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a-complete-beginners-guide-to-django-part-6.html#adding-markdown By Vitor Freitas
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.. seealso::

   - https://simpleisbetterthancomplex.com/series/2017/10/09/a-complete-beginners-guide-to-django-part-6.html#adding-markdown
   - https://twitter.com/vitorfs


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Adding Markdown
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Let’s improve the user experience by adding Markdown to our text areas.
You will see it’s very easy and simple.

First, let’s install a library called Python-Markdown::

    pip install markdown

We can add a new method to the Post model::

    boards/models.py (view complete file contents)

    from django.db import models
    from django.utils.html import mark_safe
    from markdown import markdown

    class Post(models.Model):
        # ...

        def get_message_as_markdown(self):
            return mark_safe(markdown(self.message, safe_mode='escape'))