showdown-twitter
v1.1.0
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Twitter extension for showdown
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Showdown's Twitter Extension
Twitter extension for showdown
Adds support for:
@username -> <a href="http://twitter.com/username">@username</a>
#hashtag -> <a href="http://twitter.com/search/%23hashtag">#hashtag</a>
Installation
With npm
npm install showdown-twitter
With bower
bower install showdown-twitter
Manual
You can also download the latest release zip or tarball and include it in your webpage, after showdown:
<script src="showdown.min.js">
<script src="showdown-twitter.min.js">
Enabling the extension
After including the extension in your application, you just need to enable it in showdown.
var converter = new showdown.Converter({extensions: ['twitter']});
Example
var converter = new showdown.Converter({extensions: ['twitter']}),
input = 'This is a tweet from @showdownjs with the hashtag #showdownRules',
html = converter.makeHtml(input);
console.log(html);
This should output:
<p>This is a tweet from <a href="http://twitter.com/showdownjs">@showdownjs</a> with the hashtag <a href="http://twitter.com/search/%23showdownRules">#showdownRules</a></p>
License
These files are distributed under BSD license. For more information, please check the LICENSE file in the source code.