I have little knowledge in HTML and Javascript, and I want to know the following:
I have a master HTML file which contains some text, images ... and it also contains internal references to other local HTML files, which are put in a relative directory. Is it possible to make a fully self-contained HTML file, where the other files are still referenced by URL links but their content is simply recorded in the master file ?
I had this problem using the --self-contained
option in Pandoc, which only writes all the necessary stuff (CSS stylesheet, ...) into the HTML header, while the master HTML document still needs the "see" the actual local files.
So far, I tried the iframe
tag, but it is always opened, and is not simple put in a page,like a one-line URL link. I have read this answer using HTML+javascript but I am not sure if this compatible with Pandoc.
Anyone who can help me understand the difficulty of such task ?
You could convert your sub HTMLs into Base64 strings and link them using the Data URI scheme in your main HTML:
<!-- sub.html -->
<html>
<head>
<title>
Sub HTML
</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Sub HTML</h1>
<p>This is the Sub HTML.</p>
</body>
</html>
PCEtLSBzdWIuaHRtbCAtLT4NCjxodG1sPg0KIDxoZWFkPg0KICA8dGl0bGU+DQogICBTdWIgSFRNTA0KICA8L3RpdGxlPg0KIDwvaGVhZD4NCjxib2R5Pg0KIDxoMT5TdWIgSFRNTDwvaDE+DQogPHA+VGhpcyBpcyB0aGUgU3ViIEhUTUwuPC9wPg0KPC9ib2R5Pg0KPC9odG1sPg==
<!-- main.html -->
<html>
<head>
<title>
Main HTML
</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Main HTML</h1>
<p> This is the Main HTML. </p>
<p>
<a href="sub.html">
This link to the sub HTML
</a>
references the target by its (relative) path and won't work without the
2nd file.
<br>
<a href="data:text/html
;UFT8
;base64,PCEtLSBzdWIuaHRtbCAtLT4NCjxodG1sPg0KIDxoZWFkPg0KICA8dGl0b
GU+DQogICBTdWIgSFRNTA0KICA8L3RpdGxlPg0KIDwvaGVhZD4NCjxib2
R5Pg0KIDxoMT5TdWIgSFRNTDwvaDE+DQogPHA+VGhpcyBpcyB0aGUgU3V
iIEhUTUwuPC9wPg0KPC9ib2R5Pg0KPC9odG1sPg==
">
This link to the sub HTML
</a>
references the target by its Base64 encoding and will work without the
2nd file.
</p>
</body>
</html>
edit:
Since the question was specifically asked about pandoc
, here is the above example using Markdown:
# Sub HTML
This is the sub HTML.
pandoc
:pandoc sub.md > sub.html
base64 < sub.html
PGgxIGlkPSJzdWItaHRtbCI+U3ViIEhUTUw8L2gxPgo8cD5UaGlzIGlzIHRoZSBzdWIgSFRNTC48 L3A+Cg==
# Main HTML
This is the main HTML.
[This link to the sub HTML][relative_path] references the target by its
(relative) path and won't work without the 2nd file.
[This link to the sub HTML][data_uri] references the target by its Base64
encoding and will work without the 2nd file.
[relative_path]: sub.html
[data_uri]: data:text/html;ASCII-US;base64,PGgxIGlkPSJzdWItaHRtbCI+U3ViIEhU
TUw8L2gxPgo8cD5UaGlzIGlzIHRoZSBzdWIgSFRNTC48L3A+Cg==
pandoc
:pandoc main.md > main.html
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