mdast-util-to-string

What is mdast-util-to-string?

The mdast-util-to-string package is a utility to extract plain text strings from an MDAST (Markdown Abstract Syntax Tree) node. It is commonly used when working with markdown processing or AST manipulation to get the string representation of a node without any markdown syntax.

What are mdast-util-to-string's main functionalities?

Extracting string from MDAST node

This feature allows you to pass an MDAST node to the `toString` function and receive a plain text string in return. It's useful for extracting readable text from markdown content.

const toString = require('mdast-util-to-string');
const mdast = {
  type: 'paragraph',
  children: [{type: 'text', value: 'Hello, world!'}]
};

const text = toString(mdast);
console.log(text); // 'Hello, world!'

Other packages similar to mdast-util-to-string

hast-util-to-text

Similar to mdast-util-to-string, hast-util-to-text is a utility for converting HAST (Hypertext Abstract Syntax Tree) nodes to plain text strings. While mdast-util-to-string works with markdown, hast-util-to-text is used for HTML content.

unist-util-stringify-position

This package is similar in that it also operates on AST nodes, specifically UNIST nodes, to stringify the position of a node. It's different from mdast-util-to-string as it focuses on the position rather than extracting the text content.

remark-stringify

Remark-stringify is part of the remark ecosystem and is used to serialize markdown. It is similar to mdast-util-to-string in that it deals with markdown content, but it focuses on converting the entire MDAST back to a markdown string, rather than extracting plain text.

README

mdast-util-to-string

Get the plain text content of an MDAST node.

Installation

npm:

npm install mdast-util-to-string

Usage

var unified = require('unified');
var parse = require('remark-parse');
var toString = require('mdast-util-to-string');

var tree = unified()
  .use(parse)
  .parse('Some _emphasis_, **importance**, and `code`.');

console.log(toString(tree)); //=> 'Some emphasis, importance, and code.'

API

toString(node)

Get the text content of a node.

The algorithm checks value of node, then alt, and finally title. If no value is found, the algorithm checks the children of node and joins them (without spaces or newlines).

This is not a markdown to plain-text library. Use strip-markdown for that.

Related

• nlcst-to-string — Get text content in NLCST
• hast-util-to-string — Get text content in HAST
• hast-util-from-string — Set text content in HAST

License

MIT © Titus Wormer