Markdown Checklist

a Python Markdown extension for lists of tasks with checkboxes

inspired by GitHub task lists:

* [ ] foo
* [x] bar
* [ ] baz

becomes

<ul>
<li><input type="checkbox" disabled> foo</li>
<li><input type="checkbox" disabled checked> bar</li>
<li><input type="checkbox" disabled> baz</li>
</ul>

• a dash can be used instead of an asterisk for list items
• both upper- and lowercase "x" are accepted to activate checkboxes

Installation

$ pip install markdown-checklist

Usage

import markdown
html = markdown.markdown(source, extensions=['markdown_checklist.extension'])

or

import markdown
from markdown_checklist.extension import ChecklistExtension
html = markdown.markdown(source, extensions=[ChecklistExtension()])

There is also a small JavaScript/jQuery library to make checkboxes interactive:

new Checklists("article", function(checkbox, callback) {
    var uri = checkbox.closest("article").find("h1 a").attr("href");
    jQuery.get(uri, callback);
}, function(markdown, checkbox, callback) {
    var uri = checkbox.closest("article").find("h1 a").attr("href");
    jQuery.ajax({
        type: "put",
        uri: uri,
        data: markdown,
        success: callback
    });
});

See included checklists.js for details.