pandoc_reader.py

import subprocess
from pelican import signals
from pelican.readers import BaseReader
from pelican.utils import pelican_open

class PandocReader(BaseReader):
    enabled = True
    file_extensions = ['md', 'markdown', 'mkd', 'mdown']

    def read(self, filename):
        with pelican_open(filename) as fp:
            text = list(fp.splitlines())

        metadata = {}
        for i, line in enumerate(text):
            kv = line.split(':', 1)
            if len(kv) == 2:
                name, value = kv[0].lower(), kv[1].strip()
                metadata[name] = self.process_metadata(name, value)
            else:
                content = "\n".join(text[i:])
                break

        extra_args = self.settings.get('PANDOC_ARGS', [])
        extensions = self.settings.get('PANDOC_EXTENSIONS', '')
        if isinstance(extensions, list):
            extensions = ''.join(extensions)

        pandoc_cmd = ["pandoc", "--from=markdown" + extensions, "--to=html5"]
        pandoc_cmd.extend(extra_args)

        proc = subprocess.Popen(pandoc_cmd,
                                stdin = subprocess.PIPE,
                                stdout = subprocess.PIPE)

        output = proc.communicate(content.encode('utf-8'))[0].decode('utf-8')
        status = proc.wait()
        if status:
            raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(status, pandoc_cmd)

        return output, metadata

def add_reader(readers):
    for ext in PandocReader.file_extensions:
        readers.reader_classes[ext] = PandocReader

def register():
    signals.readers_init.connect(add_reader)