html2md

Table of Contents

• What does it do
• How to use this library
  • CMake
  • Manually
• Supported Tags
• Bindings
• Requirements
• License

What does it do

html2md is a fast and reliable C++ library for converting HTML content into markdown. It offers support for a wide range of HTML tags, including those for formatting text, creating lists, and inserting images and links. In addition, html2md is the only HTML to markdown converter that offers support for table formatting, making it a valuable tool for users who need to convert HTML tables into markdown.

How to use this library

CMake

Install html2md. Either use the pre-built packages found on GitHub releases or build and install it yourself.

Afterwards:

find_package(html2md)
target_link_library(your_target PRIVATE html2md)

Manually

To use html2md, follow these steps:

1. Clone the library: git clone https://github.com/tim-gromeyer/html2md
2. Add the files include/html2md.h and src/html2md.cpp to your project
3. Include the html2md.h header in your code
4. Use the html2md::Convert function to convert your HTML content into markdown

Here is an example of how to use the html2md::Convert function:

#include <html2md.h>
 
//...
 
std::cout << html2md::Convert("<h1>foo</h1>"); // # foo

Supported Tags

html2md supports the following HTML tags:

Tag	Description	Comment
a	Anchor or link	Supports the href and name attributes.
b	Bold
blockquote	Indented paragraph
br	Line break
cite	Inline citation	Same as i.
code	Code
dd	Definition data
del	Strikethrough
dfn	Definition	Same as i.
div	Document division
em	Emphasized	Same as i.
h1	Level 1 heading
h2	Level 2 heading
h3	Level 3 heading
h4	Level 4 heading
h5	Level 5 heading
h6	Level 6 heading
head	Document header	Ignored.
hr	Horizontal line
i	Italic
img	Image	Supports the src and alt attributes.
li	List item
meta	Meta-information	Ignored.
ol	Ordered list	Don't use other lists in this list.
p	Paragraph
pre	Preformatted text	Works only with code.
s	Strikethrough	Same as del.
span	Grouped elements
strong	Strong	Same as b.
table	Table
td	Table data cell	Uses align from th.
th	Table header cell	Supports the align attribute.
title	Document title	Same as h1.
tr	Table row
u	Underlined	Uses HTML.
ul	Unordered list

Bindings

• Python

Requirements

1. A compiler with c++11 support like g++>=9

That's all!

License

html2md is licensed under The MIT License (MIT)