convert markdown text to html table using perl

Question

I'm trying to convert a Markdown text to HTML table with Perl modules. I tried to use Text::Markdown, but it didn't work.

I also tried to use Markdown::Table and follow the documentation: https://metacpan.org/pod/Markdown::Table, but same thing no result.

Here is my code:

use Markdown::Table;

my $markdown = q~
| Id | Name | Role |
+---+---+---+
| 1 | John Smith | Testrole |
| 2 | Jane Smith | Admin |
~;
 
my @tables = Markdown::Table->parse($markdown);
                        
use Data::Dumper;
Core::Global::Logger::debug(Dumper( $tables[0]->get_table ) );

Output:

can anyone help about that please ?

Answer 1

Use Text::MultiMarkdown the original Markdown doesn't support tables. And Text::Markdown only supports the orignal syntax.

Text::MultiMarkdown has additional features.

• Project Site: https://fletcherpenney.net/multimarkdown/
• Features: https://rawgit.com/fletcher/MultiMarkdown-6-Syntax-Guide/master/index.html

Additional you have to change the table format.

use v5.10;
use Text::MultiMarkdown qw(markdown);

my $text = q[
| Id | Name | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Smith | Testrole |
| 2 | Jane Smith | Admin |
];

# Replace any CRLF/LF line-endings to the native Line-Ending used by Perl
$text =~ s/\R/\n/g;

my $html = markdown($text);

printf "%s\n", $html;

will produce

<table>
<col />
<col />
<col />
<thead>
<tr>
        <th>Id</th>
        <th>Name</th>
        <th>Role</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
        <td>1</td>
        <td>John Smith</td>
        <td>Testrole</td>
</tr>
<tr>
        <td>2</td>
        <td>Jane Smith</td>
        <td>Admin</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>