dtesler / medium-to-markdown

Converts Medium posts to markdown.
MIT License
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converter markdown medium

Medium to markdown

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This module lets you take a medium post and convert it to markdown.

Command Line Usage

Setup:

  1. Install npm if not already installed
  2. Clone the repo
  3. run npm install inside the repo

Outputting to command line:

npm run convert https://medium.com/@almenon214/keeping-yourself-motivated-as-a-coder-a16a6fcf49c7

Replace the link with the article you want to convert.

Outputting to file:

npm run convert https://medium.com/@almenon214/keeping-yourself-motivated-as-a-coder-a16a6fcf49c7 > exampleOutput.md

Replace the link with the article you want to convert.

What does the output look like?

See examples/exampleOutput.md for an example of what https://medium.com/@almenon214/keeping-yourself-motivated-as-a-coder-a16a6fcf49c7 looks like when converted to markdown.

API Usage

Currently, the module supports getting the markdown from a medium post by URL.

const mediumToMarkdown = require('medium-to-markdown');

mediumToMarkdown.convertFromUrl('<medium post url>')
.then(function (markdown) {
  console.log(markdown); //=> Markdown content of medium post
});