py-markdown-table-generator

Python library to generate Markdown table.

• Usage
  • CLI
  • Library
• Build
• Test
• Contribute

Usage

pip3 install markdown_table_generator

CLI

csv-to-md -s ";" -a c tests/table.csv

# |   OS    |      Creator      |  Company  |
# |:-------:|:-----------------:|:---------:|
# | Ubuntu  | Mark Shuttleworth | Canonical |
# | FreeBSD |                   |           |
# | Fedora  |                   |  Red Hat  |

csv-to-md -s ";" -a r tests/table.csv

# |      OS |           Creator |   Company |
# |--------:|------------------:|----------:|
# |  Ubuntu | Mark Shuttleworth | Canonical |
# | FreeBSD |                   |           |
# |  Fedora |                   |   Red Hat |

csv-to-md -s ";" -a r tests/table.csv | xclip -selection clipboard # Copy markdown table in clipboard

psql -h 127.0.0.1 -U postgres postgres -c "select * from test" --csv | csv-to-md # Generate markdown table from PostgreSQL query

Library

from markdown_table_generator import generate_markdown, table_from_string_list

# ====================================================
# Generate markdown table from list of list of strings
# ==================================================== 
rows = [
    ["OS", "Creator", "Company"],
    ["Ubuntu", "Mark Shuttleworth", "Canonical"],
    ["FreeBSD", None, None],
    ["Fedora", None, "Red Hat"],
]
table = table_from_string_list(rows, Alignment.CENTER)
markdown = generate_markdown(table)
print(markdown)

# |   OS    |      Creator      |  Company  |
# |:-------:|:-----------------:|:---------:|
# | Ubuntu  | Mark Shuttleworth | Canonical |
# | FreeBSD |                   |           |
# | Fedora  |                   |  Red Hat  |


# ====================================================
# Generate markdown table from CSV
# ==================================================== 
csv = """
OS;Creator;Company
Ubuntu;Mark Shuttleworth;Canonical
FreeBSD;;
Fedora;;Red Hat
"""
table = table_from_csv(csv.splitlines(), ";", Alignment.RIGHT)
markdown = generate_markdown(table)
print(markdown)

# |      OS |           Creator |   Company |
# |--------:|------------------:|----------:|
# |  Ubuntu | Mark Shuttleworth | Canonical |
# | FreeBSD |                   |           |
# |  Fedora |                   |   Red Hat |

Build

python3 -m venv venv
. ./venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python3 -m build

Test

python3 -m venv venv
. ./venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
pytest

Contribute

ln -s "$(pwd)/sh/pre-commit.sh" .git/hooks/pre-commit

... and let's code!