safe-marked

safe-marked

Convert Markdown to HTML using marked and DOMPurify.

Motivation

marked does not sanitized by default. Also, marked will remove sanitize option in the future.

We want to get safe and easy library that convert Markdown to HTML.

Features

• Convert Markdown to HTML using marked
• Safe by default
  • The output is sanitized by DOMPurify
• Type Safe by default
  • This library is written by TypeScript
• Work on Browser and Node.js

Size

  package           size      minified  gzipped
  safe-marked       90.15 KB  39.36 KB  13.82 KB (browser bundle size)
  marked@0.7.0      45.05 KB  23.87 KB  7.87 KB
  dompurify@1.0.11  45.21 KB  15.3 KB   5.99 KB
  
  # Other Markdown library  
  markdown-it@9.0.0  325.52 KB  92.69 KB  32.77 KB
  showdown@1.9.0     157.28 KB  71.06 KB  23.55 KB

Install

Install with npm:

npm install safe-marked

Usage

import { createMarkdown } from "safe-marked";
const markdown = createMarkdown();
const html = markdown(`# Header

This is [CommonMark](https://commonmark.org/) text.
`);
console.log(html); 
/* <h1 id="header">Header</h1>
   <p>This is <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a> text.</p>
*/

The output is sanitized by default.

import { createMarkdown } from "safe-marked";
const markdown = createMarkdown();
const html = markdown(`<script>alert(1)</script>
<iframe src="https://example.com"></iframe>

This is [XSS](javascript:alert(1))`);
// sanitized by default
assert.strictEqual(html, `

<p>This is <a>XSS</a></p>
`);

Options

You can pass options for these library.

• marked: See marked's options
  • onInit(marked: Marked): unknown: You can use onInit to customize marked instance.
  • It is useful to add a plugin to marked.
• dompurify: See DOMPurify's options

An example for options:

import { createMarkdown } from "safe-marked";
import { gfmHeadingId } from "marked-gfm-heading-id";
const markdown = createMarkdown({
    marked: {
        // Add plugin to marked
        onInit(marked) {
            // add plugin
            marked.use(gfmHeadingId());
        },
        // same options for https://marked.js.org/#/USING_ADVANCED.md
        gfm: false
    },
    // same options for https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify
    dompurify: {
        ADD_TAGS: ["iframe"]
    }
});
const html = markdown(`# Header

<iframe src="https://example.com"></iframe>
This is [CommonMark](https://commonmark.org/) text.
`);
assert.strictEqual(html, `<h1>Header</h1>
<iframe src="https://example.com"></iframe>
This is [CommonMark](https://commonmark.org/) text.
`);

FAQ

Does safe-marked always include jsdom?

No. safe-marked has two type of entry point.

• Node.js
• Browser

Browser entrypoint does not includes jsdom. (just use marked + dompurify)

• Automatically include jsdom? · Issue #5 · azu/safe-marked

Browser demo: https://stackblitz.com/edit/js-pquqgx?file=index.js,package.json

Changelog

See Releases page.

Running tests

Install devDependencies and Run npm test:

npm test

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome.

For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

• Fork it!
• Create your feature branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature
• Commit your changes: git commit -am 'Add some feature'
• Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature
• Submit a pull request :D

License

MIT © azu