Conversion between Markdown and HTML

[John Kouraklis 94]

Hi people,

 

I need to convert markdown text to HTML and vice versa. I tried to find a component or some code but was unable to locate any. There is a number of online converters and I was hoping they had API available but, again, I haven't found anything.

 

So, what would help are

 

1. Delphi component---ideally FMX but on Windows is just fine for now

 

2. Cloud service with API (free mostly)

 

3. EXE files that I could run from within my app

 

Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

Thanks.

Edited December 23, 2022 by John Kouraklis

[programmerdelphi2k 237]

did you know?  (I dont use it)

https://convertio.co/document-converter/

https://developers.convertio.co/

[John Kouraklis 94]

Hi, yes. I've seen this. I don't think it supports .md files and it is not free.

 

[Fred Ahrens 59]

If you want to convert .md files, you are looking for a "Markdown" converter - not "Markup".

The source code at https://github.com/grahamegrieve/delphi-markdown might be exactly what you are looking for.

[Alexander Sviridenkov 360]

Your HCL version has MD to HTML converter in htmarkdown unit, please use

MD := TMDParser.Create(..);

s := MD.Render;

 

There is also THtMardown panel which displays MD placed to HTML property.

 

IDE from version 11.2 uses this component for MD files and code hints.

[John Kouraklis 94]

8 hours ago, Fred Ahrens said:

If you want to convert .md files, you are looking for a "Markdown" converter - not "Markup".

The source code at https://github.com/grahamegrieve/delphi-markdown might be exactly what you are looking for.

Yes, that's right. I corrected the post.

 

Thanks I will have a look at the link.

[John Kouraklis 94]

4 hours ago, Alexander Sviridenkov said:

Your HCL version has MD to HTML converter in htmarkdown unit, please use

MD := TMDParser.Create(..);

s := MD.Render;

 

There is also THtMardown panel which displays MD placed to HTML property.

 

IDE from version 11.2 uses this component for MD files and code hints.

Ah, thanks Alex. I will check.

 

Do you also have a converter from HTML to MD?

[Alexander Sviridenkov 360]

17 minutes ago, John Kouraklis said:

Ah, thanks Alex. I will check.

 

Do you also have a converter from HTML to MD? 

No, it general case this is not possible, only for very limited set of tags,.

[Fred Ahrens 59]

For HTML to MD conversion (and from/to other formats) have a look at https://pandoc.org/

 

[Carlo Barazzetta 116]

Here you can see a full project to convert MarkDown to HTML (but not the inverse process):

https://github.com/EtheaDev/MarkdownShellExtensions