Mdx Linkify

This extension for Python Markdown will convert text that look like links to HTML anchors.

There's an alternative package that serves the same purpose called markdown-urlize. The main difference is that mdx_linkify is utilizing the excellent bleach for searching links in text. 👏

Usage

Minimal Example

from markdown import markdown

markdown("minimal http://example.org/", extensions=["mdx_linkify"])
# Returns '<p>minimal <a href="http://example.org/">http://example.org/</a></p>'

Linkify Callbacks

It's possible to omit links that match your custom filter with linkify callbacks.

For example, to omit links that end with .txt extension:

from mdx_linkify.mdx_linkify import LinkifyExtension
from markdown import Markdown

def dont_linkify_txt_extension(attrs, new=False):
    if attrs["_text"].endswith(".txt"):
        return None

    return attrs

md = Markdown(
    extensions=[LinkifyExtension()],
    extension_configs={
        "linkify": {
            "linkify_callbacks": [[dont_linkify_txt_extension], ""]
        }
    }
)

assert md.convert("not_link.txt"), '<p>not_link.txt</p>'

expected = md.convert("example.com")
actual = '<p><a href="http://example.com">example.com</a></p>'
assert expected == actual

Installation

The project is on PyPI!

pip install mdx_linkify

If you want the bleeding-edge version (this includes unreleased-to-PyPI code), you can always grab the master branch directly from Git.

pip install git+git://github.com/daGrevis/mdx_linkify.git

Development

git clone git@github.com:daGrevis/mdx_linkify.git
virtualenv mdx_linkify/
cd mdx_linkify/
source bin/activate
python setup.py install
python setup.py test

Pull requests are much welcome! 👍

Releasing

(more like a cheatsheet for me actually)

• Change version in setup.py,
• Commit and tag it,
• Push it (including tag),
• Run python setup.py register && python setup.py sdist upload;