`` text. Defaults to an
empty string, because this is non-standard behavior. Could be something like
``~`` and ``^`` to result in ``~sub~`` and ``^sup^``.
newline_style
Defines the style of marking linebreaks (``
``) in markdown. The default
value ``SPACES`` of this option will adopt the usual two spaces and a newline,
while ``BACKSLASH`` will convert a linebreak to ``\\n`` (a backslash an a
newline). While the latter convention is non-standard, it is commonly
preferred and supported by a lot of interpreters.
code_language
Defines the language that should be assumed for all ```` sections.
Useful, if all code on a page is in the same programming language and
should be annotated with `````python`` or similar.
Defaults to ``''`` (empty string) and can be any string.
code_language_callback
When the HTML code contains ``pre`` tags that in some way provide the code
language, for example as class, this callback can be used to extract the
language from the tag and prefix it to the converted ``pre`` tag.
The callback gets one single argument, an BeautifylSoup object, and returns
a string containing the code language, or ``None``.
An example to use the class name as code language could be::
def callback(el):
return el['class'][0] if el.has_attr('class') else None
Defaults to ``None``.
escape_asterisks
If set to ``False``, do not escape ``*`` to ``\*`` in text.
Defaults to ``True``.
escape_underscores
If set to ``False``, do not escape ``_`` to ``\_`` in text.
Defaults to ``True``.
keep_inline_images_in
Images are converted to their alt-text when the images are located inside
headlines or table cells. If some inline images should be converted to
markdown images instead, this option can be set to a list of parent tags
that should be allowed to contain inline images, for example ``['td']``.
Defaults to an empty list.
Options may be specified as kwargs to the ``markdownify`` function, or as a
nested ``Options`` class in ``MarkdownConverter`` subclasses.
Converting BeautifulSoup objects
================================
.. code:: python
from markdownify import MarkdownConverter
# Create shorthand method for conversion
def md(soup, **options):
return MarkdownConverter(**options).convert_soup(soup)
Creating Custom Converters
==========================
If you have a special usecase that calls for a special conversion, you can
always inherit from ``MarkdownConverter`` and override the method you want to
change:
.. code:: python
from markdownify import MarkdownConverter
class ImageBlockConverter(MarkdownConverter):
"""
Create a custom MarkdownConverter that adds two newlines after an image
"""
def convert_img(self, el, text, convert_as_inline):
return super().convert_img(el, text, convert_as_inline) + '\n\n'
# Create shorthand method for conversion
def md(html, **options):
return ImageBlockConverter(**options).convert(html)
Development
===========
To run tests:
``python setup.py test``
To lint:
``python setup.py lint``