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import { Injectable } from '@angular/core'

import * as MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it'

@Injectable()
export class MarkdownService {
  private markdownIt: MarkdownIt.MarkdownIt

  constructor () {
    this.markdownIt = new MarkdownIt('zero', { linkify: true })
      .enable('linkify')
      .enable('autolink')
      .enable('emphasis')
      .enable('link')
      .enable('newline')

    // Snippet from markdown-it documentation: https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/blob/master/docs/architecture.md#renderer
    const defaultRender = this.markdownIt.renderer.rules.link_open || function (tokens, idx, options, env, self) {
      return self.renderToken(tokens, idx, options)
    }

    this.markdownIt.renderer.rules.link_open = function (tokens, idx, options, env, self) {
      // If you are sure other plugins can't add `target` - drop check below
      const aIndex = tokens[idx].attrIndex('target')

      if (aIndex < 0) {
        tokens[idx].attrPush(['target', '_blank']) // add new attribute
      } else {
        tokens[idx].attrs[aIndex][1] = '_blank'    // replace value of existing attr
      }

      // pass token to default renderer.
      return defaultRender(tokens, idx, options, env, self)
    }
  }

  markdownToHTML (markdown: string) {
    return this.markdownIt.render(markdown)
  }
}