BBRuby is a BBCode (www.bbcode.org) implementation for Ruby. It will convert strings with BBCode markup to their HTML equivalent.
To install as a gem:
sudo gem install bb-ruby
To install as a plugin:
./script/plugin install git://github.com/cpjolicoeur/bb-ruby.git
require 'bb-ruby' # (only needed if installed as a gem)
BBRuby has been included directly into the String class for use on any string object:
text = "[b]Here is some bold text[/b] followed by some [u]underlined text[/u]" output = text.bbcode_to_html text.bbcode_to_html!
BBRuby will auto-escape HTML tags. To prevent this just pass false as the second param:
output = text.bbcode_to_html({}, false)
Only allow certain tags:
output = text.bbcode_to_html({}, true, :enable, :image, :bold, :quote)
Disable certain tags:
output = text.bbcode_to_html({}, true, :disable, :image, :bold, :quote)
Alternative Direct usage:
output = BBRuby.to_html(bbcode_markup)
Define your own translation, in order to be more flexible:
my_blockquote = { 'Quote' => [ /\[quote(:.*)?=(.*?)\](.*?)\[\/quote\1?\]/mi, '<div class="quote"><p><cite>\2</cite></p><blockquote>\3</blockquote></div>', 'Quote with citation', '[quote=mike]please quote me[/quote]', :quote ], } text.bbcode_to_html(my_blockquote)
You can also use the simple_format method of ActionPack by using the *_with_formatting methods:
output = text.bbcode_to_html_with_formatting output = text.bbcode_to_html_with_formatting!
The following is the list of BBCode tags processed by BBRuby and their associated symbol for enabling/disabling them
- b
-
:bold
- i
-
:italics
- u
-
:underline
- s
-
:strikeout
- del
-
:delete
- ins
-
:insert
- code
-
:code
- size
-
:size
- color
-
:color
- ol
-
:orderedlist
- ul
-
:unorderedlist
- li
-
:listitem
- *
-
:listitem
- list
-
:listitem
- list=1
-
:listitem
- list=a
-
:listitem
- dl
-
:definelist
- dt
-
:defineterm
- dd
-
:definition
- quote
-
:quote
- quote=source
-
:quote
- url=link
-
:link
- url
-
:link
- img size=
-
:image
- img=
-
:image
- img
-
:image
- youtube
-
:video
- gvideo
-
:video
- vimeo
-
:video
-
:email
Copyright © 2008 Craig P Jolicoeur, Fernando Blat
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