Re: [Python-markdown-discuss] Use case Question

Dave,

My goal is to convert Markdown into a custom JSON schema.   For example, if
I had a file of:

# Prerequisites
prereq.md
prereq-2.md

# Do stuff here

```shell
echo foo
echo bar
```
# Do more stuff here
```shell
echo baz
```
# Results
The only thing that makes it a result is the code type is result.
We assume the result is for the last command of the last code block
```result
baz
```


An expected output from parsing the input doc would be:
{
            'prerequisites': ['prereq.md', 'prereq-2.md'],
            'commands': [
                { 'command': 'echo foo' },
                { 'command': 'echo bar' },
                { 'command': 'echo baz', 'expected_result': 'baz' } ]
}


Essentially, it takes everything inside the code block and creates a list
of commands to run.  (Some of the commands would have results to compare
against.  For example, "echo baz" should see a result of "baz").
Prerequisites are other files that it should run before the commands.

My goal is to parse a markdown file and create a JSON document that
contains the list of commands to execute, prerequisite files, etc.

 Am I going down the right path with building my own extension? If so, any
pointers?



On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 12:17 PM Dave Pawson <dav...@gm...> wrote:

> Which input / which output is not exactly clear - no ID values in Python?
>
> General answer though. md has both block and inline constructs
> so it would seem to meet json needs?
>
> Perhaps try it as an extension first? one block, one inline
> and see how easy it is to work?
>
> I found it very logical.
> YMMV
>
>
> On 20 December 2017 at 17:44, Tommy Falgout <to...@la...>
> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm building a tool to convert markdown into runnable documentation and I
> > came across your project.  I'm currently using Mistune's BlockParser,
> > because I don't want to convert to HTML, instead into a custom JSON
> format.
> >
> > I looked at your documentation for writing an extension; however, I was
> > unsure if this would be the right path for me.  Can you please advise?
> If
> > so, would I want to use a Preprocessor/Postprocessor/InlinePattern/etc.?
> >
> > Here's an example of an input document:
> >
> https://github.com/lastcoolnameleft/simdem2/blob/master/tests/test_parser.py#L25
> >
> > Here's the expected output:
> >
> https://github.com/lastcoolnameleft/simdem2/blob/master/tests/test_parser.py#L57
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Tommy.
> >
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