// convert our markdown documentation files // to 'static' html/ejs partials: // while this is a bit inconvenient (you need to restart // the server everytime you want to see // md changes), it is more efficient in // that we aren't converting MD -> ejs // on EVERY request const showdown = require('showdown'), showdownHighlight = require("showdown-highlight"), fs = require('fs'), mkdirp = require('mkdirp'), projectInputDir = './project_writeups/', projectOutputDir = './views/partials/md/projects/', recipeInputDir = './recipes/', recipeOutputDir = './views/partials/md/recipes/', classMap = { h1: 'display-1' //tag type : class to add to all tags of that type (class="display-1" added to all

) }; // handles adding classes to specific // tag types automatically const addClass = { type: 'output', // when it's triggered -> output is at the very end when text is html filter: text => { var modifiedText = text; Object.keys(classMap).forEach(function (key) { var regex = new RegExp(`<${key}(.*?)>`, 'g'); matcher = regex.exec(modifiedText); // only proceed if we found a match, and the class we add isn't already on the tag somehow while (matcher != null && !matcher[0].includes(classMap[key])) { // add the class content WHILE preserving any other properties already in the tag! console.log("adding class content in: " + matcher[0]); var restOfTag = matcher[1]; modifiedText = modifiedText.replace(matcher[0], `<${key} class="${classMap[key]}" ${restOfTag}>`); matcher = regex.exec(modifiedText); } }); return modifiedText; } }; // create our Showdown converter with our custom extension const converter = new showdown.Converter({ extensions: [addClass, showdownHighlight], tables: true }); function convertMarkdownInDir(inputDir, outputDir) { // make the directory for the html output if necessary mkdirp.sync(outputDir); fs.readdir(inputDir, (err, files) => { files.forEach(file => { if (file.endsWith('.md')) { let fileNameNoExtension = file.slice(0, -3); console.log('converting: ' + fileNameNoExtension); fs.readFile(inputDir + file, 'utf8', (err, data) => { if (err) { console.error(err); } else { let html = converter.makeHtml(data); // where the magic happens fs.writeFile(outputDir + fileNameNoExtension + '.ejs', html, 'utf8', (err) => { if (err) { console.error(err); } }); } }); } }); }); } convertMarkdownInDir(projectInputDir, projectOutputDir); convertMarkdownInDir(recipeInputDir, recipeOutputDir);