joemcbride / html-to-markdown

Basic utility to convert html to markdown

Utility to convert html files to markdown files

This is a basic utility to convert some html content to markdown files. It attempts to download images and save them locally. The new markdown file and any images are saved to a folder in the ./output directory.

yarn install
yarn start ./files/1-basic-config-actions-conventions.html

Add additional html converters to converters.js for missed tags.

const preConverter = {
  filter: 'pre',
  replacement: (content)=> {
    return '\n```\n' + content + '\n```\n'
  }
}

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Orignal purpose of this utility is to download documentation from codeplex.

Steps to use

1. Browse to wiki page
2. Use Chrome Dev Tools Elements tab to find the wikidoc div
3. Use Copy-> Copy element and past resulting html in a file
4. Run utility on new file
5. Compare rendered markdown to wiki page