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+// Copyright (c) 2023 Nicolas Paul All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/adrg/frontmatter"
+)
+
+// FrontMatter is the front matter of a Markdown document.
+type FrontMatter struct {
+	Title           string    `yaml:"title"`
+	Description     string    `yaml:"description"`
+	PublicationTime time.Time `yaml:"publication_time"`
+	LastUpdateTime  time.Time `yaml:"last_update_time"`
+	Keywords        []string  `yaml:"keywords"`
+	Author          string    `yaml:"author"`
+	Hide            bool      `yaml:"hide"`
+}
+
+// ParseFrontMatter parses the front matter of a Markdown document.
+// It returns a FrontMatter struct and the Markdown document without the
+// front matter.
+func ParseFrontMatter(r []byte) (FrontMatter, []byte, error) {
+	var fm FrontMatter
+
+	reader := bytes.NewReader(r)
+
+	rest, err := frontmatter.MustParse(reader, &fm)
+	if err != nil {
+		return FrontMatter{}, nil, err
+	}
+
+	return fm, rest, nil
+}