mdast-util-gfm

Extension for mdast-util-from-markdown and/or mdast-util-to-markdown to support GitHub flavored markdown in mdast. When parsing (from-markdown), must be combined with micromark-extension-gfm.

When to use this

Use this if you’re dealing with the AST manually and need all of GFM. It’s probably nicer to use remark-gfm with remark, which includes this but provides a nicer interface and makes it easier to combine with hundreds of plugins.

Alternatively, the extensions can be used separately:

• syntax-tree/mdast-util-gfm-autolink-literal — support GFM autolink literals
• syntax-tree/mdast-util-gfm-footnote — support GFM footnotes
• syntax-tree/mdast-util-gfm-strikethrough — support GFM strikethrough
• syntax-tree/mdast-util-gfm-table — support GFM tables
• syntax-tree/mdast-util-gfm-task-list-item — support GFM tasklists

Install

This package is ESM only: Node 12+ is needed to use it and it must be imported instead of required.

npm:

npm install mdast-util-gfm

Use

Say we have the following file, example.md:

# GFM

## Autolink literals

www.example.com, https://example.com, and contact@example.com.

## Footnote

A note[^1]

[^1]: Big note.

## Strikethrough

~one~ or ~~two~~ tildes.

## Table

| a | b  |  c |  d  |
| - | :- | -: | :-: |

## Tasklist

* [ ] to do
* [x] done

And our module, example.js, looks as follows:

import fs from 'node:fs'
import {fromMarkdown} from 'mdast-util-from-markdown'
import {toMarkdown} from 'mdast-util-to-markdown'
import {gfm} from 'micromark-extension-gfm'
import {gfmFromMarkdown, gfmToMarkdown} from 'mdast-util-gfm'

const doc = fs.readFileSync('example.md')

const tree = fromMarkdown(doc, {
  extensions: [gfm()],
  mdastExtensions: [gfmFromMarkdown()]
})

console.log(tree)

const out = toMarkdown(tree, {extensions: [gfmToMarkdown()]})

console.log(out)

Now, running node example yields:

{
  type: 'root',
  children: [
    {type: 'heading', depth: 1, children: [{type: 'text', value: 'GFM'}]},
    {
      type: 'heading',
      depth: 2,
      children: [{type: 'text', value: 'Autolink literals'}]
    },
    {
      type: 'paragraph',
      children: [
        {
          type: 'link',
          title: null,
          url: 'http://www.example.com',
          children: [{type: 'text', value: 'www.example.com'}]
        },
        {type: 'text', value: ', '},
        {
          type: 'link',
          title: null,
          url: 'https://example.com',
          children: [{type: 'text', value: 'https://example.com'}]
        },
        {type: 'text', value: ', and '},
        {
          type: 'link',
          title: null,
          url: 'mailto:contact@example.com',
          children: [{type: 'text', value: 'contact@example.com'}]
        },
        {type: 'text', value: '.'}
      ]
    },
    {type: 'heading', depth: 2, children: [{type: 'text', value: 'Footnote'}]},
    {
      type: 'paragraph',
      children: [
        {type: 'text', value: 'A note'},
        {type: 'footnoteReference', identifier: '1', label: '1'}
      ]
    },
    {
      type: 'footnoteDefinition',
      identifier: '1',
      label: '1',
      children: [
        {type: 'paragraph', children: [{type: 'text', value: 'Big note.'}]}
      ]
    },
    {
      type: 'heading',
      depth: 2,
      children: [{type: 'text', value: 'Strikethrough'}]
    },
    {
      type: 'paragraph',
      children: [
        {
          type: 'delete',
          children: [{type: 'text', value: 'one'}]
        },
        {type: 'text', value: ' or '},
        {
          type: 'delete',
          children: [{type: 'text', value: 'two'}]
        },
        {type: 'text', value: ' tildes.'}
      ]
    },
    {type: 'heading', depth: 2, children: [{type: 'text', value: 'Table'}]},
    {
      type: 'table',
      align: [null, 'left', 'right', 'center'],
      children: [
        {
          type: 'tableRow',
          children: [
            {type: 'tableCell', children: [{type: 'text', value: 'a'}]},
            {type: 'tableCell', children: [{type: 'text', value: 'b'}]},
            {type: 'tableCell', children: [{type: 'text', value: 'c'}]},
            {type: 'tableCell', children: [{type: 'text', value: 'd'}]}
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {type: 'heading', depth: 2, children: [{type: 'text', value: 'Tasklist'}]},
    {
      type: 'list',
      ordered: false,
      start: null,
      spread: false,
      children: [
        {
          type: 'listItem',
          spread: false,
          checked: false,
          children: [
            {type: 'paragraph', children: [{type: 'text', value: 'to do'}]}
          ]
        },
        {
          type: 'listItem',
          spread: false,
          checked: true,
          children: [
            {type: 'paragraph', children: [{type: 'text', value: 'done'}]}
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

# GFM

## Autolink literals

[www.example.com](http://www.example.com), <https://example.com>, and <contact@example.com>.

## Footnote

A note[^1]

[^1]: Big note.

## Strikethrough

~~one~~ or ~~two~~ tildes.

## Table

| a | b  |  c |  d  |
| - | :- | -: | :-: |

## Tasklist

*   [ ] to do
*   [x] done

API

This package exports the following identifiers: gfmFromMarkdown, gfmToMarkdown. There is no default export.

gfmFromMarkdown()

gfmToMarkdown(options?)

Support GFM. The export of fromMarkdown is a function that can be called and returns an extension for mdast-util-from-markdown. The export of toMarkdown is a function that can be called with options and returns an extension for mdast-util-to-markdown.

options

Passed as options to mdast-util-gfm-table.

Related

• remarkjs/remark — markdown processor powered by plugins
• remarkjs/remark-gfm — remark plugin to support GFM
• micromark/micromark — the smallest commonmark-compliant markdown parser that exists
• micromark/micromark-extension-gfm — micromark extension to parse GFM
• syntax-tree/mdast-util-from-markdown — mdast parser using micromark to create mdast from markdown
• syntax-tree/mdast-util-to-markdown — mdast serializer to create markdown from mdast

Contribute

See contributing.md in syntax-tree/.github for ways to get started. See support.md for ways to get help.

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License

MIT © Titus Wormer