AutoLinker v0.2.1 AutoLinker

Create url links from text containing urls.

Turns an input string like "Check out google.com" into Check out "<a href='http://google.com' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>google.com</a>"

Examples

iex> AutoLinker.link("google.com")
"<a href='http://google.com' class='auto-linker' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>google.com</a>"

iex> AutoLinker.link("google.com", new_window: false, rel: false)
"<a href='http://google.com' class='auto-linker'>google.com</a>"

iex> AutoLinker.link("google.com", new_window: false, rel: false, class: false)
"<a href='http://google.com'>google.com</a>"

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Functions

Auto link a string

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Link to this function link(text, opts \\ [])

Auto link a string.

Options:

  • class: "auto-linker" - specify the class to be added to the generated link. false to clear
  • rel: "noopener noreferrer" - override the rel attribute. false to clear
  • new_window: true - set to false to remove target='_blank' attribute
  • scheme: false - Set to true to link urls with schema http://google
  • truncate: false - Set to a number to truncate urls longer then the number. Truncated urls will end in ..
  • strip_prefix: true - Strip the scheme prefix
  • exclude_class: false - Set to a class name when you don’t want urls auto linked in the html of the give class
  • exclude_id: false - Set to an element id when you don’t want urls auto linked in the html of the give element
  • exclude_patterns: ["```"] - Don't link anything between the the pattern Each of the above options can be specified when callinglink(text, opts)or can be set in the:auto_linker’s configuration. For example:

    config :auto_linker, class: false, new_window: false

Note that passing opts to link/2 will override the configuration settings.