Convert Markdown string to HTML using Python

A guide on how to convert a Markdown string to HTML using Python with the `markdown2` library, making it easy to integrate this conversion feature into your application.

In this article, we'll learn how to convert a Markdown string to HTML using Python with the markdown2 library. This library simplifies and speeds up the conversion process.

Python code:

import markdown2

# Markdown string to be converted
markdown_text = """
# Heading Level 1
This is a paragraph with **bold** and *italic* text.
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
"""

# Convert Markdown string to HTML
html_text = markdown2.markdown(markdown_text)

# Display the result
print(html_text)

Detailed explanation:

1. import markdown2: Imports the markdown2 library to enable conversion functionality.
2. markdown_text = """ ... """: Creates a Markdown string that needs conversion.
3. html_text = markdown2.markdown(markdown_text): Converts the Markdown string to HTML using the markdown function.
4. print(html_text): Displays the conversion result in HTML format.

System Requirements:

• Python 3.x
• Library: markdown2

How to install the libraries needed to run the Python code above:

Use pip to install the library:

pip install markdown2

Tips:

• Markdown is very useful for writing content, and converting it to HTML makes it easy to integrate with websites.
• Experiment with other features of markdown2 to customize the conversion according to your needs.

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