markdown-plain-link-replacer

Script to replace a plain text link (ie http://whatever) with a linked title to the link's webpage in markdown. Source: http://www.google.com would become Source: "[Google](http://www.google.com)", *google.com*, although a template can be used if desired.

Installation

Installation is easiest through npm:

npm install markdown-plain-link-replacer --save

Usage

markdown-plain-link-replacer can be included as reference.

var linkReplacer = require('markdown-plain-link-replacer')
  , input = "  http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Bespin  "
  ;

linkReplacer.replacePlainLinks(input, function(newMarkdown){
  //newMarkdown: '  "[Bespin](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Bespin)", *wikia.com*  '
    console.log(newMarkdown);
});

The replacePlainLinks method has the following signature replacePlainLinks(inputMarkdown, calllback, [hoganTemplate]). The hogan template is optional and uses the hogan.js templating engine to style the new markdown. For example, a template = [{{title}}]({{url}}) from {{source}} will produce [Google](http://www.google.com) from google.com for url http://www.google.com. The default template is "[{{title}}]({{url}})", *{{source}}*

CLI

$ npm install --global markdown-plain-link-replacer

$ markdown-plain-link-replacer --help

  Usage
    $ markdown-plain-link-replacer "<markdown>"

  Example
    $ markdown-plain-link-replacer "  http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Bespin  "
  
  File input example with custom template
    $ markdown-plain-link-replacer -i "sample.md" -t "[{{title}}]({{url}}) from {{source}}"

The cli can take a -i argument for file input, and -t argument for passing in a hogan template string.