From e8c096108beabc24b82008b0e6f8b389ef908943 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nikhil Nawgiri <the@realest.ninja>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 16:50:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Create helper for converting md to html

---
 src/markdownToHtmlHelper.ts | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/markdownToHtmlHelper.ts

diff --git a/src/markdownToHtmlHelper.ts b/src/markdownToHtmlHelper.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab5edb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/markdownToHtmlHelper.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { Remarkable } from "remarkable";
+
+const replaceNewlinesOutsideOfCodeBlocks = (html: string) => (
+  // Replace all \n with <br> inside the matched <p>...</p> block
+  html.replace(/(<p>[\s\S]*?)\n([\s\S]*?<\/p>)/g, (match) => (
+    match.replace(/\n(?!<\/p>)/g, '<br>')
+  ))
+);
+
+export const convertMarkdownToHtml = (markdown: string) => {
+  const md = new Remarkable();
+  return replaceNewlinesOutsideOfCodeBlocks(md.render(markdown));
+};