Mdx Linkify

This extension for Python Markdown will convert text that look like links to HTML anchors.

There's an alternative package that serves the same purpose called markdown-urlize. The main difference is that mdx_linkify is utilizing the excellent bleach for searching links in text. 👏

Usage

Minimal Example

from markdown import markdown

markdown("minimal http://example.org/", extensions=["mdx_linkify"])
# Returns '<p>minimal <a href="http://example.org/">http://example.org/</a></p>'

Installation

The project is on PyPI!

pip install mdx_linkify

If you want the bleeding-edge version (this includes unreleased-to-PyPI code), you can always grab the master branch directly from Git.

pip install git+git://github.com/daGrevis/mdx_linkify.git

Configuring Linker

To configure used Linker instance, use linker_options parameter. It will be passed to bleach.linkifier.Linker unchanged.

Example: Parse Emails

from mdx_linkify.mdx_linkify import LinkifyExtension
from markdown import Markdown

md = Markdown(
    extensions=[LinkifyExtension(linker_options={"parse_email": True})],
)

assert md.convert('contact@example.com') == '<p><a href="mailto:contact@example.com">contact@example.com</a></p>'

Example: Custom TLDs

from mdx_linkify.mdx_linkify import LinkifyExtension
from bleach.linkifier import build_url_re
from markdown import Markdown

md = Markdown(
    extensions=[LinkifyExtension(linker_options={"url_re": build_url_re(["custom", "custom2"])})],
)

assert md.convert('linked.custom') == '<p><a href="http://linked.custom" rel="nofollow">linked.custom</a></p>'

Example: Ignoring TLDs

from mdx_linkify.mdx_linkify import LinkifyExtension
from markdown import Markdown

def dont_linkify_net_tld(attrs, new=False):
    if attrs["_text"].endswith(".net"):
        return None

    return attrs

md = Markdown(
    extensions=[LinkifyExtension(linker_options={"callbacks": [dont_linkify_net_tld]})],
)

assert md.convert("not-linked.net") == '<p>not-linked.net</p>'

Development

git clone git@github.com:daGrevis/mdx_linkify.git
virtualenv mdx_linkify/
cd mdx_linkify/
source bin/activate
python setup.py install
python setup.py test

Pull requests are much welcome! 👍

Releasing

(more like a cheatsheet for me actually)

• Change version in setup.py,
• Commit and tag it,
• Push it (including tag),
• Run python setup.py register && python setup.py sdist upload;