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# lowlight
[![Build][build-badge]][build]
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[![Size][size-badge]][size]
Virtual syntax highlighting for virtual DOMs and non-HTML things, with language
auto-detection.
Perfect for [React][], [VDOM][], and others.
Lowlight is built to work with all syntaxes supported by [highlight.js][],
thats [191 languages][names] (and all 94 themes).
Want to use [Prism][] instead?
Try [`refractor`][refractor]!
## Contents
* [Install](#install)
* [Use](#use)
* [API](#api)
* [`low.highlight(language, value[, options])`](#lowhighlightlanguage-value-options)
* [`low.highlightAuto(value[, options])`](#lowhighlightautovalue-options)
* [`Result`](#result)
* [`low.registerLanguage(name, syntax)`](#lowregisterlanguagename-syntax)
* [`low.registerAlias(name[, alias])`](#lowregisteraliasname-alias)
* [`low.listLanguages()`](#lowlistlanguages)
* [Browser](#browser)
* [Related](#related)
* [Projects](#projects)
* [License](#license)
## Install
[npm][]:
```sh
npm install lowlight
```
[Usage in the browser »][browser]
## Use
Highlight:
```js
var low = require('lowlight')
var tree = low.highlight('js', '"use strict";').value
console.log(tree)
```
Yields:
```js
[
{
type: 'element',
tagName: 'span',
properties: {className: ['hljs-meta']},
children: [{type: 'text', value: '"use strict"'}]
},
{type: 'text', value: ';'}
]
```
Or, serialized with [rehype-stringify][]:
```js
var unified = require('unified')
var rehypeStringify = require('rehype-stringify')
var processor = unified().use(rehypeStringify)
var html = processor.stringify({type: 'root', children: tree}).toString()
console.log(html)
```
Yields:
```html
<span class="hljs-meta">"use strict"</span>;
```
> **Tip**: Use [`hast-to-hyperscript`][to-hyperscript] to transform to other
> virtual DOMs, or DIY.
## API
### `low.highlight(language, value[, options])`
Parse `value` (`string`) according to the [`language`][names] grammar.
###### `options`
* `prefix` (`string?`, default: `'hljs-'`) — Class prefix
###### Returns
[`Result`][result].
###### Example
```js
var low = require('lowlight')
console.log(low.highlight('css', 'em { color: red }'))
```
Yields:
```js
{relevance: 4, language: 'css', value: [Array]}
```
### `low.highlightAuto(value[, options])`
Parse `value` by guessing its grammar.
###### `options`
* `prefix` (`string?`, default: `'hljs-'`)
— Class prefix
* `subset` (`Array.<string>?` default: all registered languages)
— List of allowed languages
###### Returns
[`Result`][result], with a `secondBest` if found.
###### Example
```js
var low = require('lowlight')
console.log(low.highlightAuto('"hello, " + name + "!"'))
```
Yields:
```js
{
relevance: 3,
language: 'applescript',
value: [Array],
secondBest: {relevance: 3, language: 'basic', value: [Array]}
}
```
### `Result`
`Result` is a highlighting result object.
###### Properties
* `relevance` (`number`)
— How sure **low** is that the given code is in the found language
* `language` (`string`)
— The detected `language`
* `value` ([`Array.<Node>`][hast-node])
— Virtual nodes representing the highlighted given code
* `secondBest` ([`Result?`][result])
— Result of the second-best (based on `relevance`) match.
Only set by `highlightAuto`, but can still be `null`.
### `low.registerLanguage(name, syntax)`
Register a [syntax][] as `name` (`string`).
Useful in the browser or with custom grammars.
###### Example
```js
var low = require('lowlight/lib/core')
var xml = require('highlight.js/lib/languages/xml')
low.registerLanguage('xml', xml)
console.log(low.highlight('html', '<em>Emphasis</em>'))
```
Yields:
```js
{relevance: 2, language: 'html', value: [Array]}
```
### `low.registerAlias(name[, alias])`
Register a new `alias` for the `name` language.
###### Signatures
* `registerAlias(name, alias|list)`
* `registerAlias(aliases)`
###### Parameters
* `name` (`string`) — [Name][names] of a registered language
* `alias` (`string`) — New alias for the registered language
* `list` (`Array.<alias>`) — List of aliases
* `aliases` (`Object.<alias|list>`) — Map where each key is a `name` and each
value an `alias` or a `list`
###### Example
```js
var low = require('lowlight/lib/core')
var md = require('highlight.js/lib/languages/markdown')
low.registerLanguage('markdown', md)
// low.highlight('mdown', '<em>Emphasis</em>')
// ^ would throw: Error: Unknown language: `mdown` is not registered
low.registerAlias({markdown: ['mdown', 'mkdn', 'mdwn', 'ron']})
low.highlight('mdown', '<em>Emphasis</em>')
// ^ Works!
```
### `low.listLanguages()`
List all registered languages.
###### Returns
`Array.<string>`.
###### Example
```js
var low = require('lowlight/lib/core')
var md = require('highlight.js/lib/languages/markdown')
console.log(low.listLanguages()) // => []
low.registerLanguage('markdown', md)
console.log(low.listLanguages()) // => ['markdown']
```
## Browser
It is not suggested to use the pre-built files or requiring `lowlight` in the
browser as that would include 916kB (260kB GZipped) of code.
Instead, require `lowlight/lib/core`, and include only the used highlighters.
For example:
```js
var low = require('lowlight/lib/core')
var js = require('highlight.js/lib/languages/javascript')
low.registerLanguage('javascript', js)
low.highlight('js', '"use strict";')
// See `Usage` for the results.
```
…when using [browserify][] and minifying with [tinyify][] this results in 24kB
of code (9kB with GZip).
## Related
* [`refractor`][refractor] — Same, but based on [Prism][]
## Projects
* [`emphasize`](https://github.com/wooorm/emphasize)
— Syntax highlighting in ANSI, for the terminal
* [`react-lowlight`](https://github.com/rexxars/react-lowlight)
— Syntax highlighter for [React][]
* [`react-syntax-highlighter`](https://github.com/conorhastings/react-syntax-highlighter)
— [React][] component for syntax highlighting
* [`rehype-highlight`](https://github.com/rehypejs/rehype-highlight)
— Syntax highlighting in [**rehype**](https://github.com/rehypejs/rehype)
* [`remark-highlight.js`](https://github.com/ben-eb/remark-highlight.js)
— Syntax highlighting in [**remark**](https://github.com/remarkjs/remark)
* [`jstransformer-lowlight`](https://github.com/ai/jstransformer-lowlight)
— Syntax highlighting for [JSTransformers](https://github.com/jstransformers)
and [Pug](https://pugjs.org/language/filters.html)
## License
[MIT][license] © [Titus Wormer][author]
<!-- Definitions -->
[build-badge]: https://github.com/wooorm/lowlight/workflows/main/badge.svg
[build]: https://github.com/wooorm/lowlight/actions
[coverage-badge]: https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/wooorm/lowlight.svg
[coverage]: https://codecov.io/github/wooorm/lowlight
[downloads-badge]: https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/lowlight.svg
[downloads]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/lowlight
[size-badge]: https://img.shields.io/bundlephobia/minzip/lowlight.svg
[size]: https://bundlephobia.com/result?p=lowlight
[npm]: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/install
[license]: license
[author]: https://wooorm.com
[rehype-stringify]: https://github.com/rehypejs/rehype/tree/main/packages/rehype-stringify
[hast-node]: https://github.com/syntax-tree/hast#ast
[highlight.js]: https://github.com/highlightjs/highlight.js
[syntax]: https://github.com/highlightjs/highlight.js/blob/main/docs/language-guide.rst
[names]: https://github.com/highlightjs/highlight.js/blob/main/SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.md
[react]: https://facebook.github.io/react/
[vdom]: https://github.com/Matt-Esch/virtual-dom
[to-hyperscript]: https://github.com/syntax-tree/hast-to-hyperscript
[browser]: #browser
[result]: #result
[prism]: https://github.com/PrismJS/prism
[refractor]: https://github.com/wooorm/refractor
[browserify]: https://github.com/browserify/browserify
[tinyify]: https://github.com/browserify/tinyify