativeUrls Boolean optional
Allow protocol-relative URLs while parsing Markdown links and images.
-BaseUri String optional
Base URI used to resolve and restrict relative Markdown links and images.
-CaseSensitive SwitchParameter optional
Use case-sensitive matching for key filters.
-DisallowFileUrls Boolean optional
Block file URLs while parsing Markdown links and images.
-Key String optional
Optional wildcard pattern matched against front matter keys.
-MaxInputCharacters Int32 optional
Maximum Markdown input length accepted by the reader.
-NormalizeInput MarkdownInputNormalizationPreset optional
Applies a built-in Markdown input normalization preset before parsing.
Possible values: IntelligenceXTranscript, IntelligenceXTranscriptStrict, DocsLoose
-Options MarkdownReaderOptions optionalaliases: ReaderOptions
Optional reader options used when parsing path or text input.
-Path String requiredposition: 0aliases: FilePath, InputPathsets: Path
Path to the Markdown file.
-Profile MarkdownDialectProfile optional
Named reader profile used when Options is not supplied.
Possible values: OfficeIMO, CommonMark, GitHubFlavoredMarkdown, Portable
-RestrictUrlSchemes Boolean optional
Restrict parsed URL schemes to the allow-list.
-Document MarkdownDoc requiredpipeline: True (ByValue)sets: Document
Markdown document to inspect.
-Text String requiredsets: Text
Markdown text to parse.

Common Parameters

This command supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable.

For more information, see about_CommonParameters.