# output_formats URL: /api/postprocess/output_formats/ Section: output_formats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- output_formats - Bengal window.BENGAL_THEME_DEFAULTS = { appearance: 'dark', palette: 'snow-lynx' }; // Progressive Enhancement System Configuration window.Bengal = window.Bengal || {}; window.Bengal.enhanceBaseUrl = '/bengal/assets/js/enhancements'; window.Bengal.watchDom = true; window.Bengal.debug = false; (function () { try { var defaults = window.BENGAL_THEME_DEFAULTS || { appearance: 'system', palette: '' }; var defaultAppearance = defaults.appearance; if (defaultAppearance === 'system') { defaultAppearance = (window.matchMedia && window.matchMedia('(prefers-color-scheme: dark)').matches) ? 'dark' : 'light'; } var storedTheme = localStorage.getItem('bengal-theme'); var storedPalette = localStorage.getItem('bengal-palette'); var theme = storedTheme ? (storedTheme === 'system' ? defaultAppearance : storedTheme) : defaultAppearance; var palette = storedPalette ?? defaults.palette; document.documentElement.setAttribute('data-theme', theme); if (palette) { document.documentElement.setAttribute('data-palette', palette); } } catch (e) { document.documentElement.setAttribute('data-theme', 'light'); } })(); Skip to main content Magnifying Glass ESC Recent Clear Magnifying Glass No results for "" Try different keywords or check your spelling Start typing to search... ↑↓ Navigate ↵ Open ESC Close Powered by Lunr ᓚᘏᗢ Documentation Info About Arrow Clockwise Get Started Note Tutorials File Text Content Palette Theming Settings Building Starburst Extending Bookmark Reference Learning Tracks Releases Dev GitHub API Reference bengal CLI Magnifying Glass Search ⌘K Palette Appearance Chevron Down Mode Monitor System Sun Light Moon Dark Palette Snow Lynx Brown Bengal Silver Bengal Charcoal Bengal Blue Bengal List ᓚᘏᗢ Magnifying Glass Search X Close Documentation Info About Arrow Clockwise Get Started Note Tutorials File Text Content Palette Theming Settings Building Starburst Extending Bookmark Reference Learning Tracks Releases Dev GitHub API Reference bengal CLI Palette Appearance Chevron Down Mode Monitor System Sun Light Moon Dark Palette Snow Lynx Brown Bengal Silver Bengal Charcoal Bengal Blue Bengal API Reference __main__ bengal Caret Right Folder Analysis community_detection graph_analysis graph_reporting graph_visualizer knowledge_graph link_suggestions link_types page_rank path_analysis performance_advisor results Caret Right Folder Assets manifest pipeline Caret Right Folder Autodoc base config docstring_parser utils virtual_orchestrator Caret Right Folder Extractors cli openapi python Caret Right Folder Models cli common openapi python Caret Right Folder Cache asset_dependency_map cache_store cacheable compression dependency_tracker page_discovery_cache query_index query_index_registry taxonomy_index utils Caret Right 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Generates alternative output formats for pages to enable: Client-side search (JSON index) AI/LLM discovery (plain text format) Programmatic access (JSON API) Structure: json_generator.py: Per-page JSON files txt_generator.py: Per-page LLM text files index_generator.py: Site-wide index.json llm_generator.py: Site-wide llm-full.txt utils.py: Shared utilities Configuration (bengal.toml): [output_formats] enabled = true per_page = ["json", "llm_txt"] site_wide = ["index_json", "llm_full"] View source 1 Class Classes OutputFormatsGenerator Generates custom output formats for pages. Provides alternative content formats to enable: - Clien… 5 Caret Right Generates custom output formats for pages. Provides alternative content formats to enable: Client-side search via JSON index AI/LLM discovery via plain text Programmatic API access via JSON Output Formats: Per-page JSON: page.json next to each page.html (metadata + content) Per-page LLM text: page.txt next to each page.html (AI-friendly format) Site-wide index.json: Searchable index of all pages with summaries Site-wide llm-full.txt: Full site content in single text file This class acts as a facade, delegating to specialized generators: PageJSONGenerator: Per-page JSON files PageTxtGenerator: Per-page LLM text files SiteIndexGenerator: Site-wide index.json SiteLlmTxtGenerator: Site-wide llm-full.txt Methods 1 generate Generate all enabled output formats. Checks configuration to determine which f… 0 None Caret Right def generate(self) -> None Generate all enabled output formats. Checks configuration to determine which formats to generate, filters pages based on exclusion rules, then generates: Per-page formats (JSON, LLM text) Site-wide formats (index.json, llm-full.txt) All file writes are atomic to prevent corruption during builds. Internal Methods 4 Caret Right __init__ Initialize output formats generator. 4 None Caret Right def __init__(self, site: Site, config: dict[str, Any] | None = None, graph_data: dict[str, Any] | None = None, build_context: BuildContext | Any | None = None) -> None Initialize output formats generator. Parameters 4 site Site Site instance config dict[str, Any] | None Configuration dict from bengal.toml graph_data dict[str, Any] | None Optional pre-computed graph data for including in page JSON build_context BuildContext | Any | None Optional BuildContext with accumulated JSON data from rendering phase _normalize_config Normalize configuration to support both simple and advanced formats. Simple fo… 1 dict[str, Any] Caret Right def _normalize_config(self, config: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any] Normalize configuration to support both simple and advanced formats. Simple format (from [build.output_formats]): { 'enabled': True, 'json': True, 'llm_txt': True, 'site_json': True, 'site_llm': True } Advanced format (from [output_formats]): { 'enabled': True, 'per_page': ['json', 'llm_txt'], 'site_wide': ['index_json', 'llm_full'], 'options': {...} } Parameters 1 config dict[str, Any] Returns dict[str, Any] _default_config Return default configuration. 0 dict[str, Any] Caret Right def _default_config(self) -> dict[str, Any] Return default configuration. Returns dict[str, Any] _filter_pages Filter pages based on exclusion rules. Excludes pages that: - Have no output p… 0 list[Page] Caret Right def _filter_pages(self) -> list[Page] Filter pages based on exclusion rules. Excludes pages that: Have no output path (not rendered yet) Are in excluded sections Match excluded patterns (e.g., '404.html', 'search.html') Returns list[Page] — List of pages to include in output formats ← Previous lunr_index_generator Next → txt_generator List © 2025 Bengal ᓚᘏᗢ window.BENGAL_LAZY_ASSETS = { tabulator: '/bengal/assets/js/tabulator.min.js', dataTable: '/bengal/assets/js/data-table.js', mermaidToolbar: '/bengal/assets/js/mermaid-toolbar.9de5abba.js', mermaidTheme: '/bengal/assets/js/mermaid-theme.344822c5.js', graphMinimap: '/bengal/assets/js/graph-minimap.cc7e42e3.js', graphContextual: '/bengal/assets/js/graph-contextual.440e59c6.js' }; window.BENGAL_ICONS = { close: '/bengal/assets/icons/close.911d4fe1.svg', enlarge: '/bengal/assets/icons/enlarge.652035e5.svg', copy: '/bengal/assets/icons/copy.3d56e945.svg', 'download-svg': '/bengal/assets/icons/download.04f07e1b.svg', 'download-png': '/bengal/assets/icons/image.c34dfd40.svg', 'zoom-in': '/bengal/assets/icons/zoom-in.237b4a83.svg', 'zoom-out': '/bengal/assets/icons/zoom-out.38857c77.svg', reset: '/bengal/assets/icons/reset.d26dba29.svg' }; Arrow Up X -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Metadata: - Author: lbliii - Word Count: 1400 - Reading Time: 7 minutes