remark-forms

remark.js plugin for generating HTML form inputs from markdown.

Generates labels and input controls from markdown links like [text ?input?](name).

installation

pnpm install remark-forms

usage

import rehypeSanitize from 'rehype-sanitize'
import rehypeStringify from 'rehype-stringify'
import remarkParse from 'remark-parse'
import remarkRehype from 'remark-rehype'
import createForm from 'remark-forms'
import {unified} from 'unified'

const file = await unified()
  .use(remarkParse)
  .use(createForm, {formMethod:''Post', formAction: '/submit', css: ['form-group flex '] })
  .use(rehypeStringify)
  .process('[Your name?text?](name 'val')')

console.log(String(file))

The options object

opts = {
	formaction: '', // the url to submit to,
	formmethod: '', // GET, POST ...
	formcss: [], // Array of css eg ['form-group flex']
	req: 'html', // empty to request hast format or html to request html output
}

text input

markdown

[Provide a Name ??]()

html

<label for="provide-a-name">Provide a Name</label>
<input name="Provide a Name" id="provide-a-name">

• ?? at the start of the link text results in an <input> with a <label> before it.

• id and for and name attributes are derived from the text.

• id and for are sluglified, name is not.

• explicit id, for, name can be specified by doing

[Different label ??](nme)

<label for="nme">Different label</label>
<input name="nme" id="nme">

select

markdown

[Choose one ?select?](nme)
- option 1 "val1"
- option 2 "val2"
- option 3

html

<label for="nme">Choose one</label>
<select name="nme" id="nme">
<option value="val1">option 1</option>
<option value="val2">option 2</option>
<option value="option 3">option 3</option>
</select>

check list

markdown

[?checklist?](name)
- check1
- check2
- check3

html

<label class="checkbox">check1<input type="checkbox" name="name" value="check1"></label>
<label class="checkbox">check2<input type="checkbox" name="name" value="check2"></label>
<label class="checkbox">check3<input type="checkbox" name="name" value="check3"></label>

radio list

markdown

[?radiolist? ](name)
- radio 1 "value1"
- radio 2 "value2"
- radio 3 "value3"

html

<label class="radio"><input type="radio" name="name" value="value1">radio 1</label>
<label class="radio"><input type="radio" name="name" value="value2">radio 2</label>
<label class="radio"><input type="radio" name="name" value="value3">radio 3</label>

* for required fields

markdown

[Label Text ??*](Name)

html

<label for="name" class="required">Label Text</label>
<input required name="Name" id="name" class="required">

H for hidden fields

markdown

[Label Text ??H](foo)

html

<label style="display:none;" for="foo">Label Text</label>
<input style="display:none;" disabled name="foo" id="foo">

CSS styles

markdown

[?submit? Submit text](- "class1 class2")

html

<input type="submit" value="Submit text" class="class1 class2">

For more details check out the example.

Acknowledgements

Heavily inspired by the work of marked forms