py-whatsapp-formatter 1.0.1

Convert Markdown and HTML to WhatsApp-compatible formatting

WhatsApp Formatter

A Python library to convert Markdown and HTML to WhatsApp-compatible formatting.

Installation

pip install whatsapp-formatter

Usage

from whatsapp_formatter import convert_markdown_to_whatsapp, convert_html_to_whatsapp

# Convert Markdown to WhatsApp format
text = convert_markdown_to_whatsapp("**Bold** and *italic* and ~~strikethrough~~")
# Output: "*Bold* and _italic_ and ~strikethrough~"

# Convert HTML to WhatsApp format
text = convert_html_to_whatsapp("<strong>Bold</strong> <em>italic</em>")
# Output: "*Bold* _italic_"

WhatsApp Formatting Reference

Format	WhatsApp Syntax	Markdown	HTML
Bold	*text*	**text**	<b>, <strong>
Italic	_text_	*text*	<i>, <em>
Strikethrough	~text~	~~text~~	<s>, <strike>, <del>
Monospace	`text`	`text`	<code>
Code block	```text```	```text```	-

Advanced Usage

For more control, use the converter classes directly:

from whatsapp_formatter import MarkdownToWhatsAppConverter, HTMLToWhatsAppConverter

# Custom Markdown converter
converter = MarkdownToWhatsAppConverter()
converter.add_post_processor(lambda x: x.strip())
result = converter.convert("  **Hello**  ")

# HTML converter without tag stripping
converter = HTMLToWhatsAppConverter(strip_remaining_tags=False)
result = converter.convert("<b>Bold</b> <span>kept</span>")

Requirements

• Python 3.9+
• No external dependencies

License

MIT License