How to convert Markdown MD to HTML format in Python

Today we are going to set up a system for quickly converting Markdown MD files into HTML. Rather than taking the manual approach (which would take forever), we will be utilizing an API function that will have us up and running with plenty of time to spare. Let’s dive straight into that.

Our initial step requires us to run pip install to retrieve our client files.

pip install cloudmersive-convert-api-client

Next is our function call, which shall be structured in the following manner.

from __future__ import print_function
import time
import cloudmersive_convert_api_client
from cloudmersive_convert_api_client.rest import ApiException
from pprint import pprint
# Configure API key authorization: Apikey
configuration = cloudmersive_convert_api_client.Configuration()
configuration.api_key['Apikey'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
# Uncomment below to setup prefix (e.g. Bearer) for API key, if needed
# configuration.api_key_prefix['Apikey'] = 'Bearer'
# create an instance of the API class
api_instance = cloudmersive_convert_api_client.ConvertWebApi(cloudmersive_convert_api_client.ApiClient(configuration))
input_file = '/path/to/file' # file | Input file to perform the operation on.
try:
# Convert Markdown to HTML
api_response = api_instance.convert_web_md_to_html(input_file)
pprint(api_response)
except ApiException as e:
print("Exception when calling ConvertWebApi->convert_web_md_to_html: %s\n" % e)

Whew, done already! Any time you need to make a conversion between MD and HTML, simply call this function on your file.