remark plugin to generate a list of contributors.
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This package is a unified (remark) plugin that takes a list of
contributors and adds them in a table to a ## Contributors heading.
This project is useful when you’re writing documentation for a project, typically a Node.js package, that has one or more readmes and maybe some other markdown files as well. You want to show who helped build the project by adding their names, websites, and perhaps some more info. This package is useful because it’s automated: you can customize who is added and how that’s formatted. But it won’t be as expressive as writing such sections manually.
This plugin is used in remark-git-contributors.
The difference is that that plugin takes the Git history into account, which
isn’t always needed or correct.
This package is ESM only. In Node.js (version 16+), install with npm:
npm install remark-contributorsIn Deno with esm.sh:
import remarkContributors from 'https://esm.sh/remark-contributors@7'In browsers with esm.sh:
<script type="module">
import remarkContributors from 'https://esm.sh/remark-contributors@7?bundle'
</script>Say we have the following file example.md in this project:
# Example
Some text.
## Contributors
## License
MIT…and a module example.js:
import {remark} from 'remark'
import remarkContributors from 'remark-contributors'
import remarkGfm from 'remark-gfm'
import {read} from 'to-vfile'
const file = await remark()
.use(remarkGfm) // This is needed to add support for tables (a GFM feature).
.use(remarkContributors)
.process(await read('example.md'))
console.log(String(file))…then running node example.js yields:
# Example
Some text.
## Contributors
| Name | Website |
| ------------------- | --------------------------- |
| **Hugh Kennedy** | <https://hughsk.io> |
| **Titus Wormer** | <https://wooorm.com> |
| **Vincent Weevers** | <https://vincentweevers.nl> |
| **Nick Baugh** | <https://niftylettuce.com> |
## License
MIT👉 Note: These contributors are inferred from the
package.jsonin this project. Running this example in a different package will yield different results.
This package exports no identifiers.
The default export is remarkContributors.
Generate a list of contributors.
In short, this plugin:
- looks for the first heading matching
/^contributors$/ioroptions.heading - if no heading is found and
appendIfMissingis set, injects such a heading - if there is a heading, replaces everything in that section with a new table
options(Options, optional) — configuration
Transform (Transformer).
- define fields other than
name,url,github, ortwitterinformattersto label them properly - by default, fields named
urlwill be labelledWebsite(so thatpackage.jsoncontributors field is displayed nicely) - by default, fields named
emailare ignored - name fields are displayed as strong
- GitHub and Twitter URLs are automatically stripped and displayed with
@mentions wrapped in anhttps://link - if a field is undefined for a given contributor, then the value will be an empty table cell
- columns are sorted in the order they are defined (first defined means first displayed)
Contributor in string form (name <email> (url)) or as object (TypeScript
type).
type Contributor = ContributorObject | stringContributor with fields (TypeScript type).
type ContributorObject = Record<string, unknown>Format a field (TypeScript type).
value(unknown) — value to formatkey(string) — name of a field in a contributorcontributor(Contributor) — whole contributor
Content (Array<PhrasingContent> | PhrasingContent | string, optional)
How to format a field, in short (TypeScript type).
The values can be:
nullorundefined— does nothing;false— shortcut for{exclude: true, label: key}, can be used to exclude default formatters;true— shortcut for{label: key}, can be used to include default formatters (likeemail)string— shortcut for{label: value}Formatter— …or a proper formatter object
type Formatter = FormatterObject | boolean | string | null | undefinedHow to format a field (TypeScript type).
exclude(boolean, default:false) — whether to ignore these fieldsformat(Format, optional) — How to format the celllabel(string, optional) — text in the header row that labels the column for this field
Formatters for fields (TypeScript type).
type Formatters = Record<string, Formatter>Configuration (TypeScript type).
align(AlignTypefrommdast, optional) — alignment to use for all cells in the tableappendIfMissing(boolean, default:false) — inject the section if there is none; the default does nothing when the section doesn’t exist so that you have to choose where and if the section is addedcontributors(Array<Contributor>, default: contributors inpackage.jsonin Node) — list of contributors to inject; supports string form (name <email> (url)); throws if no contributors are found or givenformatters(string, optional) — map of fields found incontributorsto formatters; these given formatters extend the default formatters; the keys informattersshould correspond directly (case-sensitive) to keys incontributorsheading(RegExp | string, default:'contributors') — heading to look for
The following example shows how contributors can be passed:
import {remark} from 'remark'
import remarkContributors from 'remark-contributors'
import remarkGfm from 'remark-gfm'
const file = await remark()
.use(remarkGfm)
.use(remarkContributors, {
contributors: [
// String form:
'Jane Doe <[email protected]> (https://example.com/jane)',
// Object form, with just a name:
{name: 'John Doe'},
// Some more info:
{name: 'Mona Lisa', url: 'https://github.com/monatheoctocat'}
]
})
.process('## Contributors')
console.log(String(file))Yields:
## Contributors
| Name | Website |
| ------------- | ----------------------------------- |
| **Jane Doe** | <https://example.com/jane> |
| **John Doe** | |
| **Mona Lisa** | <https://github.com/monatheoctocat> |By default, unknown fields in contributors will be added to the table:
import {remark} from 'remark'
import remarkContributors from 'remark-contributors'
import remarkGfm from 'remark-gfm'
const file = await remark()
.use(remarkGfm)
.use(remarkContributors, {
contributors: [
{name: 'Jane Doe', age: 31, topping: 'Mozzarella'},
{name: 'John Doe', age: 29, topping: 'Olive'},
{name: 'Mona Lisa', age: 3, topping: 'Pineapple'}
]
})
.process('## Contributors')
console.log(String(file))Yields:
## Contributors
| Name | age | topping |
| ------------- | --- | ---------- |
| **Jane Doe** | 31 | Mozzarella |
| **John Doe** | 29 | Olive |
| **Mona Lisa** | 3 | Pineapple |It’s possible to customize how these new fields are formatted:
@@ -12,7 +12,16 @@ const file = await remark()
{name: 'Jane Doe', age: 31, topping: 'Mozzarella'},
{name: 'John Doe', age: 29, topping: 'Olive'},
{name: 'Mona Lisa', age: 3, topping: 'Pineapple'}
- ]
+ ],
+ formatters: {
+ age: {
+ label: 'Age',
+ format(d) {
+ return {type: 'emphasis', children: [{type: 'text', value: String(d)}]}
+ }
+ },
+ topping: 'Topping'
+ }
})
.process('## Contributors')Yields:
| Name | Age | Topping |
| ------------- | ---- | ---------- |
| **Jane Doe** | *31* | Mozzarella |
| **John Doe** | *29* | Olive |
| **Mona Lisa** | *3* | Pineapple |👉 Note: observe that the labels of
AgeandToppingare now cased, and that the age values are now wrapped in emphasis.
This package is fully typed with TypeScript.
It exports the additional types
Contributor,
ContributorObject,
Format,
Formatter,
FormatterObject,
Formatters, and
Options.
Projects maintained by the unified collective are compatible with maintained versions of Node.js.
When we cut a new major release, we drop support for unmaintained versions of
Node.
This means we try to keep the current release line, remark-contributors@^7,
compatible with Node.js 16.
This plugin works with unified version 6+ and remark version 7+.
options.contributors (or contributors in package.json) is used and
injected into the tree when given or found.
Data in those lists is formatted by options.formatters.
If a user has access to either, this could open you up to a
cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.
This may become a problem if the markdown is later transformed to rehype (hast) or opened in an unsafe markdown viewer.
remark-git-contributors– very similar to this plugin but uses info from Gitremark-collapse– make a section collapsibleremark-normalize-headings— make sure there is a single top level heading in a document by adjusting heading ranks accordinglyremark-behead— increase or decrease markdown heading ranksremark-toc— generate a table of contents (TOC)remark-license— generate a license section
See contributing.md in remarkjs/.github for ways
to get started.
See support.md for ways to get help.
This project has a code of conduct. By interacting with this repository, organization, or community you agree to abide by its terms.
| Name | Website |
|---|---|
| Hugh Kennedy | https://hughsk.io |
| Titus Wormer | https://wooorm.com |
| Vincent Weevers | https://vincentweevers.nl |
| Nick Baugh | https://niftylettuce.com |
