fklingler / downatello

downatello

downatello is a javascript library designed to provide a bridge between HTML markup and MARDOWN markup. It allows to convert from HTML to MARKDOWN and from MARKDOWN to HTML.

Usage

To use downatello in your web pages/applications, include the the downatello.js file:

<script type="text/javascript" src="/assets/js/downatello.js"></script>

and use the downatello variable in your javascript code.

Methods

downatello.toMarkdown()

Use downatello.toMarkdown() to convert HTML markup to MARKDOWN markup.

Example:

<p id="html">This text will be translated to <strong>MARKDOWN</strong>.</p>

<script type="text/javascript">
var html = document.getElementById('html');
var markdown = downatello.toMarkdown(html);

console.log(markdown);

// This text will be translated to **MARKDOWN**.
</script>

downatello.toHtml()

Use downatello.toHtml() to convert MARKDOWN markup to HTML markup.

Example

<script type="text/javascript">
var html = downatello.toHtml('This text has been translated from **MARKDOWN**.');
console.log(html);

// <p>This text will has been translated from <strong>MARKDOWN</strong>.</p>
</script>