Ghost/core/server/helpers/excerpt.js

// # Excerpt Helper
// Usage: `{{excerpt}}`, `{{excerpt words="50"}}`, `{{excerpt characters="256"}}`
//
// Attempts to remove all HTML from the string, and then shortens the result according to the provided option.
//
// Defaults to words="50"

var proxy = require('./proxy'),
    _ = require('lodash'),
    SafeString = proxy.SafeString,
    getMetaDataExcerpt = proxy.metaData.getMetaDataExcerpt;

module.exports = function excerpt(options) {
    var truncateOptions = (options || {}).hash || {},
        excerptText = this.custom_excerpt ? String(this.custom_excerpt) : String(this.html);

    truncateOptions = _.pick(truncateOptions, ['words', 'characters']);
    _.keys(truncateOptions).map(function (key) {
        truncateOptions[key] = parseInt(truncateOptions[key], 10);
    });

    return new SafeString(
        getMetaDataExcerpt(excerptText, truncateOptions)
    );
};