Usage examples

Simple

Node.js:

import MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it'
const md = new MarkdownIt()
const result = md.render('# markdown-it rulezz!');

Browser with UMD build, added to window on script load:

// Note, there is no dash in "markdownit".
const md = new window.markdownit();
const result = md.render('# markdown-it rulezz!');

Single line rendering, without paragraph wrap:

import MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it'
const md = new MarkdownIt()
const result = md.renderInline('__markdown-it__ rulezz!');

Init with presets and options

(*) presets define combinations of active rules and options. Can be "commonmark", "zero" or "default" (if skipped). See API docs for more details.

CommonMark mode:

import MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it'
const md = new MarkdownIt('commonmark')

Default mode:

import MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it'
const md = new MarkdownIt()

Enable everything:

import MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it'
const md = new MarkdownIt({
  html: true,
  linkify: true,
  typographer: true
})

See MarkdownItOptions for the full options list.

Plugins load

import MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it'
import markdownItAbbr from 'markdown-it-abbr'
import markdownItContainer from 'markdown-it-container'
import markdownItFootnote from 'markdown-it-footnote'

const md = new MarkdownIt()
  .use(markdownItAbbr)
  .use(markdownItContainer, 'warning')
  .use(markdownItFootnote)

Syntax highlighting

Apply syntax highlighting to fenced code blocks with the highlight option:

import MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it'
import hljs from 'highlight.js' // https://highlightjs.org

const md = new MarkdownIt({
  highlight: function (str, lang) {
    if (lang && hljs.getLanguage(lang)) {
      try {
        return hljs.highlight(str, { language: lang }).value
      } catch (__) {}
    }

    return '' // use external default escaping
  }
});

Or with full wrapper override (if you need assign class to <pre> or <code>):

import MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it'
import hljs from 'highlight.js' // https://highlightjs.org

const md = new MarkdownIt({
  highlight: function (str, lang) {
    if (lang && hljs.getLanguage(lang)) {
      try {
        return `<pre><code class="hljs">${hljs.highlight(str,
          { language: lang, ignoreIllegals: true }).value}</code></pre>`
      } catch (__) {}
    }

    return `<pre><code class="hljs">${md.utils.escapeHtml(str)}</code></pre>`
  }
});

Linkify

linkify: true uses linkify-it. To configure linkify-it, access the linkify instance through md.linkify:

import MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it'

const md = new MarkdownIt({ linkify: true })
md.linkify.set({ fuzzyEmail: false }) // disables converting email to link