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


• Internal Link A


• Internal Link B


• Internal Link C


• Internal Link D


• Internal Link E


• External Link A


• External Link B


`

Output (with internal link class):
`html


• Internal Link A


• Internal Link B


• Internal Link C


• Internal Link D


• Internal Link E


• External Link A


• External Link B


`

Install

`
$ npm install --save markdown-it-external-links
`




Usage

`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);
`




$3

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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