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Runtime API Examples

This page demonstrates usage of some of the runtime APIs provided by VitePress.

The main useData() API can be used to access site, theme, and page data for the current page. It works in both .md and .vue files:

md
<script setup>
import { useData } from 'vitepress'

const { theme, page, frontmatter } = useData()
</script>

## Results

### Theme Data
<pre>{{ theme }}</pre>

### Page Data
<pre>{{ page }}</pre>

### Page Frontmatter
<pre>{{ frontmatter }}</pre>
<script setup>
import { useData } from 'vitepress'

const { theme, page, frontmatter } = useData()
</script>

## Results

### Theme Data
<pre>{{ theme }}</pre>

### Page Data
<pre>{{ page }}</pre>

### Page Frontmatter
<pre>{{ frontmatter }}</pre>

Results

Theme Data

{
  "nav": [
    {
      "text": "Home",
      "link": "/"
    },
    {
      "text": "Courses",
      "link": "/courses/"
    },
    {
      "text": "Examples",
      "link": "/markdown-examples"
    }
  ],
  "sidebar": [
    {
      "text": "Courses",
      "items": [
        {
          "text": "Be Ready!",
          "link": "/courses/"
        },
        {
          "text": "00. 你可能需要的 shell 入门课程",
          "link": "/courses/00-shell"
        },
        {
          "text": "01. 来认识一下 vz-vue 项目模板",
          "link": "/courses/01-vz-vue"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "Blogs",
      "items": [
        {
          "text": "Try it markdown yourself!",
          "link": "/blogs/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "Examples",
      "items": [
        {
          "text": "Markdown Examples",
          "link": "/markdown-examples"
        },
        {
          "text": "Runtime API Examples",
          "link": "/api-examples"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "socialLinks": []
}

Page Data

{
  "title": "Runtime API Examples",
  "description": "",
  "frontmatter": {
    "outline": "deep"
  },
  "headers": [],
  "relativePath": "api-examples.md",
  "filePath": "api-examples.md",
  "lastUpdated": 1695716007000
}

Page Frontmatter

{
  "outline": "deep"
}

More

Check out the documentation for the full list of runtime APIs.