Adding Content Parsers

By default, Punch parses content written in Markdown. You can extend this behaviour to support other formats, by writing custom parsers.

Here's how a parser should be implemented:

module.exports = {
	supportedExtensions: [".markdown", ".md"],

	parse: function(input, callback) {
		var self = this;
		var output, err;

		// do the parsing

		return callback(err, output);
	},

	setup: function(config) {
		// Use configuration options.
		// By convention, parser releated configurations
		// must be set in config.parser (eg. config.parser.markdown)
	}

};

Parser should define a parse function, that takes in an input and a callback. After parsing, the callback should be invoked with the output (or an error).

How to add a custom parser

To use a custom parser in a project, you have to define it as a plugin in project's configuration (config.json).

	"plugins": {
		"parsers": {
			".format": "custom_parser" 
		}
	}

The key should be the extension of the files your parser is capable of parsing. Parser should be specified as a valid Node.js module path.