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slack-message-parser

JavaScript library for parsing Slack message format (mrkdwn)

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You could use the result tree to create a message viewer (HTML, React component, etc...) or whatever you want 😃</p> <h2 id="installation"><a href="#installation" class="header-anchor">#</a> Installation</h2> <p>The package is available as <code>slack-message-parser</code> on npm.</p> <div class="language-sh extra-class"><pre class="language-sh"><code><span class="token function">yarn</span> <span class="token function">add</span> slack-message-parser
<span class="token comment"># npm i --save slack-message-parser</span>
</code></pre></div><h2 id="quick-start"><a href="#quick-start" class="header-anchor">#</a> Quick Start</h2> <p>Just parse the message!</p> <div class="language-ts extra-class"><pre class="language-ts"><code><span class="token keyword">import</span> slackMessageParser <span class="token keyword">from</span> <span class="token string">'slack-message-parser'</span>

<span class="token keyword">const</span> tree <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token function">slackMessageParser</span><span class="token punctuation">(</span><span class="token string">'Slack *message* ~to~ _parse_'</span><span class="token punctuation">)</span>

<span class="token builtin">console</span><span class="token punctuation">.</span><span class="token function">dir</span><span class="token punctuation">(</span>tree<span class="token punctuation">)</span>
</code></pre></div><h2 id="supported-message-features"><a href="#supported-message-features" class="header-anchor">#</a> Supported Message Features</h2> <ul><li>Plain text</li> <li>Links
<ul><li>Channels (<code>#channel</code>)</li> <li>User (<code>@someone</code>)</li> <li>URL (<code>https://foo.bar</code>, <code>mailto:foo@bar</code>)</li> <li>Commands (Represented as <code>&lt;!foo&gt;</code>, more detail <a href="https://api.slack.com/docs/message-formatting" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here<span><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 100 100" width="15" height="15" class="icon outbound"><path fill="currentColor" d="M18.8,85.1h56l0,0c2.2,0,4-1.8,4-4v-32h-8v28h-48v-48h28v-8h-32l0,0c-2.2,0-4,1.8-4,4v56C14.8,83.3,16.6,85.1,18.8,85.1z"></path> <polygon fill="currentColor" points="45.7,48.7 51.3,54.3 77.2,28.5 77.2,37.2 85.2,37.2 85.2,14.9 62.8,14.9 62.8,22.9 71.5,22.9"></polygon></svg> <span class="sr-only">(opens new window)</span></span></a>)</li></ul></li> <li>Emojis 😍</li> <li>Code block</li> <li>Inline code (<code>`foo`</code>)</li> <li>Italic (<code>_foo_</code>)</li> <li>Bold (<code>*foo*</code>)</li> <li>Strikethrough (<code>~foo~</code>)</li> <li>Quotes (<code>&gt; foo</code>)</li></ul> <h2 id="examples"><a href="#examples" class="header-anchor">#</a> Examples</h2> <h3 id="plain-html-with-typescript"><a href="#plain-html-with-typescript" class="header-anchor">#</a> Plain HTML with TypeScript</h3> <iframe src="https://codesandbox.io/embed/gracious-rgb-kmqbu?fontsize=14&amp;module=%2Fsrc%2Findex.ts&amp;view=editor" title="slack-message-parser--ts-vanilla" allow="geolocation; microphone; camera; midi; vr; accelerometer; gyroscope; payment; ambient-light-sensor; encrypted-media; usb" sandbox="allow-modals allow-forms allow-popups allow-scripts allow-same-origin" style="width:100%;height:500px;border:0;border-radius:4px;overflow:hidden;"></iframe> <h3 id="react-with-typescript"><a href="#react-with-typescript" class="header-anchor">#</a> React with TypeScript</h3> <iframe src="https://codesandbox.io/embed/condescending-heyrovsky-y5jw3?fontsize=14&amp;module=%2Fsrc%2FSlackMessage.tsx" title="slack-message-parser--react-ts" allow="geolocation; microphone; camera; midi; vr; accelerometer; gyroscope; payment; ambient-light-sensor; encrypted-media; usb" sandbox="allow-modals allow-forms allow-popups allow-scripts allow-same-origin" style="width:100%;height:500px;border:0;border-radius:4px;overflow:hidden;"></iframe></div> <footer class="page-edit"><!----> <!----></footer> <div class="page-nav"><p class="inner"><!----> <span class="next"><a href="/slack-message-parser/api/">
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