# Parsing markdown files **URL:** \ **Category:** Staff Picks\ **Tags:** data-science, wolfram-add-ons, import-and-export, packages-and-paclets, computational-linguistics, staff-pick, computational-humanities\ **Created:** [December 20, 2020, 4:31am UTC](https://community.wolfram.com/t/parsing-markdown-files/17233 "2020-12-20T04:31:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![faizonz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/wolfram/user_avatar/community.wolfram.com/faizonz/32/22804_2.png) [@faizonz](https://community.wolfram.com/u/faizonz)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 4:31am UTC](https://community.wolfram.com/t/parsing-markdown-files/17233/1 "2020-12-20T04:31:28Z")
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**Author:** ![antononcube](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/wolfram/user_avatar/community.wolfram.com/antononcube/32/7348_2.png) [@antononcube](https://community.wolfram.com/u/antononcube)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://community.wolfram.com/t/parsing-markdown-files/17233/3 "2020-12-29T13:39:57Z")
Interesting work! Can you post the link to `MarkdownParse` repository you mention? Is it this one: [GitHub - dishmint/Markdown2WL: Lex and Parse Markdown in Wolfram Language · GitHub](https://github.com/dishmint/Markdown2WL) ? ---
**Author:** ![faizonz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/wolfram/user_avatar/community.wolfram.com/faizonz/32/22804_2.png) [@faizonz](https://community.wolfram.com/u/faizonz)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://community.wolfram.com/t/parsing-markdown-files/17233/4 "2020-12-29T20:35:41Z")
Thanks Anton! Yeah, that’s the one. ---
**Author:** ![antononcube](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/wolfram/user_avatar/community.wolfram.com/antononcube/32/7348_2.png) [@antononcube](https://community.wolfram.com/u/antononcube)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://community.wolfram.com/t/parsing-markdown-files/17233/5 "2020-12-30T12:45:41Z")
I think you should update your notebook to include the line: ``` Import["https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dishmint/Markdown2WL/master/Parser/MarkdownParse.wl"] ``` Or something similar… ---
**Author:** ![faizonz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/wolfram/user_avatar/community.wolfram.com/faizonz/32/22804_2.png) [@faizonz](https://community.wolfram.com/u/faizonz)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.wolfram.com/t/parsing-markdown-files/17233/6 "2020-12-31T23:20:28Z")
Ah, the package file, not the repository, I understand now. Sure I’ll add that asaic, having some trouble with cloud nbs atm. ---
**Author:** ![phoenicia](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/wolfram/user_avatar/community.wolfram.com/phoenicia/32/15315_2.png) [@phoenicia](https://community.wolfram.com/u/phoenicia)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.wolfram.com/t/parsing-markdown-files/17233/7 "2021-03-27T12:19:22Z")
This has potential, Faizon. I think it can really fly as a conversion/migration-tool plug-in for markdown editors with an active community, such as Obsidian.md and others. Simple single-command-set of hotkeys could manipulate note formats contained there. ---
**Author:** ![antononcube](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/wolfram/user_avatar/community.wolfram.com/antononcube/32/7348_2.png) [@antononcube](https://community.wolfram.com/u/antononcube)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.wolfram.com/t/parsing-markdown-files/17233/8 "2022-09-26T21:42:12Z")
I much more productized effort of converting Markdown to Mathematica is described in [“Markdown::Grammar”](https://rakuforprediction.wordpress.com/2022/09/24/markdowngrammar/). _(Yes, the statement above is both obnoxious and self-promoting…)_ ---
**Author:** ![faizonz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/wolfram/user_avatar/community.wolfram.com/faizonz/32/22804_2.png) [@faizonz](https://community.wolfram.com/u/faizonz)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.wolfram.com/t/parsing-markdown-files/17233/9 "2024-04-17T16:16:43Z")
Minor FYI — I’ve refactored my parsing strategy and am working through updating tests. I’ve refactored about 100 tests so far, with ~600 remaining. Most of the paclet component tests have been updated, the rest are for CommonMark v0.30. I don’t have a timeline as the updating is a bit tedious, but I will write a new post and link here once complete.