@pho9ubenaa/remark-mask-text-beta
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A remark plugin to mask text content with block characters
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# remark-mask-text-beta
> [!IMPORTANT]
> This is an experimental package.
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A powerful and flexible [remark](https://remark.js.org/) plugin that masks text content within specified delimiters, perfect for protecting sensitive information or creating educational materials where answers need to be hidden.
## ✨ Features
- 🛡️ **Privacy Protection**: Mask sensitive information in markdown documents
- 📚 **Educational Tools**: Hide answers in educational materials
- ⚙️ **Highly Configurable**: Custom delimiters and mask characters
- 🚀 **Performance Optimized**: Processes 10k+ lines in under 1 second
- 🌍 **Unicode Support**: Full Unicode and emoji support
- 🔧 **TypeScript Ready**: Written in TypeScript with full type definitions
- 📦 **Zero Dependencies**: Lightweight with minimal footprint
- 🧪 **Thoroughly Tested**: >95% test coverage with comprehensive edge case handling
- 📝 **TypeScript**: Full type safety with comprehensive JSDoc documentation
- 🧪 **Well Tested**: Comprehensive test suite with >95% coverage
## Installation
```bash
npm install remark-mask-text
```
## Usage
### Basic Usage
```javascript
import { remark } from 'remark';
import { remarkMaskText } from 'remark-mask-text';
const processor = remark().use(remarkMaskText);
const input = 'This document contains ::confidential:: information.';
const result = processor.processSync(input);
console.log(result.toString());
// Output: "This document contains ############# information."
```
### Custom Configuration
```javascript
import { remark } from 'remark';
import { remarkMaskText } from 'remark-mask-text';
const processor = remark().use(remarkMaskText, {
maskCharacter: '*', // Use asterisks instead of hash symbols
maskDelimiter: '||' // Use || instead of :: as delimiters
});
const input = 'Hide ||secret data|| with custom masks.';
const result = processor.processSync(input);
console.log(result.toString());
// Output: "Hide *********** with custom masks."
```
## API
### `remarkMaskText(options?)`
The main plugin function that creates a remark transformer.
#### Parameters
- `options` _(optional)_: Configuration object
#### Options
| Option | Type | Default | Description |
|--------|------|---------|-------------|
| `maskCharacter` | `string` | `'#'` | Character used to replace masked content |
| `maskDelimiter` | `string` | `'::'` | Delimiter pattern marking text to be masked |
#### Returns
A remark transformer function that processes the AST to mask specified text regions.
## Examples
### Privacy Protection
```markdown
# Internal Document
This report contains ::classified information:: that should not be visible.
Financial data: ::$1,234,567:: in revenue.
```
**Output:**
```markdown
# Internal Document
This report contains ################### that should not be visible.
Financial data: ######### in revenue.
```
### Educational Materials
```markdown
# Quiz
What is the capital of France? ::Paris::
Complete the equation: 2 + 2 = ::4::
```
**Output:**
```markdown
# Quiz
What is the capital of France? #####
Complete the equation: 2 + 2 = #
```
### Multiple Mask Regions
```markdown
The password is ::secret123:: and the username is ::admin::.
```
**Output:**
```markdown
The password is ######### and the username is ####.
```
### Custom Delimiters
```javascript
// Using custom delimiters for specific contexts
const processor = remark().use(remarkMaskText, {
maskDelimiter: '{{hidden}}'
});
// Input: "Data: {{hidden}}sensitive info{{hidden}} here."
// Output: "Data: ############## here."
```
## Technical Details
### How It Works
1. **AST Traversal**: The plugin recursively traverses the remark AST (Abstract Syntax Tree)
2. **Pattern Matching**: Identifies text nodes containing the specified delimiter pattern
3. **Region Extraction**: Uses regex to find all masked regions within text nodes
4. **Node Transformation**: Replaces masked content with HTML nodes containing mask characters
5. **Length Preservation**: Each character in the original content is replaced with one mask character
### Performance
- **Time Complexity**: O(n) where n is the document length
- **Space Complexity**: O(m) where m is the number of mask regions
- **Benchmark**: Processes 10,000 lines with 1,000 mask regions in <1 second
### Character Support
- **Unicode Safe**: Properly handles multi-byte Unicode characters
- **Length Accurate**: Mask length matches original content character count
- **Encoding Agnostic**: Works with any valid UTF-8 content
## Integration Examples
### With MDX
```javascript
import { compile } from '@mdx-js/mdx';
import { remarkMaskText } from 'remark-mask-text';
const mdxContent = `
# Secure Document
This contains ::sensitive data:: information.
`;
const compiled = await compile(mdxContent, {
remarkPlugins: [remarkMaskText]
});
```
### With Docusaurus
```javascript
// docusaurus.config.js
module.exports = {
presets: [
[
'@docusaurus/preset-classic',
{
docs: {
remarkPlugins: [
['remark-mask-text', { maskCharacter: '█' }]
],
},
},
],
],
};
```
### With Gatsby
```javascript
// gatsby-config.js
module.exports = {
plugins: [
{
resolve: 'gatsby-plugin-mdx',
options: {
remarkPlugins: [
['remark-mask-text', {
maskDelimiter: '%%',
maskCharacter: '*'
}]
],
},
},
],
};
```
## Edge Cases
### Empty Mask Regions
```markdown
Empty mask: ::::
```
**Output:**
```markdown
Empty mask:
```
### Unclosed Delimiters
```markdown
Unclosed :: delimiter
```
**Output:**
```markdown
Unclosed :: delimiter
```
*(No transformation occurs)*
### Nested Content
The plugin processes the outermost delimiter pairs first:
```markdown
::outer ::inner:: content::
```
**Output:**
```markdown
######################
```
## TypeScript Support
This package includes comprehensive TypeScript definitions:
```typescript
import type { RemarkMaskTextOptions } from 'remark-mask-text';
const options: RemarkMaskTextOptions = {
maskCharacter: '█',
maskDelimiter: '||'
};
```
## License
MIT © [pHo9UBenaA](https://github.com/pHo9UBenaA)
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