#!usr/bin/python """ Meta Data Extension for Python-Markdown ======================================= This extension adds Meta Data handling to markdown. Basic Usage: >>> import markdown >>> text = '''Title: A Test Doc. ... Author: Waylan Limberg ... John Doe ... Blank_Data: ... ... The body. This is paragraph one. ... ''' >>> md = markdown.Markdown(['meta']) >>> md.convert(text) u'

The body. This is paragraph one.

' >>> md.Meta {u'blank_data': [u''], u'author': [u'Waylan Limberg', u'John Doe'], u'title': [u'A Test Doc.']} Make sure text without Meta Data still works (markdown < 1.6b returns a

). >>> text = ' Some Code - not extra lines of meta data.' >>> md = markdown.Markdown(['meta']) >>> md.convert(text) u'

Some Code - not extra lines of meta data.\\n
' >>> md.Meta {} Copyright 2007-2008 [Waylan Limberg](http://achinghead.com). Project website: Contact: markdown@freewisdom.org License: BSD (see ../docs/LICENSE for details) """ import markdown, re # Global Vars META_RE = re.compile(r'^[ ]{0,3}(?P[A-Za-z0-9_-]+):\s*(?P.*)') META_MORE_RE = re.compile(r'^[ ]{4,}(?P.*)') class MetaExtension (markdown.Extension): """ Meta-Data extension for Python-Markdown. """ def extendMarkdown(self, md, md_globals): """ Add MetaPreprocessor to Markdown instance. """ md.preprocessors.add("meta", MetaPreprocessor(md), "_begin") class MetaPreprocessor(markdown.preprocessors.Preprocessor): """ Get Meta-Data. """ def run(self, lines): """ Parse Meta-Data and store in Markdown.Meta. """ meta = {} key = None while 1: line = lines.pop(0) if line.strip() == '': break # blank line - done m1 = META_RE.match(line) if m1: key = m1.group('key').lower().strip() meta[key] = [m1.group('value').strip()] else: m2 = META_MORE_RE.match(line) if m2 and key: # Add another line to existing key meta[key].append(m2.group('value').strip()) else: lines.insert(0, line) break # no meta data - done self.markdown.Meta = meta return lines def makeExtension(configs={}): return MetaExtension(configs=configs) if __name__ == "__main__": import doctest doctest.testmod()