@yozora/parser-gfm

A markdown parser with built-in tokenizers to fully support GFM (without GFM extensions).

github flavor markdown spec

• See github flavor markdown spec for details.
• See GFM Live Examples for an intuitive impression.

Install

npm

npm install --save @yozora/parser-gfm

Yarn

yarn add @yozora/parser-gfm

pnpm

pnpm add @yozora/parser-gfm

Usage

• Basic

  import GfmParser from '@yozora/parser-gfm'
  
  const parser = new GfmParser()
  
  // parse markdown source content.
  parser.parse('source markdown content')
  
  // parse markdown source content with custom options.
  parser.parse(
    'source markdown content',  // markdown source contents, `string|Iterable<string>`
    {},                         // ParseOptions, optional.
  )
  
  // parse multiple markdown source content pieces.
  parser.parse(['source', 'contents'])

• Use withing generator:

  import GfmParser from '@yozora/parser-gfm'
  
  const parser = new GfmParser()
  
  /**
   * String stream is supported through the iterator API.
   */
  function* source () {
    yield 'hello',
    yield 'world',
  }
  
  parser.parse(source())

Options

• Constructor Options

  Name	Type	Required	Description
  blockFallbackTokenizer	BlockFallbackTokenizer	false	Fallback tokenizer on processing block structure phase
  inlineFallbackTokenizer	InlineFallbackTokenizer	false	Fallback tokenizer on processing inline structure phase
  defaultParseOptions	ParseOptions	false	Default options for parse()

• ParseOptions

  Name	Type	Required	Description
  shouldReservePosition	boolean	false	Whether it is necessary to reserve the position in the YastNode produced
  presetDefinitions	Array<Omit<Definition, 'type'>	false	Preset definitions
  presetFootnoteDefinitions	Array<Omit<FootnoteDefinition, 'type'>	false	Preset footnote definition

Overview

• Built-in tokenizers

  Tokenizer	Description
  @yozora/tokenizer-autolink	Resolve GFM Autolinks
  @yozora/tokenizer-blockquote	Resolve GFM blockquotes
  @yozora/tokenizer-break	Resolve GFM hard line breaks and GFM soft line breaks
  @yozora/tokenizer-definition	Resolve GFM link reference definitions
  @yozora/tokenizer-emphasis	Resolve GFM emphasis and strong emphasis
  @yozora/tokenizer-fenced-code	Resolve GFM fenced code blocks
  @yozora/tokenizer-heading	Resolve GFM ATX headings
  @yozora/tokenizer-html-block	Resolve GFM HTML blocks
  @yozora/tokenizer-html-inline	Resolve GFM raw HTML
  @yozora/tokenizer-image	Resolve GFM images
  @yozora/tokenizer-image-reference	Resolve GFM reference images
  @yozora/tokenizer-indented-code	Resolve GFM indented code blocks
  @yozora/tokenizer-inline-code	Resolve GFM code spans
  @yozora/tokenizer-link	Resolve GFM links
  @yozora/tokenizer-link-reference	Resolve GFM reference links
  @yozora/tokenizer-list	Resolve GFM lists (with GFM list items)
  @yozora/tokenizer-paragraph	Resolve GFM paragraphs
  @yozora/tokenizer-setext-heading	Resolve GFM setext headings
  @yozora/tokenizer-text	Resolve GFM textual contents
  @yozora/tokenizer-thematic-break	Resolve GFM thematic breaks

Live Examples

Thematic break

See @yozora/tokenizer-thematic-break for details.

#13

gfm

  

pretty-json

  

*** --- ___

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***
---
___

ATX headings

See @yozora/tokenizer-heading for details.

#32

gfm

  

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# foo ## foo ### foo #### foo ##### foo ###### foo

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# foo
## foo
### foo
#### foo
##### foo
###### foo

Setext headings

See @yozora/tokenizer-setext-heading for details.

#50

gfm

  

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Foo *bar* ========= Foo *bar* ---------

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Foo *bar*
=========

Foo *bar*
---------

Indented code blocks

See @yozora/tokenizer-indented-code for details.

#77

gfm

  

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a simple indented code block

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    a simple
      indented code block

Fenced code blocks

See @yozora/tokenizer-fenced-code for details.

#89

gfm

  

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``` < > ```

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```
<
 >
```

HTML blocks

See @yozora/tokenizer-html-block for details.

#118

gfm

  

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<table><tr><td> <pre> **Hello**, _world_. </pre> </td></tr></table>

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<table><tr><td>
<pre>
**Hello**,

_world_.
</pre>
</td></tr></table>

Link reference definitions

See @yozora/tokenizer-definition for details.

#161

gfm

  

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[foo]: /url "title" [foo]

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[foo]: /url "title"

[foo]

Paragraphs

See @yozora/tokenizer-paragraph for details.

#189

gfm

  

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aaa bbb

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aaa

bbb

Tables (extension)

See @yozora/tokenizer-table for details.

#198

gfm

  

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| foo | bar | | --- | --- | | baz | bim |

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| foo | bar |
| --- | --- |
| baz | bim |

Block quotes

See @yozora/tokenizer-blockquote for details.

#206

gfm

  

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> # Foo > bar > baz

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> # Foo
> bar
> baz

List items

See @yozora/tokenizer-list for details.

#231

gfm

  

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A paragraph with two lines. indented code > A block quote.

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A paragraph
with two lines.

    indented code

> A block quote.

Task list items (extension)

See @yozora/tokenizer-list for details.

#279

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- [ ] foo - [x] bar

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- [ ] foo
- [x] bar

Lists

See @yozora/tokenizer-list for details.

#281

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- foo - bar + baz

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- foo
- bar
+ baz

Code spans

See @yozora/tokenizer-inline-code for details.

#338

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`foo`

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`foo`

Emphasis and strong emphasis

See @yozora/tokenizer-emphasis for details.

#360

gfm

  

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*foo bar*

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*foo bar*

Strikethrough (extension)

See @yozora/tokenizer-delete for details.

#491

gfm

  

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~~Hi~~ Hello, world!

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~~Hi~~ Hello, world!

Links

See @yozora/tokenizer-link for details.

#493

gfm

  

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[link](/uri "title")

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[link](/uri "title")

Reference links

See @yozora/tokenizer-link-reference for details.

#535

gfm

  

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[foo][bar] [bar]: /url "title"

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[foo][bar]

[bar]: /url "title"

Images

See @yozora/tokenizer-image for details.

#580

gfm

  

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![foo](/url "title")

Reference images

See @yozora/tokenizer-image-reference for details.

#590

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![foo][bar] [bar]: /url

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![foo][bar]

[bar]: /url

Autolinks

See @yozora/tokenizer-autolink for details.

#602

gfm

  

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<http://foo.bar.baz>

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<http://foo.bar.baz>

Autolinks (extension)

See @yozora/tokenizer-autolink-extension for details.

#621

gfm

  

pretty-json

  

www.commonmark.org

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www.commonmark.org

Raw HTML

See @yozora/tokenizer-html-inline for details.

#632