strip-markdown

remark plugin to remove markdown formatting. This essentially removes everything but paragraphs and text.

This is one of the first remark plugins, before prefixing with remark- got cool.

Contents

• What is this?
• When should I use this?
• Install
• Use
• API
  • unified().use(stripMarkdown[, options])
  • Handler
  • Options
• Types
• Compatibility
• Security
• Contribute
• License

What is this?

This package is a unified (remark) plugin to remove most nodes so as to just leave text.

When should I use this?

You can use this if you want to ignore the syntax of markdown.

Install

This package is ESM only. In Node.js (version 16+), install with npm:

npm install strip-markdown

In Deno with esm.sh:

import stripMarkdown from 'https://esm.sh/strip-markdown@6'

In browsers with esm.sh:

<script type="module">
  import stripMarkdown from 'https://esm.sh/strip-markdown@6?bundle'
</script>

Use

import {remark} from 'remark'
import strip from 'strip-markdown'

const file = await remark()
  .use(strip)
  .process('Some *emphasis*, **importance**, and `code`.')

console.log(String(file))

Yields:

Some emphasis, importance, and code.

API

This package exports no identifiers. The default export is stripMarkdown.

unified().use(stripMarkdown[, options])

Remove markdown formatting.

• remove code, html, horizontalRule, table, toml, yaml, and their content
• render everything else as simple paragraphs without formatting
• uses alt text for images

Parameters

• option (Options, optional) — configuration

Returns

Transform (Transformer).

Handler

Transform a node (TypeScript type).

Parameters

• node (Node) — node

Returns

Result (Array<Node> or Node).

Options

Configuration (TypeScript type).

Fields

• keep (Array<string>, optional) — list of node types to leave unchanged
• remove (Array<[string, Handler] | string>, optional) — list of node types to remove (or replace, with handlers)

Types

This package is fully typed with TypeScript. It exports the additional types Handler and Options.

Compatibility

Projects maintained by the unified collective are compatible with maintained versions of Node.js.

When we cut a new major release, we drop support for unmaintained versions of Node. This means we try to keep the current release line, strip-markdown@6, compatible with Node.js 16.

Security

Use of strip-markdown does not involve rehype (hast) or user content so there are no openings for cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

Contribute

See contributing.md in remarkjs/.github for ways to get started. See support.md for ways to get help.

This project has a code of conduct. By interacting with this repository, organization, or community you agree to abide by its terms.

License

MIT © Titus Wormer