<#
.SYNOPSIS
Converts Markdown formatted text to HTML.
.DESCRIPTION
Converts Markdown formatted text to HTML using the Github API. Output is "flavored" depending on
the chosen mode. The default output flavor is 'Markdown' and includes Syntax highlighting and
Github stylesheets.
Based on the Ruby version by Brett Terpstra:
http://brettterpstra.com/easy-command-line-github-flavored-markdown/
About Markdown: http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/
#>
function ConvertFrom-Markdown {
[CmdletBinding()]
Param
(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true, Position=0)]
[PSObject[]]$InputObject
)
Begin
{
$URL = "https://api.github.com/markdown"
}
Process
{
Foreach ($item in $InputObject)
{
$object = New-Object -TypeName psobject
$object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name 'text' -Value ($item | Out-String)
$object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name 'mode' -Value 'markdown'
$response = Invoke-WebRequest -Method Post -Uri $url -Body ($object | ConvertTo-Json)
if ($response.StatusCode -eq "200")
{
$HtmlOutput =
@"
$($response.Content)
"@
Write-Output $HtmlOutput
}
else
{
"Error: $($response.StatusCode)"
}
}
}
}