# markdown-it-container
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> Plugin for creating block-level custom containers for [markdown-it](https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it) markdown parser.
__v2.+ requires `markdown-it` v5.+, see changelog.__
With this plugin you can create block containers like:
```
::: warning
*here be dragons*
:::
```
.... and specify how they should be rendered. If no renderer defined, `
` with
container name class will be created:
```html
here be dragons
```
Markup is the same as for [fenced code blocks](http://spec.commonmark.org/0.18/#fenced-code-blocks).
Difference is, that marker use another character and content is rendered as markdown markup.
## Installation
node.js, browser:
```bash
$ npm install markdown-it-container --save
$ bower install markdown-it-container --save
```
## API
```js
var md = require('markdown-it')()
.use(require('markdown-it-container'), name [, options]);
```
Params:
- __name__ - container name (mandatory)
- __options:__
- __validate__ - optional, function to validate tail after opening marker, should
return `true` on success.
- __render__ - optional, renderer function for opening/closing tokens.
- __marker__ - optional (`:`), character to use in delimiter.
## Example
```js
var md = require('markdown-it')();
md.use(require('markdown-it-container'), 'spoiler', {
validate: function(params) {
return params.trim().match(/^spoiler\s+(.*)$/);
},
render: function (tokens, idx) {
var m = tokens[idx].info.trim().match(/^spoiler\s+(.*)$/);
if (tokens[idx].nesting === 1) {
// opening tag
return '
' + m[1] + '
\n';
} else {
// closing tag
return '\n';
}
}
});
console.log(md.render('::: spoiler click me\n*content*\n:::\n'));
// Output:
//
//
click me
// content
//
```
## License
[MIT](https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it-container/blob/master/LICENSE)