html2markdown

A Node.js tool to download HTML from URLs and convert it to Markdown format.

Features

• Download HTML content from any URL
• Convert HTML to clean Markdown format
• Automatically removes script tags and their contents
• Customizable output filename
• Can be used as a CLI tool or as a module

Installation

npm install -g @lerypapa/html2markdown
# or
yarn global add @lerypapa/html2markdown

Usage

As a CLI tool

Basic usage (auto-generated filename):

html2md https://example.com

Specify output filename:

html2md https://example.com output.md

The first command will:

1. Download the HTML from the URL
2. Convert it to Markdown
3. Save it to an auto-generated file (e.g., example-com-20231024123456.md)
4. Print the filename where the Markdown was saved

The second command will save the output to the specified file (output.md).

As a Module

Basic usage (auto-generated filename):

const html2markdown = require('@lerypapa/html2markdown');

html2markdown('https://example.com')
    .then(markdown => {
        console.log('Conversion complete!');
    })
    .catch(error => {
        console.error('Error:', error.message);
    });

Specify output filename:

html2markdown('https://example.com', 'output.md')
    .then(markdown => {
        console.log('Conversion complete!');
    })
    .catch(error => {
        console.error('Error:', error.message);
    });

License

MIT