Adonis 5 - Markdown renderer

post.edge

<div class="markdown">
    {{ safe(markdown(post.content)) }}
</div>

View.ts

import View from '@ioc:Adonis/Core/View'
import showdown from 'showdown'

/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Preloaded File
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Any code written inside this file will be executed during the application
| boot.
|
*/
View.global('markdown', (markdown: string) => {
  const converter = new showdown.Converter()

  const edge = View.getRenderer().renderRawSync(markdown)

  return converter.makeHtml(edge)
})

1. Install showdown via npm i showdown
2. Create preload file with node ace make:prldfile View
3. Add View.ts code above to newly created file
4. Profit