NAME Pandoc::Elements - create and process Pandoc documents SYNOPSIS The output of this script "hello.pl" use Pandoc::Elements; use JSON; print Document( { title => MetaInlines [ Str "Greeting" ] }, [ Header( 1, attributes { id => 'top' }, [ Str 'Hello' ] ), Para [ Str 'Hello, world!' ], ], api_version => '1.17.0.4' )->to_json; can be converted for instance to HTML via ./hello.pl | pandoc -f json -t html5 --standalone an equivalent Pandoc Markdown document would be % Greeting # Gruß {.de} Hello, world! DESCRIPTION Pandoc::Elements provides utility functions to parse, serialize, and modify abstract syntax trees (AST) of Pandoc documents. Pandoc can convert this data structure to many other document formats, such as HTML, LaTeX, ODT, and ePUB. See also module Pandoc::Filter, command line script pod2pandoc, and the internal modules Pandoc::Walker and Pod::Simple::Pandoc. PANDOC VERSIONS The Pandoc document model is defined in file Text.Pandoc.Definition as part of Haskell package pandoc-types . Pandoc::Elements is compatible with pandoc-types 1.12.3 (released with pandoc 1.12.1) up to *at least* pandoc-types-1.17.0.4 (first releases with pandoc 1.18). JSON output of all pandoc releases since 1.12.1 can be parsed with function "pandoc_json", the "Document" constructor or method "parse" of module Pandoc. The AST is always upgraded to pandoc-types 1.17 and downgraded to another api version on serialization with "to_json". To determine the api version required by a version of pandoc executable since version 1.18 execute pandoc with the "--version" option and check which version of the "pandoc-types" library pandoc was compiled with. Beginning with version 1.18 pandoc will not decode a JSON AST representation unless the major and minor version numbers (Document method "api_version") match those built into that version of pandoc. The following changes in pandoc document model have been implemented: * pandoc-types 1.17, released for pandoc 1.18, introduced the LineBlock element and modified representation of the root Document element. * pandoc-types 1.16, released with pandoc 1.16, introduced attributes to Link and Image elements * pandoc-types 1.12.3, released with pandoc 1.12.1, modified the representation of elements to objects with field "t" and "c". This is also the internal representation of documents used in this module. FUNCTIONS The following functions and keywords are exported by default: * Constructors for all Pandoc document element (block elements such as "Para" and inline elements such as "Emph", metadata elements and the Document). * Type keywords such as "Decimal" and "LowerAlpha" to be used as types in other document elements. * The following helper functions "pandoc_json", "pandoc_version", "attributes", "citation", and "element". pandoc_json $json Parse a JSON string, as emitted by pandoc in JSON format. This is the reverse to method "to_json" but it can read both old (before Pandoc 1.16) and new format. attributes { key => $value, ... } Maps a hash reference or instance of Hash::MultiValue into the internal structure of Pandoc attributes. The special keys "id" (string), and "class" (string or array reference with space-separated class names) are recognized. See attribute methods for details. citation { ... } A citation as part of document element Cite must be a hash reference with fields "citationID" (string), "citationPrefix" (list of inline elements) "citationSuffix" (list of inline elements), "citationMode" (one of "NormalCitation", "AuthorInText", "SuppressAuthor"), "citationNoteNum" (integer), and "citationHash" (integer). The helper method "citation" can be used to construct such hash by filling in default values and using shorter field names ("id", "prefix", "suffix", "mode", "note", and "hash"): citation { id => 'foo', prefix => [ Str "see" ], suffix => [ Str "p.", Space, Str "42" ] } # in Pandoc Markdown [see @foo p. 42] pandoc_version( [ $document ] ) Return a Pandoc::Version object with expected version number of pandoc executable to be used for serializing documents with to_json. If a Document element is given as argument, the minimal pandoc release version compatible with its api version is returned. Without argument, package variable $PANDOC_VERSION is checked for a preferred pandoc release. By default this variable is set from an environment variable of same name. If no preferred pandoc release has been specified, the function returns version 1.18 because this is the first pandoc release compatible with most recent api version supported by this module. See also method "version" of module Pandoc to get the current version of pandoc executable on your system. element( $name => $content ) Create a Pandoc document element of arbitrary name. This function is only exported on request. ELEMENTS AND METHODS Document elements are encoded as Perl data structures equivalent to the JSON structure, emitted with pandoc output format "json". This JSON structure is subject to minor changes between versions of pandoc. All elements are blessed objects that provide common element methods (all elements), attribute methods (elements with attributes), and additional element-specific methods. COMMON METHODS to_json Return the element as JSON encoded string. The following are equivalent: $element->to_json; JSON->new->utf8->canonical->convert_blessed->encode($element); The serialization format can be adjusted to different pandoc versions with module and environment variable "PANDOC_VERSION" or with Document element properties "api_version" and "pandoc_version". When writing filters you can normally just rely on the api version value obtained from pandoc, since pandoc expects to receive the same JSON format as it emits. name Return the name of the element, e.g. "Para" for a paragraph element. content Return the element content. For most elements (Para, Emph, Str...) the content is an array reference with child elements. Other elements consist of multiple parts; for instance the Link element has attributes ("attr", "id", "class", "classes", "keyvals") a link text ("content") and a link target ("target") with "url" and "title". is_block True if the element is a Block element is_inline True if the element is an inline Inline element is_meta True if the element is a Metadata element is_document True if the element is a Document element walk(...) Walk the element tree with Pandoc::Walker query(...) Query the element to extract results with Pandoc::Walker transform(...) Transform the element tree with Pandoc::Walker string Returns a concatenated string of element content, leaving out all formatting. ATTRIBUTE METHODS Some elements have attributes which can be an identifier, ordered class names and ordered key-value pairs. Elements with attributes provide the following methods: attr Get or set the attributes in Pandoc internal structure: [ $id, [ @classes ], [ [ key => $value ], ... ] ] See helper function attributes to create this structure. keyvals Get all attributes (id, class, and key-value pairs) as new Hash::MultiValue instance, or replace *all* key-value pairs plus id and/or class if these are included as field names. All class fields are split by whitespaces. $e->keyvals # return new Hash::MultiValue $e->keyvals( $HashMultiValue ) # update by instance of Hash::MultiValue $e->keyvals( key => $value, ... ) # update by list of key-value pairs $e->keyvals( \%hash ) # update by hash reference $e->keyvals( { } ) # remove all key-value pairs $e->keyvals( id => '', class => '' ) # remove all key-value pairs, id, class id Get or set the identifier. See also Pandoc::Filter::HeaderIdentifiers for utility functions to handle Header identifiers. class Get or set the list of classes, separated by whitespace. add_attribute( $name => $value ) Append an attribute. The special attribute names "id" and "class" set or append identifier or class, respectively. DOCUMENT ELEMENT Document Root element, consisting of metadata hash ("meta"), document element array ("content"="blocks") and optional "api_version". The constructor accepts either two arguments and an optional named parameter "api_version": Document { %meta }, [ @blocks ], api_version => $version_string or a hash with three fields for metadata, document content, and an optional pandoc API version: { meta => { %metadata }, blocks => [ @content ], pandoc-api-version => [ $major, $minor, $revision ] } The latter form is used as pandoc JSON format since pandoc release 1.18. If no api version is given, it will be set 1.17 which was also introduced with pandoc release 1.18. A third ("old") form is accepted for compatibility with pandoc JSON format before release 1.18 and since release 1.12.1: an array with two elements for metadata and document content respectively. [ { unMeta => { %meta } }, [ @blocks ] ] The api version is set to 1.16 in this case, but older versions down to 1.12.3 used the same format. Document elements provide the following special methods in addition to common element methods: api_version( [ $api_version ] ) Return the pandoc-types version (aka "pandoc-api-version") of this document as Pandoc::Version object or sets it to a new value. This version determines how method to_json serializes the document. See "PANDOC VERSIONS" for details. pandoc_version( [ $pandoc_version ] ) Return the minimum required version of pandoc executable compatible with the api_version of this document. The following are equivalent: $doc->pandoc_version; pandoc_version( $doc ); If used as setter, sets the api version of this document to be compatible with the given pandoc version. content or blocks Get or set the array of block elements of the document. meta Return document metadata elements. metavalue( [ $field ] ) Called without an argument this method returns a copy of the metadata hash with all metadata elements flattened to unblessed values: $doc->metavalue # equivalent to { map { $_ => $doc->meta->{$_}->metavalue } keys %{$doc->meta} } Called with a field, this method is a shortcut for $doc->meta->{$field}->metavalue or "undef" if the given field does not exist. to_pandoc( [ [ $pandoc, ] @arguments ]) Process the document with Pandoc executable and return its output: $doc->to_pandoc( -o => 'doc.html' ); my $markdown = $doc->to_pandoc( -t => 'markdown' ); The first argument can optionally be an instance of Pandoc to use a specific executable. to_...( [ @arguments ] ) Process the document into "markdown" (pandoc's extended Markdown), "latex" (LaTeX), "html" (HTML), "rst" (reStructuredText), or "plain" (plain text). The following are equivalent: $doc->to_markdown( @args ); $doc->to_pandoc( @args, '-t' => 'markdown' ); outline( [ $depth ] ) Returns an outline of the document structure based on Header elements. The outline is a hierarchical hash reference with the following fields: header Header element (not included at the document root) blocks List of block elements before the next Header element (of given depth or less if a maximum depth was given) sections List of subsections, each having the same outline structure. BLOCK ELEMENTS BlockQuote Block quote, consisting of a list of blocks ("content") BlockQuote [ @blocks ] BulletList Unnumbered list of items ("content"="items"), each a list of blocks BulletList [ [ @blocks ] ] CodeBlock Code block (literal string "content") with attributes ("attr", "id", "class", "classes", "keyvals") CodeBlock $attributes, $content DefinitionList Definition list, consisting of a list of pairs ("content"="items"), each a term ("term", a list of inlines) and one or more definitions ("definitions", a list of blocks). DefinitionList [ @definitions ] # each item in @definitions being a pair of the form [ [ @inlines ], [ @blocks ] ] Div Generic container of blocks ("content") with attributes ("attr", "id", "class", "classes", "keyvals"). Div $attributes, [ @blocks ] Header Header with "level" (integer), attributes ("attr", "id", "class", "classes", "keyvals"), and text ("content", a list of inlines). Header $level, $attributes, [ @inlines ] HorizontalRule Horizontal rule HorizontalRule LineBlock List of lines ("content"), each a list of inlines. LineBlock [ @lines ] This element was added in pandoc 1.18. Before it was represented Para elements with embedded LineBreak elements. This old serialization form can be enabled by setting $PANDOC_VERSION package variable to a lower version number. Null Nothing Null OrderedList Numbered list of items ("content"="items"), each a list of blocks), preceded by list attributes (start number, numbering style, and delimiter). OrderedList [ $start, $style, $delim ], [ [ @blocks ] ] Supported styles are "DefaultStyle", "Example", "Decimal", "LowerRoman", "UpperRoman", "LowerAlpha", and "UpperAlpha". Supported delimiters are "DefaultDelim", "Period", "OneParen", and "TwoParens". Para Paragraph, consisting of a list of Inline elements ("content"). Para [ $elements ] Plain Plain text, not a paragraph, consisting of a list of Inline elements ("content"). Plain [ @inlines ] RawBlock Raw block with "format" and "content" string. RawBlock $format, $content Table Table, with "caption", column "alignments", relative column "widths" (0 = default), column "headers" (each a list of blocks), and "rows" (each a list of lists of blocks). Table [ @inlines ], [ @alignments ], [ @width ], [ @headers ], [ @rows ] Possible alignments are "AlignLeft", "AlignRight", "AlignCenter", and "AlignDefault". An example: Table [Str "Example"], [AlignLeft,AlignRight], [0.0,0.0], [[Plain [Str "name"]] ,[Plain [Str "number"]]], [[[Plain [Str "Alice"]] ,[Plain [Str "42"]]] ,[[Plain [Str "Bob"]] ,[Plain [Str "23"]]]]; INLINE ELEMENTS Cite Citation, a list of "citations" and a list of inlines ("content"). See helper function citation to construct citations. Cite [ @citations ], [ @inlines ] Code Inline code, a literal string ("content") with attributes ("attr", "id", "class", "classes", "keyvals") Code attributes { %attr }, $content Emph Emphasized text, a list of inlines ("content"). Emph [ @inlines ] Image Image with alt text ("content", a list of inlines) and "target" (list of "url" and "title") with attributes ("attr", "id", "class", "classes", "keyvals"). Image attributes { %attr }, [ @inlines ], [ $url, $title ] Serializing the attributes is disabled in api version less then 1.16. LineBreak Hard line break LineBreak Link Hyperlink with link text ("content", a list of inlines) and "target" (list of "url" and "title") with attributes ("attr", "id", "class", "classes", "keyvals"). Link attributes { %attr }, [ @inlines ], [ $url, $title ] Serializing the attributes is disabled in api version less then 1.16. Math TeX math, given as literal string ("content") with "type" (one of "DisplayMath" and "InlineMath"). Math $type, $content Note Footnote or Endnote, a list of blocks ("content"). Note [ @blocks ] Quoted Quoted text with quote "type" (one of "SingleQuote" and "DoubleQuote") and a list of inlines ("content"). Quoted $type, [ @inlines ] RawInline Raw inline with "format" (a string) and "content" (a string). RawInline $format, $content SmallCaps Small caps text, a list of inlines ("content"). SmallCaps [ @inlines ] SoftBreak Soft line break SoftBreak This element was added in pandoc 1.16 as a matter of editing convenience to preserve line breaks (as opposed to paragraph breaks) from input source to output. If you are going to feed a document containing "SoftBreak" elements to Pandoc < 1.16 you will have to set the package variable or environment variable "PANDOC_VERSION" to 1.15 or below. Space Inter-word space Space Span Generic container of inlines ("content") with attributes ("attr", "id", "class", "classes", "keyvals"). Span attributes { %attr }, [ @inlines ] Str Plain text, a string ("content"). Str $content Strikeout Strikeout text, a list of inlines ("content"). Strikeout [ @inlines ] Strong Strongly emphasized text, a list of inlines ("content"). Strong [ @inlines ] Subscript Subscripted text, a list of inlines ("content"). Supscript [ @inlines ] Superscript Superscripted text, a list of inlines ("content"). Superscript [ @inlines ] METADATA ELEMENTS Metadata can be provided in YAML syntax or via command line option "-M". All metadata elements return true for "is_meta". Metadata elements can be converted to unblessed Perl array references, hash references, and scalars with method "metavalue". On the document level, metadata (document method "meta") is a hash reference with values being metadata elements. Document method "metavalue" returns a flattened copy of this hash. MetaString A plain text string metadata value ("content"). MetaString $content MetaString values can also be set via pandoc command line client: pandoc -M key=$content MetaBool A Boolean metadata value ("content"). The special values "false" and "FALSE" are recognized as false in addition to normal false values (0, "undef", ""...). MetaBool $content MetaBool values can also be set via pandoc command line client: pandoc -M key=true pandoc -M key=false MetaInlines Container for a list of inlines ("content") in metadata. MetaInlines [ @inlines ] MetaBlocks Container for a list of blocks ("content") in metadata. MetaInlines [ @blocks ] MetaList A list of other metadata elements ("content"). MetaList [ @values ] MetaMap A map of keys to other metadata elements. MetaMap { %map } TYPE KEYWORDS The following document elements are only as used as type keywords in other document elements: * "SingleQuote", "DoubleQuote" * "DisplayMath", "InlineMath" * "AuthorInText", "SuppressAuthor", "NormalCitation" * "AlignLeft", "AlignRight", "AlignCenter", "AlignDefault" * "DefaultStyle", "Example", "Decimal", "LowerRoman", "UpperRoman", "LowerAlpha", "UpperAlpha" * "DefaultDelim", "Period", "OneParen", "TwoParens" SEE ALSO Perl module Pandoc implements a wrapper around the pandoc executable. Similar libraries in other programming languages are listed at . AUTHOR Jakob Voß CONTRIBUTORS Benct Philip Jonsson COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Copyright 2014- Jakob Voß GNU General Public License, Version 2 This module is heavily based on Pandoc by John MacFarlane.