From c3ef992a89c0f56843e20ede23226743941d81b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CaffeineFueled <hello@uphillsecurity.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2026 08:13:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: ADD variable for URLs #29

---
 picopaper.py | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)

diff --git a/picopaper.py b/picopaper.py
index 47b43ef..206aca0 100644
--- a/picopaper.py
+++ b/picopaper.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class SSGGGenerator:
         self.hide_title = HIDE_TITLE
         self.logo_path = LOGO_PATH
         self.strip_image_exif = STRIP_IMAGE_EXIF
+        self.base_url = BASE_URL.rstrip('/')
 
         # Setup Jinja2
         self.env = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader(self.templates_dir))
@@ -166,6 +167,27 @@ class SSGGGenerator:
 
         return posts
 
+    def common_context(self, page_url):
+        """Template variables shared by every page.
+
+        page_url is the current page's site-relative path (leading slash).
+        Templates can build absolute links from it, e.g. a share button:
+            {{ base_url }}{{ page_url }}   or   {{ page_absolute_url }}
+        """
+        return {
+            'blog_title': self.blog_title,
+            'blog_description': self.blog_description,
+            'navbar_items': self.navbar_items,
+            'hide_logo': self.hide_logo,
+            'hide_title': self.hide_title,
+            'logo_path': self.logo_path,
+            'rss_feed_enabled': ENABLE_RSS_FEED,
+            'rss_feed_path': RSS_FEED_PATH,
+            'base_url': self.base_url,
+            'page_url': page_url,
+            'page_absolute_url': f"{self.base_url}{page_url}",
+        }
+
     def generate_index(self, posts, section_name=None, all_posts=None):
         """Generate index.html with all posts (or section-specific index)"""
         template = self.env.get_template('index.tmpl')
@@ -173,25 +195,21 @@ class SSGGGenerator:
         if section_name:
             title = f"{section_name} - {self.blog_title}"
             output_path = self.output_dir / 'section' / section_name / 'index.html'
+            page_url = f"/section/{section_name}/"
         elif self.blogroll_path:
             title = self.blog_title
             output_path = self.output_dir / self.blogroll_path / 'index.html'
+            page_url = f"/{self.blogroll_path}/"
         else:
             title = self.blog_title
             output_path = self.output_dir / 'index.html'
+            page_url = "/"
 
         html = template.render(
             title=title,
-            blog_title=self.blog_title,
-            blog_description=self.blog_description,
-            navbar_items=self.navbar_items,
             posts=posts,
             all_posts=all_posts or posts,
-            hide_logo=self.hide_logo,
-            hide_title=self.hide_title,
-            logo_path=self.logo_path,
-            rss_feed_enabled=ENABLE_RSS_FEED,
-            rss_feed_path=RSS_FEED_PATH
+            **self.common_context(page_url)
         )
 
         output_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
@@ -218,16 +236,9 @@ class SSGGGenerator:
 
         html = template.render(
             title=title,
-            blog_title=self.blog_title,
-            blog_description=self.blog_description,
-            navbar_items=self.navbar_items,
             sections=section_list,
             all_posts=all_posts or [],
-            hide_logo=self.hide_logo,
-            hide_title=self.hide_title,
-            logo_path=self.logo_path,
-            rss_feed_enabled=ENABLE_RSS_FEED,
-            rss_feed_path=RSS_FEED_PATH
+            **self.common_context("/section/")
         )
 
         output_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
@@ -247,16 +258,9 @@ class SSGGGenerator:
 
         html = template.render(
             title=title,
-            blog_title=self.blog_title,
-            blog_description=self.blog_description,
-            navbar_items=self.navbar_items,
             posts=posts,
             all_posts=all_posts or posts,
-            hide_logo=self.hide_logo,
-            hide_title=self.hide_title,
-            logo_path=self.logo_path,
-            rss_feed_enabled=ENABLE_RSS_FEED,
-            rss_feed_path=RSS_FEED_PATH
+            **self.common_context(f"/{subpath}/")
         )
 
         output_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
@@ -271,16 +275,9 @@ class SSGGGenerator:
 
         html = template.render(
             title=f"{post['title']} - {self.blog_title}",
-            blog_title=self.blog_title,
-            blog_description=self.blog_description,
-            navbar_items=self.navbar_items,
             post=post,
             all_posts=all_posts or [],
-            hide_logo=self.hide_logo,
-            hide_title=self.hide_title,
-            logo_path=self.logo_path,
-            rss_feed_enabled=ENABLE_RSS_FEED,
-            rss_feed_path=RSS_FEED_PATH
+            **self.common_context(post['url'])
         )
 
         # Create directory for the post slug (with parents for nested paths)
@@ -300,16 +297,9 @@ class SSGGGenerator:
 
         html = template.render(
             title=f"{post['title']} - {self.blog_title}",
-            blog_title=self.blog_title,
-            blog_description=self.blog_description,
-            navbar_items=self.navbar_items,
             post=post,
             all_posts=all_posts or [],
-            hide_logo=self.hide_logo,
-            hide_title=self.hide_title,
-            logo_path=self.logo_path,
-            rss_feed_enabled=ENABLE_RSS_FEED,
-            rss_feed_path=RSS_FEED_PATH
+            **self.common_context("/")
         )
 
         output_path = self.output_dir / 'index.html'