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Markdown to HTML: script compatible with WSH

There's a Markdown-to-HTML converter at Pagedown project (JS script). My question is: how can I adapt this JS script to WSH (Windows Script Host) usage? I need e.g. js script which can be called by WSH command line:

cscript.exe md_to_html.js c:\test\aa.md

I didn't find such page in google.

Solution

  • Create WSF-file named pagedown.wsf with the following script

    <job>
    <object id="Stream" progid="Adodb.Stream" /> <!-- utf-8 documents support -->
    <script language="jscript" src="Markdown.Converter.js" />

    <script language="jscript">
            Stream.Charset = 'utf-8';
            Stream.Open();
            Stream.LoadFromFile(WScript.Arguments.Item(0));

            var text = Stream.ReadText();

            WSH.Echo(new Markdown.Converter().makeHtml(text))
    </script>
</job>

    and use it with cscript.exe

    cscript //Nologo pagedown.wsf input.md > output.html

    In case of troubles with ADODB try to download and install it from here.