updateMeta.js

import unionBy from 'lodash/unionBy'

export default {
  // created will be called on both client and ssr
  created () {
    this.siteMeta = this.$site.headTags
      .filter(([headerType]) => headerType === 'meta')
      .map(([_, headerValue]) => headerValue)

    if (this.$ssrContext) {
      const mergedMetaItems = this.getMergedMetaTags()

      this.$ssrContext.title = this.$title
      this.$ssrContext.lang = this.$lang
      this.$ssrContext.pageMeta = renderPageMeta(mergedMetaItems)
    }
  },
  // Other life cycles will only be called at client
  mounted () {
    // init currentMetaTags from DOM
    this.currentMetaTags = [...document.querySelectorAll('meta')]

    // update title / meta tags
    this.updateMeta()
  },

  methods: {
    updateMeta () {
      document.title = this.$title
      document.documentElement.lang = this.$lang

      const newMetaTags = this.getMergedMetaTags()
      this.currentMetaTags = updateMetaTags(newMetaTags, this.currentMetaTags)
    },

    getMergedMetaTags () {
      const pageMeta = this.$page.frontmatter.meta || []
      // pageMetaTags have higher priority than siteMetaTags
      // description needs special attention as it has too many entries
      return unionBy([{ name: 'description', content: this.$description }],
        pageMeta, this.siteMeta, metaIdentifier)
    }
  },

  watch: {
    $page () {
      this.updateMeta()
    }
  },

  beforeDestroy () {
    updateMetaTags(null, this.currentMetaTags)
  }
}

/**
 * Replace currentMetaTags with newMetaTags
 * @param {Array<Object>} newMetaTags
 * @param {Array<HTMLElement>} currentMetaTags
 * @returns {Array<HTMLElement>}
 */
function updateMetaTags (newMetaTags, currentMetaTags) {
  if (currentMetaTags) {
    [...currentMetaTags]
          .filter(c => c.parentNode === document.head)
          .forEach(c => document.head.removeChild(c))
  }
  if (newMetaTags) {
    return newMetaTags.map(m => {
      const tag = document.createElement('meta')
      Object.keys(m).forEach(key => {
        tag.setAttribute(key, m[key])
      })
      document.head.appendChild(tag)
      return tag
    })
  }
}

/**
 * Try to identify a meta tag by name, property or itemprop
 *
 * Return a complete string if none provided
 * @param {Object} tag from frontmatter or siteMetaTags
 * @returns {String}
 */
function metaIdentifier (tag) {
  for (const item of ['name', 'property', 'itemprop']) {
    if (tag.hasOwnProperty(item)) return tag[item] + item
  }
  return JSON.stringify(tag)
}

/**
 * Render meta tags
 *
 * @param {Array} meta
 * @returns {String}
 */

function renderPageMeta (meta) {
  if (!meta) return ''
  return meta.map(m => {
    let res = `<meta`
    Object.keys(m).forEach(key => {
      res += ` ${key}="${m[key]}"`
    })
    return res + `>`
  }).join('\n    ')
}