Plugin for markdown-it that adds CSS classes to links that fall outside of the specified internal domain(s).
npm install markdown-it-external-links


Plugin for markdown-it that adds CSS classes to links that fall outside of the specified
internal domain(s).
Example input:
``markdown`
- Internal Link A
- Internal Link B
- Internal Link C
- Internal Link D
- Internal Link E
- External Link A
- External Link B
Output (without internal link class - default):
`html`
Output (with internal link class):
`html`
``
$ npm install --save markdown-it-external-links
`javascript
var md = require('markdown-it')();
var externalLinks = require('markdown-it-external-links');
md.use(externalLinks, {
externalClassName: "custom-external-link",
internalClassName: "custom-internal-link",
internalDomains: [ "example.org" ]
});
var input = 'Some External Link';
var output = md.render(input);
console.log(output);
`
Option | Type | Default | Description
:-------------------|:-------------------|:---------------------|:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
externalClassName | string \| null | "external-link" | External class to use for external links. Specify a value of null to disable output.internalClassName | string \| null | null | Internal class to use for external links. Specify a value of null to disable output.internalDomains | string[] | [] | An array of domains that are considered internal. Example Value: [ "example.org" ]externalTarget | string | "_self" | Target attribute for external links.internalTarget | string | "_self" | Target attribute for internal links.externalRel | string | null | Rel attribute for external links.internalRel | string | null` | Rel attribute for internal links.
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