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tim-gromeyer / html2md

Transform your HTML into clean, easy-to-read markdown with html2md.
https://tim-gromeyer.github.io/html2md/
MIT License
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html2md

Transform your HTML into clean, easy-to-read markdown with html2md

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What does it do

html2md is a fast and reliable C++ library for converting HTML content into markdown. It offers support for a wide range of HTML tags, including those for formatting text, creating lists, and inserting images and links. In addition, html2md is the only HTML to markdown converter that offers support for table formatting, making it a valuable tool for users who need to convert HTML tables into markdown.

How to use this library

CMake

Install html2md. Use eighter the prebild packages from GitHub releases or build and install it yourself.

Afterwards:

find_package(html2md)
target_link_library(your_target PRIVATE html2md)

Manually

To use html2md, follow these steps:

  1. Clone the library: git clone https://github.com/tim-gromeyer/html2md
  2. Add the files include/html2md.h and src/html2md.cpp to your project
  3. Include the html2md.h header in your code
  4. Use the html2md::Convert function to convert your HTML content into markdown

Here is an example of how to use the html2md::Convert function:

#include <html2md.h>

//...

std::cout << html2md::Convert("<h1>foo</h1>"); // # foo

Supported Tags

html2md supports the following HTML tags:

Tag Description Comment
a Anchor or link Supports the href, name and title attributes.
b Bold
blockquote Indented paragraph
br Line break
cite Inline citation Same as i.
code Code
dd Definition data
del Strikethrough
dfn Definition Same as i.
div Document division
em Emphasized Same as i.
h1 Level 1 heading
h2 Level 2 heading
h3 Level 3 heading
h4 Level 4 heading
h5 Level 5 heading
h6 Level 6 heading
head Document header Ignored.
hr Horizontal line
i Italic
img Image Supports src, alt, title attributes.
li List item
meta Meta-information Ignored.
ol Ordered list
p Paragraph
pre Preformatted text Works only with code.
s Strikethrough Same as del.
span Grouped elements Does nothing.
strong Strong Same as b.
table Table Tables are formatted!
tbody Table body Does nothing.
td Table data cell Uses align from th.
tfoot Table footer Does nothing.
th Table header cell Supports the align attribute.
thead Table header Does nothing.
title Document title Same as h1.
tr Table row
u Underlined Uses HTML.
ul Unordered list

Bindings

Requirements

  1. A compiler with c++11 support like g++>=9

That's all!

License

html2md is licensed under The MIT License (MIT)