Python-Markdown — Python-Markdown 3.10 documentation
This is a Python implementation of John Gruber’s Markdown. It is almost completely compliant with the reference implementation, though there are a few very minor differences.
Library Reference — Python-Markdown 3.10 documentation
Python-Markdown provides two public functions (markdown.markdown and markdown.markdownFromFile) both of which wrap the public class markdown.Markdown. If …
markdown — Python-Markdown 3.10 documentation
This is a shortcut function for Markdown class to cover the most basic use case. It initializes an instance of Markdown, loads the necessary extensions and runs the parser on the given text.
Installation — Python-Markdown 3.10 documentation
The easiest way to install Python-Markdown is simply to type the following command from the command line: pip install markdown That’s it! You’re ready to use Python-Markdown. Enjoy! …
Extensions — Python-Markdown 3.10 documentation
The extensions listed below are included with (at least) the most recent release and are officially supported by Python-Markdown. Any documentation is maintained here and all bug reports …
Command Line — Python-Markdown 3.10 documentation
While Python-Markdown is primarily a python library, a command line script is included as well. While there are many other command line implementations of Markdown, you may not have …
Markdown in HTML — Python-Markdown 3.10 documentation
By default, Markdown ignores any content within a raw HTML block-level element. With the md-in-html extension enabled, the content of a raw HTML block-level element can be parsed as …
Footnotes — Python-Markdown 3.10 documentation
Footnote definitions are stored within the markdown.Markdown class instance between multiple runs of the class. This allows footnotes from all runs to be included in output, with links and …
Table of Contents — Python-Markdown 3.10 documentation
The Table of Contents extension generates a Table of Contents from a Markdown document and adds it into the resulting HTML document. This extension is included in the standard …
Changelog — Python-Markdown 3.10 documentation
Nov 3, 2025 · Previously, instances of the Markdown class were represented as any one of md, md_instance, or markdown. This inconsistency made it difficult when developing extensions, …