Parse-MD.js

A regular expression Markdown parser, written in functional Javascript.

Usage

Include the javascript file in your page, then simply call parseMarkdown:

var parsedMD = parseMarkdown(yourMarkdownVar);

The parser will parse the contents of yourMarkdownVar into parsedMD as HTML.

Recognized Syntax

• Headers are only available using the # syntax:

# Heading 1
## Heading 2
### Heading 3

• Italics and bold are available using asterisks:

*Italics* and **bold**

• Unordered lists are available using either - or + and ordered lists are available using 1., 2. etc:

 - Unordered list item 1
 + Unordered list item 2

 1. Ordered list item 1
 2. Ordered list item 2

Note that list nesting is not supported and might cause unexpected behavior.

• Links are only available using the [title](link_url) syntax and images are only available using the ![title](image_url) syntax:

[link_title](https://github.com/Chalarangelo/parse-md-js)
![image_tite](https://github.com/Chalarangelo/parse-md-js/image.png)

• Inline code can be written using the ` symbol and code blocks are only available using single tab indentation:

`code goes here`

	code block

• Single line blockquotes are available using the > symbol:

> blockquote

• Horizontal rules are available using either --- or ===:

 ---
 ===

• Line breaks are only supported using two or more newline characters.

• Tables, inline HTML and Youtube vide embedding are not supported.

License

The source code is licensed under the MIT license.