showdown/src/subParsers/metadata.js

A Markdown to HTML converter written in Javascript

/**
 * Parse metadata at the top of the document
 */
showdown.subParser('metadata', function (text, options, globals) {
  'use strict';

  if (!options.metadata) {
    return text;
  }

  text = globals.converter._dispatch('metadata.before', text, options, globals);

  function parseMetadataContents (content) {
    // raw is raw so it's not changed in any way
    globals.metadata.raw = content;

    // escape chars forbidden in html attributes
    // double quotes
    content = content
      // ampersand first
      .replace(/&/g, '&')
      // double quotes
      .replace(/"/g, '"');

    content = content.replace(/\n {4}/g, ' ');
    content.replace(/^([\S ]+): +([\s\S]+?)$/gm, function (wm, key, value) {
      globals.metadata.parsed[key] = value;
      return '';
    });
  }

  text = text.replace(/^\s*«««+(\S*?)\n([\s\S]+?)\n»»»+\n/, function (wholematch, format, content) {
    parseMetadataContents(content);
    return '¨M';
  });

  text = text.replace(/^\s*---+(\S*?)\n([\s\S]+?)\n---+\n/, function (wholematch, format, content) {
    if (format) {
      globals.metadata.format = format;
    }
    parseMetadataContents(content);
    return '¨M';
  });

  text = text.replace(/¨M/g, '');

  text = globals.converter._dispatch('metadata.after', text, options, globals);
  return text;
});