#!/usr/bin/env Python """ Tables Extension for Python-Markdown ==================================== Added parsing of tables to Python-Markdown. A simple example: First Header | Second Header ------------- | ------------- Content Cell | Content Cell Content Cell | Content Cell Copyright 2009 - [Waylan Limberg](http://achinghead.com) """ import markdown from markdown import etree class TableProcessor(markdown.blockprocessors.BlockProcessor): """ Process Tables. """ def test(self, parent, block): rows = block.split('\n') return (len(rows) > 2 and '|' in rows[0] and '|' in rows[1] and '-' in rows[1] and rows[1][0] in ['|', ':', '-']) def run(self, parent, blocks): """ Parse a table block and build table. """ block = blocks.pop(0).split('\n') header = block[:2] rows = block[2:] # Get format type (bordered by pipes or not) border = False if header[0].startswith('|'): border = True # Get alignment of columns align = [] for c in self._split_row(header[1], border): if c.startswith(':') and c.endswith(':'): align.append('center') elif c.startswith(':'): align.append('left') elif c.endswith(':'): align.append('right') else: align.append(None) # Build table table = etree.SubElement(parent, 'table') thead = etree.SubElement(table, 'thead') self._build_row(header[0], thead, align, border) tbody = etree.SubElement(table, 'tbody') for row in rows: self._build_row(row, tbody, align, border) def _build_row(self, row, parent, align, border): """ Given a row of text, build table cells. """ tr = etree.SubElement(parent, 'tr') tag = 'td' if parent.tag == 'thead': tag = 'th' cells = self._split_row(row, border) # We use align here rather than cells to ensure every row # contains the same number of columns. for i, a in enumerate(align): c = etree.SubElement(tr, tag) try: c.text = cells[i].strip() except IndexError: c.text = "" if a: c.set('align', a) def _split_row(self, row, border): """ split a row of text into list of cells. """ if border: if row.startswith('|'): row = row[1:] if row.endswith('|'): row = row[:-1] return row.split('|') class TableExtension(markdown.Extension): """ Add tables to Markdown. """ def extendMarkdown(self, md, md_globals): """ Add an instance of TableProcessor to BlockParser. """ md.parser.blockprocessors.add('table', TableProcessor(md.parser), '