meta-shortcodes

Generic shortcodes parser with support of attributes and single/pair tags.

Usage

var should = require("should");
var ShortcodeParser = require("meta-shortcodes");

var parser = ShortcodeParser();

parser.add("test", function(opts, content){
	return content.toUpperCase();
});

parser.add("nested", function(opts, content){

	if(!opts.multiply) return "Missing multiply attribute!";

	var out = [];

	for(var i = 0; i < opts.length; i++)
		out.push(opts[i] * parseFloat(opts.multiply));

	return out.join(" ");

});

var input = "Sample [test]shortcode content [nested multiply=2 2 4/] is upper[/test] case!";
var output = parser.parse(input);

output.should.eql("Sample SHORTCODE CONTENT 4 8 IS UPPER case!");

Instalation

npm install meta-shortcodes

API

#constructor(opts)

opts = {
	openPattern: '\\[',
	closePattern: '\\]'
}

#add(shortcodeName, handlerFunction)

Registers new shortcode

Param	Type	Description
shortcodeName	string	Name of shortcode tag
handlerFunction	function	Function that returns replacement for shortcode. Accepts two arguments - options object and content string.

#parse(inputStr)

Registers new shortcode

Param	Type	Description
inputStr	string	Input string where shortcodes should be replaced.

Shortcode examples

#Self-closing
[name argument1 argument2 key=value key=value/]

#Pair
[name]content[/name]

#Quoted arguments
[name "argument 1" 'argument 2' "key is"="long value"/]

#Escaping quotes in arguments
[name "argu\"ment" "ke\"y"='val\'ue']

#Escaping of entire shortcode
\\[this shortcode is not processed /]

Testing

npm install --dev
npm test

Current code-coverage 97%

Using alternative brackets

var should = require("should");
var ShortcodeParser = require("meta-shortcodes");

var parser = ShortcodeParser({
	openPattern: '\\{{',
	closePattern: '\\}}'
});

parser.add("test", function(opts, content){
	return content.toUpperCase();
});

var output = parser.parse("Sample {{test}}upper{{/test}} case!").should.eql("Sample UPPER case!");

License

MIT (c) 2015 META Platform team, Jiri Hybek