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Markdown to HTML - Full Document, Custom Theme with Code Syntax Highlighting

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Demonstrates how to convert a complete Markdown document to HTML using your own custom theme with Cloudfare Prism's code syntax highlighting.

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#include <C_CkJsonObject.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilder.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkJsonObject options;
    HCkStringBuilder sbHead;
    BOOL bCrlf;
    HCkStringBuilder sbMarkdown;
    HCkStringBuilder sbHtml;

    success = FALSE;

    success = FALSE;

    options = CkJsonObject_Create();

    // Instead of specifying a "theme", provide values for the HTML document parts.

    sbHead = CkStringBuilder_Create();
    bCrlf = TRUE;
    CkStringBuilder_AppendLine(sbHead,"<head>",bCrlf);
    CkStringBuilder_AppendLine(sbHead,"<style>",bCrlf);
    CkStringBuilder_AppendLine(sbHead,"body {",bCrlf);
    CkStringBuilder_AppendLine(sbHead,"  font-family: \"Segoe UI\", Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;",bCrlf);
    CkStringBuilder_AppendLine(sbHead,"}",bCrlf);
    CkStringBuilder_AppendLine(sbHead,"</style>",bCrlf);
    CkStringBuilder_AppendLine(sbHead,"</head>",bCrlf);

    // Each HTML section can be set individually.
    CkJsonObject_UpdateString(options,"docType","<!DOCTYPE html>");
    CkJsonObject_UpdateString(options,"rootElement","<html lang=\"en\">");
    CkJsonObject_UpdateString(options,"head",CkStringBuilder_getAsString(sbHead));
    CkJsonObject_UpdateString(options,"bodyStart","<body>\n<div id=\"content\"");
    CkJsonObject_UpdateString(options,"bodyEnd","</div>\n</body>");

    // We can add extra content to the bottom of the HTML head and body sections like this:
    // Here we are using the Cloudfare Prism "coy" theme for code syntax higlighting.
    CkJsonObject_UpdateString(options,"extraHead","<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/prism/1.29.0/themes/prism-coy.min.css\" />");
    CkJsonObject_UpdateString(options,"extraBody","<script src=\"https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/prism/1.29.0/prism.min.js\"></script><script src =\"https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/prism/1.29.0/plugins/autoloader/prism-autoloader.min.js\"></script>");

    sbMarkdown = CkStringBuilder_Create();
    sbHtml = CkStringBuilder_Create();

    success = CkStringBuilder_LoadFile(sbMarkdown,"qa_data/markdown/test1.md","utf-8");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkStringBuilder_lastErrorText(sbMarkdown));
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(options);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbHead);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbMarkdown);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbHtml);
        return;
    }

    CkStringBuilder_MarkdownToHtml(sbMarkdown,options,sbHtml);
    CkStringBuilder_ToCRLF(sbHtml);

    printf("%s\n",CkStringBuilder_getAsString(sbHtml));

    // The sample markdown input for this example is identical to the one at Markdown to HTML - Full Document, Raw, where you can view it.

    // Sample HTML output as viewed in a browser:

    // image


    CkJsonObject_Dispose(options);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbHead);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbMarkdown);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbHtml);

    }