markdown-utils

Tiny helpers for creating consistenly-formatted markdown snippets.

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Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save markdown-utils

Usage

const mdu = require('markdown-utils');

API

.blockquote

Create a markdown-formatted blockquote.

Params

• str {String}

Example

utils.blockquote('This is a blockquote');
//=> '> This is a blockquote'

.code

Create a markdown-formatted <code></code> snippet.

Params

• str {String}

Example

utils.code('const foo = bar;');
//=> '`const foo = bar;`'

.del

Create markdown-formatted deleted text: ~~text~~.

Params

• str {String}

Example

utils.del('text');
//=> '~~text~~'

.em

Create a markdown-formatted em.

Params

• str {String}

Example

utils.em('This is emphasized');
//=> '_This is emphasized_'

.h

Create a markdown-formatted heading.

Params

• str {String}
• level {Number}

Example

utils.h(1, 'This is a heading');
//=> '# This is a heading'

.h1

Create a markdown-formatted h1 heading.

Params

• str {String}

Example

utils.h1('This is a heading');
//=> '# This is a heading'

.h2

Create a markdown-formatted h2 heading.

Params

• str {String}

Example

utils.h2('This is a heading');
//=> '## This is a heading'

.h3

Create a markdown-formatted h3 heading.

Params

• str {String}

Example

utils.h3('This is a heading');
//=> '### This is a heading'

.h4

Create a markdown-formatted h4 heading.

Params

• str {String}

Example

utils.h4('This is a heading');
//=> '#### This is a heading'

.h5

Create a markdown-formatted h5 heading.

Params

• str {String}

Example

utils.h5('This is a heading');
//=> '##### This is a heading'

.h6

Create a markdown-formatted h6 heading.

Params

• str {String}

Example

utils.h6('This is a heading');
//=> '###### This is a heading'

.heading

Create a markdown-formatted heading.

Params

• str {String}
• level {Number}

Example

utils.heading('This is a heading', 1);
//=> '# This is a heading'

.hr

Create a markdown-formatted horizontal rule.

Params

• str {String}: Alternate string to use. Default is *** to avoid collision with --- which is commonly used for front-matter.

Example

utils.hr();
//=> '***'

.link

Create a markdown-formatted link from the given values.

Params

• anchor {String}
• href {String}
• title {String}

Example

utils.link('fs-utils', 'https://github.com/assemble/fs-utils', 'hover title');
//=> [fs-utils](https://github.com/assemble/fs-utils "hover title")

.anchor

Create a markdown-formatted anchor link from the given values.

Params

• anchor {String}
• href {String}
• title {String}

Example

utils.anchor('embed', 'assemble/handlebars-helpers/lib/code.js', 25, 'v0.6.0');
//=> [embed](https://github.com/assemble/handlebars-helpers/blob/v0.6.0/lib/helpers/code.js#L25)

.reference

Create a markdown-formatted reference link from the given values.

Params

• id {String}
• url {String}
• title {String}

Example

utils.reference('template', 'https://github/jonschlinkert/template', 'Make stuff!');
//=> [template]: https://github/jonschlinkert/template "Make stuff!"

.image

Create a markdown-formatted image from the given values.

Params

• alt {String}
• src {String}
• title {String}

Example

utils.image(alt, src);
//=> ![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/template.svg)

utils.image(alt, src, title);
//=> ![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/template.svg "This is title of image!")

.badge

Create a markdown-formatted badge.

Params

• alt {String}
• img_url {String}
• url {String}

Example

utils.badge(alt, img_url, url);
//=> [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/template.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/template)

.li

Returns a function to generate a plain-text/markdown list-item, allowing options to be cached for subsequent calls.

Params

• options {String}

• nobullet {Boolean}: Pass true if you only want the list iten and identation, but no bullets.
• indent {String}: The amount of leading indentation to use. default is ``.
• chars {String|Array}: If a string is passed, fill-range will be used to generate an array of bullets (visit fill-range to see all options.) Or directly pass an array of bullets, numbers, letters or other characters to use for each list item. Default ['-', '*', '+', '~']

• fn {Function}: pass a function fill-range to modify the bullet for an item as it's generated.

Example

const li = listitem(options);

li(0, 'Level 0 list item');
//=> '- Level 0 list item'

li(1, 'Level 1 list item');
//=> '  * Level 1 list item'

li(2, 'Level 2 list item');
//=> '    + Level 2 list item'

.pre

Create a markdown-formatted <pre><code></code></pre> snippet with or without lang.

Results in:

Params

• str {String}
• language {String}

Examples

utils.pre('const foo = bar;');

<pre>
const foo = bar;
</pre>

.gfm

Create a markdown-formatted code snippet with or without lang.

Results in:

Params

• str {String}
• language {String}

Examples

utils.gfm('const foo = bar;', 'js');

const foo = bar;

.strong

Create markdown-formatted bold text.

Params

• str {String}

Example

utils.strong('This is bold');
//=> '**This is bold**'

.todo

Create a markdown-formatted todo item.

Params

• str {String}

Example

utils.todo('this is a todo.');
//=> '- [ ] this is a todo'

utils.todo('this is a completed todo.', true);
//=> '- [x] this is a todo'

About

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Running Tests

Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:

$ npm install && npm test

Building docs

(This project's readme.md is generated by verb, please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in the .verb.md readme template.)

To generate the readme, run the following command:

$ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb

Related projects

You might also be interested in these projects:

• gfm-code-blocks: Extract gfm (GitHub Flavored Markdown) fenced code blocks from a string. | homepage
• markdown-link: Micro util for generating a single markdown link. | homepage
• markdown-toc: Generate a markdown TOC (table of contents) with Remarkable. | homepage
• remarkable: Markdown parser, done right. 100% Commonmark support, extensions, syntax plugins, high speed - all in… more | homepage

Contributors

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12	adjohnson916

Author

Jon Schlinkert

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License

Copyright © 2018, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT License.

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