Usage

pip install markdown-mermaid-to-images
markdown_mermaid_to_images --help

Usage: markdown_mermaid_to_images [OPTIONS]

Exports mermaid diagrams in Markdown documents as images.

Options:

-m, --file PATH

Path to markdown file, where the mermaid code blocks will be converted to images.

-f, --folder PATH

Path to folder where we will convert all markdown mermaid code blocks to images.

-i, --ignore PATH

Path to folder to ignore, markdown files in this folder will not be converted.

-o, --output PATH

Path to folder where to save the new markdown files. [required]

-l, --log-level

[DEBUG|INFO|ERROR] Log level for the script.

--help

Show this message and exit.

$ markdown_mermaid_to_images -f tests/data -o tests/data/output/ -i tests/data/another_folder

Example Markdown File

Where an example markdown file may look something like this. The meramid code blocks must be surrounded by three ` and have the class mermaid.

## Introduction

Example Document

## Heading

```mermaid
%% Image: image_name
graph LR;
  A --> B;
```

> INFO: Info

```mermaid
graph LR;
  A --> B
  B --> C
  subgraph 1;
  subgraph 2;
  C --> D;
  end
  end;
```

This will then get converted into a file that looks like

Introduction
------------

Example Document

Heading
-------

![Image](image_name.png)

> INFO: Info

![Image](7d2490309c1c4bf48069dd7399944ff4.png)

GitLab CI

You can use also use this in your CI/CD with the provided Docker image. Below is an example .gitlab-ci.yml file, you may wish to use or include. The advantage of this is you can publish your aritcles using CI/CD.

stages:
  - pre-publish

convert-mermaid:markdown:
  image: registry.gitlab.com/hmajid2301/markdown-mermaid-to-images
  stage: pre-publish
  script:
    - markdown_mermaid_to_images --folder tests/data --ignore tests/data/another_folder --output tests/data/output

Setup Development Environment

git clone git@gitlab.com:hmajid2301/markdown-mermaid-to-images.git
cd markdown-mermaid-to-images
pip install tox
make install-venv
source .venv/bin/activate
make install-dev

Changelog

You can find the changelog here.

Appendix

Docker Image inspired by sc250024.