Include content into templates at The Edge

The ability to transform the content of an HTTP response with Edge Functions enables you to substitute content into templates as you would with Edge Includes.

In this example, we look for an {{INCLUDE_PRICE_INFO}} placeholder in our response, and replace it with some other content.

import { Context } from "netlify:edge";

export default async (request: Request, context: Context) => {
  
  // Just return what was requested without transforming it, 
  // unless we fnd the query parameter for this demo
  const url = new URL(request.url);
  if (url.searchParams.get("include") !== "pricing") {
    return;
  }

  console.log("Including pricing content into the page");
  
  // Get the page content
  const response = await context.next();
  const page = await response.text();

  // Search for the placeholder
  const regex = /{{INCLUDE_PRICE_INFO}}/i;

  // Replace the content
  const pricingContent = "It's expensive, but buy it anyway.";
  const updatedPage = page.replace(regex, pricingContent);
  return new Response(updatedPage, response);
};

This include Edge Function is set up to run using the include=pricing query parameter on any URL, using this entry in the netlify.toml file:

[[edge_functions]]
  function = "include"
  path = "/*"

See this in action

• View the original resource, before any replacement.
• View the returned response after the include has been inserted.
• The Edge Function code: include.ts