markdgenerator 0.0.2

Package to generate text in pandoc markdown language

markdgenerator

This is a short library to help generate text in pandoc markdown language with.

So far, it supports:

• h1, h2, h3 headings
• paragraphs
• code blocks
• tables in grid_table format
  • also generated from a pandas DataFrame

It's extendable to support more markdown languages.

Output of the tool can be converted into multiple document formats using pandoc and its --from=markdown option

Installation

pip install markdgenerator

Example usage

from markdgenerator import PandocMdGenerator
import pandas as pd

generator = PandocMdGenerator()
generator.h1("Example")
generator.paragraph("Pandas dataframe example")
generator.add_block_to_section()
df = pd.DataFrame(
    columns=["car", "price"],
    data=[["vw", 10000], ["bmw", 20000], ["mercedes", 30000]])
generator.df_to_table(df)
generator.add_table_to_section()
print(generator)

which leads to:

# Cars

This document lists prices of german cars.

+--------+-----+
|car     |price|
+========+=====+
|vw      |10000|
+--------+-----+
|bmw     |20000|
+--------+-----+
|mercedes|30000|
+--------+-----+

This can be passed to pandoc and converted to a different format.