Embed

Embed external content in your Markdown.

Install

pnpm

pnpm add @mdit/plugin-embed

yarn

yarn add @mdit/plugin-embed

npm

npm i @mdit/plugin-embed

Usage

import MarkdownIt from "markdown-it";
import { embed } from "@mdit/plugin-embed";

const md = MarkdownIt().use(embed, {
  config: [
    {
      name: "youtube",
      setup: (id: string) =>
        `<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/${id}" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>`,
    },
    {
      name: "icon",
      allowInline: true,
      setup: (name: string) => `<i class="icon icon-${name}"></i>`,
    },
  ],
});

const MarkdownIt = require("markdown-it");
const { embed } = require("@mdit/plugin-embed");

const md = MarkdownIt().use(embed, {
  config: [
    {
      name: "youtube",
      setup: (id) =>
        `<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/${id}" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>`,
    },
    {
      name: "icon",
      allowInline: true,
      setup: (name) => `<i class="icon icon-${name}"></i>`,
    },
  ],
});

Syntax

The plugin parses embed syntax in the format:

{% name params %}

Where:

name is the embed type identifier
params are the parameters passed to the setup function

Escaping

To escape the embed syntax, use a backslash before the opening/closing brace:

\{% name params %}

You can also escape these markers in contents:

\{% name params-containing-\{%value%\} %}

Examples

With usage example, the following embeds are supported:

Input:

{% youtube dQw4w9WgXcQ %}

Output:

<iframe
  width="560"
  height="315"
  src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dQw4w9WgXcQ"
  frameborder="0"
  allowfullscreen
></iframe>

Input:

Click the {% icon home %} button to go home.

Output:

Click the <i class="icon icon-home"></i> button to go home.

Options

config

Type: EmbedConfig[]
Default: []

An array of embed configurations.

interface EmbedConfig {
  /**
   * Embed token name
   */
  name: string;

  /**
   * Setup function to generate embed HTML
   */
  setup: (params: string) => string;

  /**
   * Whether the embed can be used inline
   * @default false
   */
  allowInline?: boolean;
}

Each configuration must have:

name: The token name used in the embed syntax
setup: A function that takes the parameters and returns the HTML string to embed
allowInline: Optional, whether the embed can be used inline (defaults to false, block-level only)