ext/markdown.py
author Adrien Di Mascio <Adrien.DiMascio@logilab.fr>
Tue, 16 Jun 2015 18:01:58 +0200
changeset 10390 0bbd211cf4d7
parent 10012 8c2c6fdd8d56
permissions -rw-r--r--
[views] implement a custom json error view If the client asked for ``(e)jsonexport`` view, answer him with a json response rather than an error formatted in a big HTML blob. add a custom _requested_vid predicate. In cw 3.21, it will be deprecated in favor of ``match_form_params(vid=('jsonexport', 'ejsonexport'))``

from __future__ import absolute_import
import markdown

import logging

log = logging.getLogger(__name__)


def markdown_publish(context, data):
    """publish a string formatted as MarkDown Text to HTML

    :type context: a cubicweb application object

    :type data: str
    :param data: some MarkDown text

    :rtype: unicode
    :return:
      the data formatted as HTML or the original data if an error occurred
    """
    md = markdown.Markdown()
    try:
        return md.convert(data)
    except:
        import traceback; traceback.print_exc()
        log.exception("Error while converting Markdown to HTML")
        return data