HackSoc Markdown Newsletter Converter

Converts a markdown file to the HTML for sending as a newsletter using an existing template.

REQUIREMENTS

• A recent version of Python 3 (Only tested on Python 3.8+)
• Marko pip3 install marko
• Premailer pip3 install premailer

USAGE

python3 newsletter.py [template file] [markdown file]

The template file should be a HTML file with all of the styling and such included. Put the string <!--REPLACED_WITH_CONTENT--> into the body where you want the content to go and it will be replaced with the content from the markdown.

Otherwise the markdown is standard CommonMark.

TODO

• Look into better (more markdown like) way to add buttons.
• Add Docs into program help output.
• Add [-v|--verbose] flag to print HTML while program is running.
• Check HTML output for accessibility.
• Check HTML output for compatibility. (I'm looking at you, Outlook)