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+import os
+from typing import Dict, Optional, Union
+
+import yaml
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.http import Http404
+from markdown import Markdown
+
+
+def get_category(category: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
+    """Load category information by name from _info.yml."""
+    path = os.path.join(settings.BASE_DIR, "pydis_site", "apps", "guides", "resources", "guides", category)
+    if not os.path.exists(path) or not os.path.isdir(path):
+        raise Http404("Category not found.")
+
+    with open(os.path.join(path, "_info.yml")) as f:
+        return yaml.load(f.read())
+
+
+def get_categories() -> Dict[str, Dict]:
+    """Get all categories information."""
+    base_path = os.path.join(settings.BASE_DIR, "pydis_site", "apps", "guides", "resources", "guides")
+    categories = {}
+
+    for name in os.listdir(base_path):
+        if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(base_path, name)):
+            categories[name] = get_category(name)
+
+    return categories
+
+
+def get_guides(category: Optional[str] = None) -> Dict[str, Dict]:
+    """Get all root guides when category is not specified. Otherwise get all this category guides."""
+    if category is None:
+        base_dir = os.path.join(settings.BASE_DIR, "pydis_site", "apps", "guides", "resources", "guides")
+    else:
+        base_dir = os.path.join(settings.BASE_DIR, "pydis_site", "apps", "guides", "resources", "guides", category)
+
+    guides = {}
+
+    for filename in os.listdir(base_dir):
+        if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(base_dir, filename)) and filename.endswith(".md"):
+            md = Markdown(extensions=['meta'])
+            with open(os.path.join(base_dir, filename)) as f:
+                md.convert(f.read())
+
+            guides[os.path.splitext(filename)[0]] = md.Meta
+
+    return guides
+
+
+def get_guide(guide: str, category: Optional[str]) -> Dict[str, Union[str, Dict]]:
+    """Get one specific guide. When category is specified, get it from there."""
+    if category is None:
+        base_path = os.path.join(settings.BASE_DIR, "pydis_site", "apps", "guides", "resources", "guides")
+    else:
+        base_path = os.path.join(settings.BASE_DIR, "pydis_site", "apps", "guides", "resources", "guides", category)
+
+        if not os.path.exists(base_path) or not os.path.isdir(base_path):
+            raise Http404("Category not found.")
+
+    guide_path = os.path.join(base_path, f"{guide}.md")
+    if not os.path.exists(guide_path) or not os.path.isfile(guide_path):
+        raise Http404("Guide not found.")
+
+    md = Markdown(extensions=['meta', 'attr_list', 'fenced_code'])
+
+    with open(guide_path) as f:
+        html = md.convert(f.read())
+
+    return {"guide": html, "metadata": md.Meta}