Netlify

Netlify is a hosting service for static sites. Inkstead Writer publishes to it directly through the Netlify API, so there is no extra tooling to install. You need a Netlify account with a site created in it, and two values from that account.

Configuration

Choose Netlify during inkstead-writer init, or add this to inkstead-writer.json later:

JSON

{
  "deploy": {
    "provider": "netlify"
  }
}

Environment variables

Deploying needs two values from your Netlify account:

Variable	What it is
`NETLIFY_SITE_ID`	The project ID shown in Netlify project settings.
`NETLIFY_AUTH_TOKEN`	A Netlify personal access token.

For local publishing, put those values in .env. For automated publishing, add them as CI secrets or variables.

Before the first publish, confirm the Netlify variables are available:

Terminal

$./inkstead-writer doctor

Publishing

With the variables in place, publish the site:

Terminal

$./inkstead-writer publish

You do not need the Netlify CLI installed. Inkstead Writer publishes the configured build output directly to the Netlify site identified by NETLIFY_SITE_ID.