ssb-markdown

render patchwork/ssb messages to markdown.
patchwork has a few changes from standard markdown.

• emoji - everybody hearts emoji
• ssb links - links to cryptographic objects see ssb-ref
• mentions - @mentions like on twitter or github. mentions allow people to convieniently talk to each other, but are written as both the name used, plus the cryptographic reference.

api

var md = require('ssb-markdown')

md.block(source, opts)

Render raw markdown source to html. The output will be html content without a surrounding tag.

md.inline (source, opts)

Render raw markdown to a single line of test, suitable for a one line preview that is opened to a view rendered with block.

opts

An object containing custom markdown rendering functions. opts are the same for both md.block and md.inline
toUrl is a function which accepts an ssb-ref or @-mention string, and whether it is for an image or not, and returns a url string.
imageLink is a function which accepts an ssb-ref and will be used to generate links to wrap any images.
emoji is a function which accepts an emoji as markup and over-rides the default emoji rendering behavior.

usage

const opts = {
  toUrl: ref => renderUrlRef(ref),
  imageLink: ref => renderImageRef(ref),
  emoji: emojiAsMarkup => renderEmoji(emojiAsMarkup)
}

md.block(source, opts)

md.inline(source, opts)

License

MIT