helper-markdown

Markdown template helper. Uses remarkable to render markdown in templates. Should work with Handlebars, Lo-Dash or any template engine that supports helper functions.

Usage examples

With Handlebars:

<div>
{{#markdown}}
# Heading

> this is markdown

foo bar baz
{{/markdown}}
</div>

Results in:

<h1>Heading</h1>
<blockquote>
<p>this is markdown</p>
</blockquote>
<p>foo bar baz</p>

Install with npm

npm i helper-markdown --save

Register the helper

This should work with any engine, here are a few examples

template

Register the helper for use with any template engine

template.helper('markdown', require('helper-markdown'));

assemble

To register the helper for use with assemble v0.6.x:

assemble.helper('markdown', require('helper-markdown'));

verb

Register the helper for use with verb:

var verb = require('verb');
verb.helper('markdown', require('helper-markdown'));

handlebars

var handlebars = require('handlebars');
handlebars.registerHelper('markdown', require('helper-markdown'));

Lo-Dash or underscore

var markdown = require('helper-markdown');

// as a mixin
_.mixin({markdown: markdown});
_.template('<%= _.markdown("# heading") %>', {});
//=> '<h1>heading</h1>\n'

// passed on the context
_.template('<%= markdown("# heading") %>', {markdown: markdown});
//=> '<h1>heading</h1>\n'

// as an import
var settings = {imports: {markdown: markdown}};
_.template('<%= markdown("# heading") %>', {}, settings);
//=> '<h1>heading</h1>\n'

Run tests

npm test

Contributing

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

To request or contribute a helper to the github.com/helpers org, please read this contributing guide to get started.

Author

Jon Schlinkert

• github/helpers
• twitter/helpers

License

Copyright (c) 2014 Jon Schlinkert
Released under the MIT license

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