Jekyll Download Tag

This Jekyll plugin creates a download Liquid Template tag. I use it to download external resources for inlining.

Installation

1. Add _plugins/download.rb to your Jekyll site's _plugins directory

Usage

The download tag downloads the specified URL and returns the content. On my personal site, I use it to add Google Fonts CSS to my inlined CSS:

{% capture styles %}
  {% download https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Arvo %}
  {% download https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans %}
  {% include main.scss %}
{% endcapture %}
<style>{{ styles | scssify | strip }}</style>

I'm sure you'll think of other ways to use it.