Ruby/Redcarpet: strip markdown from text

Question

I'm writing a Ruby app and it currently uses redcarpet to render Markdown.

I need to strip Markdown markup from a text. Any easy way to do it?

Kampong

Answer 1

Yes, it's possible with the Redcarpet::Render::StripDown Class -> https://rubydoc.info/gems/redcarpet/Redcarpet/Render/StripDown

It says "Turns Markdown into plaintext"

Carlyle

Thanks! D'oh! Should have searched better. – Kampong

I ran into an Uninitialized constant: Redcarpet::Render::StripDown error, but adding require 'redcarpet/render_strip' fixed it; see github.com/vmg/redcarpet/issues/138 – Shotton