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

See also

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

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

  • Adding Markdown

Adding Markdown

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'))