Content Types

Nibgate supports four content types: Article, Photo, Music, and Video. Each type has a dedicated editor and presentation format.

Article

Articles are the primary content type for long-form writing.

Editor: Full-featured Markdown editor with toolbar support for headings, bold, italic, links, lists, blockquotes, and code blocks.

Media: Inline images can be embedded anywhere in the article body. A separate cover photo field controls the hero image shown on the blog homepage and in Explore cards.

Excerpt: A short summary displayed alongside the cover image. Set in the post editor.

import { createGate } from '@nibgate/sdk'
 
const article = createGate({
  id: 'my-article',
  type: 'article',
  title: 'My Premium Article',
  path: '/articles/my-article',
  price: '0.01',
  access: { humans: 'paid', agents: 'paid' },
  unlock: { mode: 'one_time' }
})
 
article.content()

Photo

Photos are gallery-style posts with multiple images.

Editor: Upload one or more images. Each image can have an optional caption.

Layout: Images are displayed in a responsive gallery grid on the blog. The first image serves as the cover.

Paid gating: A paid photo set gates the article body text. The gallery images currently render in full; per-image or count-limited previews are not implemented.

const photoSet = createGate({
  id: 'photo-set-1',
  type: 'image',
  title: 'Photo Collection',
  path: '/photos/collection',
  price: '0.005',
  access: { humans: 'paid', agents: 'paid' },
  unlock: { mode: 'one_time' }
})

Music

Music posts allow creators to share audio tracks with embedded playback.

Editor: Upload an audio file and optional cover art image.

Player: An audio player is available in the rendering kit, but the default post template does not embed it yet — music posts currently show their body text.

Paid gating: Music gating is not wired into the default template yet — only the article body is gated on paid posts.

const track = createGate({
  id: 'track-1',
  type: 'music',
  title: 'Exclusive Track',
  path: '/music/track-1',
  price: '0.01',
  access: { humans: 'paid', agents: 'paid' },
  unlock: { mode: 'one_time' }
})

Video

Video posts embed YouTube videos with optional gating.

Editor: Paste a YouTube URL. The system extracts the video ID and generates the embed.

Player: The YouTube iframe player is embedded directly on the post page.

Paid gating: When gated, the video embed is hidden behind an unlock overlay. The video is revealed after payment.

const course = createGate({
  id: 'video-1',
  type: 'video',
  title: 'Premium Video Course',
  path: '/videos/course-1',
  price: '0.02',
  access: { humans: 'paid', agents: 'paid' },
  unlock: { mode: 'one_time' }
})

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