json2markup
v1.0.0
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Converts JSON into formatted markup. Creates nested ordered and unordered lists in either HTML or Markdown. Has an extremely simple API with optional HTML sanitization.
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json2markup
Converts JSON into formatted markup. Creates nested ordered and unordered lists in either HTML or Markdown. Has an extremely simple API with optional HTML sanitization. Arrays are interpreted as ordered lists and objects are interpreted as unordered lists.
Usage
const json2markup = require('json2markup');json2markup(objectToConvert, config)
objectToConvert required (string, object, or array): Strings are interpreted as JSON and parsed, objects and arrays are interpreted literally
config optional (object): Configuration properties
return('html'or'markdown', default'html'): Output file typesanitize(boolean): Sanitize HTML?
Returns (string): HTML or Markdown string
Examples
example.json
{
"unordered lists are created from objects": {
"foo": true,
"bar": false
},
"ordered lists are created from arrays": [
"this is an example",
{
"nested": true,
"more nesting": [
true,
[
"even",
{
"more": "and",
"even": "more"
}
]
]
},
"another element"
]
}example.js
const json2markup = require('json2markup');
const fs = require('fs')
let myJSON = fs.readFileSync('example.json', 'utf8')
json2markup(myJSON, {return: 'markdown'})Returns:
- unordered lists are created from objects:
- foo: true
- bar: false
- ordered lists are created from arrays:
- this is an example
- nested: true
- more nesting:
- true
- even
- more: and
- even: more
- another element
Or with HTML:
json2markup(myJSON)Returns:
<ul><li>unordered lists are created from objects: <ul><li>foo: true</li><li>bar: false</li></ul></li><li>ordered lists are created from arrays: <ol><li>this is an example</li><li><ul><li>nested: true</li><li>more nesting: <ol><li>true</li><li><ol><li>even</li><li><ul><li>more: and</li><li>even: more</li></ul></li></ol></li></ol></li></ul></li><li>another element</li></ol></li></ul>You can also pass JavaScript objects and arrays, and sanitize HTML
const obj = {
one: ['foo', 'bar', 'baz'],
two: "don't mind<body onafterprint=alert(1)> me!"
}
json2markup(obj, {return: 'markdown', sanitize: true})Returns:
- one:
- foo
- bar
- baz
- two: don't mind me!