mdast-util-find-and-replace
mdast utility to find and replace things.
Contents
- What is this?
- When should I use this?
- Install
- Use
- API
- Types
- Compatibility
- Security
- Related
- Contribute
- License
What is this?
This package is a utility that lets you find patterns (string, RegExp) in
text and replace them with nodes.
When should I use this?
This utility is typically useful when you have regexes and want to modify mdast.
One example is when you have some form of “mentions” (such as
/@([a-z][_a-z0-9])\b/gi) and want to create links to persons from them.
A similar package, hast-util-find-and-replace
does the same but on hast.
Install
This package is ESM only. In Node.js (version 12.20+, 14.14+, or 16.0+), install with npm:
npm install mdast-util-find-and-replace
In Deno with esm.sh:
import {findAndReplace} from 'https://esm.sh/mdast-util-find-and-replace@2'
In browsers with esm.sh:
<script type="module">
import {findAndReplace} from 'https://esm.sh/mdast-util-find-and-replace@2?bundle'
</script>
Use
import {u} from 'unist-builder'
import {inspect} from 'unist-util-inspect'
import {findAndReplace} from 'mdast-util-find-and-replace'
const tree = u('paragraph', [
u('text', 'Some '),
u('emphasis', [u('text', 'emphasis')]),
u('text', ' and '),
u('strong', [u('text', 'importance')]),
u('text', '.')
])
findAndReplace(tree, [
[/and/gi, 'or'],
[/emphasis/gi, 'em'],
[/importance/gi, 'strong'],
[
/Some/g,
function ($0) {
return u('link', {url: '//example.com#' + $0}, [u('text', $0)])
}
]
])
console.log(inspect(tree))
Yields:
paragraph[8]
├─0 link[1]
│ │ url: "//example.com#Some"
│ └─0 text "Some"
├─1 text " "
├─2 emphasis[1]
│ └─0 text "em"
├─3 text " "
├─4 text "or"
├─5 text " "
├─6 strong[1]
│ └─0 text "strong"
└─7 text "."
API
This package exports the identifier findAndReplace.
There is no default export.
findAndReplace(tree, find, replace[, options])
Find patterns in a tree and replace them.
The algorithm searches the tree in preorder for complete values in
Text nodes.
Partial matches are not supported.
Signatures
findAndReplace(tree, find, replace[, options])findAndReplace(tree, search[, options])
Parameters
tree(Node)find(stringorRegExp) — value to find and remove (strings are escaped and turned into a globalRegExp)replace(stringorFunction) — value to insert.strings are turned into aTextnode,Functions are called with the results of callingRegExp.execas arguments, and they can return aNode, astring(which is wrapped in aTextnode), orfalseto not replacesearch(ArrayorObject) — perform multiple find-and-replaces. Either anArrayof tuples (Arrays) withfind(at0) andreplace(at1), or anObjectwhere each key isfindand each value is the correspondingreplaceoptions.ignore(Test, default:[]) — anyunist-util-iscompatible test.
Returns
The given tree (Node).
Types
This package is fully typed with TypeScript.
It exports the types Find, Replace, ReplaceFunction,
FindAndReplaceTuple, FindAndReplaceSchema, FindAndReplaceList,
RegExpMatchObject, and Options.
Compatibility
Projects maintained by the unified collective are compatible with all maintained versions of Node.js. As of now, that is Node.js 12.20+, 14.14+, and 16.0+. Our projects sometimes work with older versions, but this is not guaranteed.
Security
Use of mdast-util-find-and-replace does not involve hast or user content
so there are no openings for cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
Related
hast-util-find-and-replace— find and replace in hasthast-util-select—querySelector,querySelectorAll, andmatchesunist-util-select— select unist nodes with CSS-like selectors
Contribute
See contributing.md in syntax-tree/.github for
ways to get started.
See support.md for ways to get help.
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