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How to Convert Markdown to HTML File using Python

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In this post, I will share with you How to Convert Markdown to HTML File using Python.

Introduction
Markdown is a simple text formatting syntax for creating HTML documents. It is easy to learn and use, and allows you to create well-written and easy-to-read documents.

Python can be used to convert Markdown to HTML. This is useful if you want to automatically generate HTML documents from Markdown, or if you want to convert Markdown to HTML for publishing on a website or in a document sharing platform.

In this guide, we will learn how to convert Markdown to HTML using Python. We will use the Python-Markdown library, which provides functions for converting Markdown to HTML.

Objectives

By the end of this guide, you will be able to:

  • Install the Python-Markdown library.
  • Create a Python program to convert Markdown to HTML.

Step 1

Install the Python-Markdown library
pip install markdown

For conda users:

conda install markdown

Step 2:

Create a Python program to convert Markdown to HTML

from markdown import markdown

html = markdown(open('post.md', 'r', errors='ignore').read())

f = open('post.html', 'x')
f.write(html)
f.close()
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Summary

In this guide, we learned how to convert Markdown to HTML using Python. We hope this guide was helpful.

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