]> git.giacomolli.uk - onechat/blob - telegram_markdown.go
Escape tags in the Markdown of rich replies
[onechat] / telegram_markdown.go
1 package main
2
3 import (
4 "slices"
5 "strings"
6 "unicode"
7 "unicode/utf8"
8 )
9
10 // telegramMarkdownPunctuation holds the ASCII characters that a backslash makes
11 // plain.
12 const telegramMarkdownPunctuation = "!\"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\\]^_`{|}~"
13
14 // telegramMarkdownEntities converts the Markdown of a reply to plain text and
15 // Telegram message entities. It knows bold (** and __), italic (* and _),
16 // strikethrough (~~), inline code, fenced code blocks with an optional
17 // language, links [text](url), and ATX headings, which become bold. Lists,
18 // quotes, and tables stay as their text. A mark that does not close stays as
19 // text with no entity, and code holds no entity.
20 //
21 // Inline marks do not cross a line break, so a mark that does not close cannot
22 // change the rest of the reply.
23 func telegramMarkdownEntities(markdown string) (string, []TelegramEntity) {
24 var out TelegramMarkdownText
25 lines := strings.Split(markdown, "\n")
26 for index := 0; index < len(lines); index++ {
27 if index > 0 {
28 out.add("\n")
29 }
30
31 line := lines[index]
32 language, fence := telegramCodeFence(line)
33 end := telegramClosingFence(lines, index, fence)
34 heading := telegramHeadingText(line)
35 switch {
36 case end > index:
37 start := out.units
38 out.add(strings.Join(lines[index+1:end], "\n"))
39 out.entity(TelegramEntity{
40 Type: "pre",
41 Offset: start,
42 Length: out.units - start,
43 Language: language,
44 })
45
46 index = end
47 case heading != "":
48 start := out.units
49 out.inline(heading)
50 out.entity(TelegramEntity{
51 Type: "bold",
52 Offset: start,
53 Length: out.units - start,
54 })
55 default:
56 out.inline(line)
57 }
58 }
59
60 slices.SortStableFunc(out.entities, func(a, b TelegramEntity) int {
61 if a.Offset != b.Offset {
62 return a.Offset - b.Offset
63 }
64
65 return b.Length - a.Length
66 })
67
68 return out.text.String(), out.entities
69 }
70
71 // telegramEscapeTags puts a backslash before each < of markdown outside inline
72 // code and fenced code blocks, so that rich Markdown shows a tag name as text
73 // and reads no raw HTML. A < that a backslash already makes plain stays as it
74 // is. A code block that does not close runs to the end, as in Markdown.
75 func telegramEscapeTags(markdown string) string {
76 var out strings.Builder
77 lines := strings.Split(markdown, "\n")
78 for index := 0; index < len(lines); index++ {
79 if index > 0 {
80 out.WriteString("\n")
81 }
82
83 line := lines[index]
84 _, fence := telegramCodeFence(line)
85 if fence == "" {
86 telegramEscapeLineTags(&out, line)
87 continue
88 }
89
90 end := telegramClosingFence(lines, index, fence)
91 if end < 0 {
92 end = len(lines) - 1
93 }
94
95 out.WriteString(strings.Join(lines[index:end+1], "\n"))
96 index = end
97 }
98
99 return out.String()
100 }
101
102 // telegramCodeFence returns the language of a line that opens a fenced code
103 // block, and the fence. The fence is "" when line does not open a block.
104 func telegramCodeFence(line string) (string, string) {
105 trimmed := strings.TrimLeft(line, " ")
106 if len(line)-len(trimmed) > 3 || !strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "```") {
107 return "", ""
108 }
109
110 run := len(trimmed) - len(strings.TrimLeft(trimmed, "`"))
111 info := strings.TrimSpace(trimmed[run:])
112 if strings.Contains(info, "`") {
113 return "", ""
114 }
115
116 language, _, _ := strings.Cut(info, " ")
117
118 return language, trimmed[:run]
119 }
120
121 // telegramClosesFence tells if line closes the code block of fence.
122 func telegramClosesFence(line, fence string) bool {
123 trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(line)
124 return strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, fence) && strings.Trim(trimmed, "`") == ""
125 }
126
127 // telegramUTF16Units returns the number of UTF-16 code units of text.
128 func telegramUTF16Units(text string) int {
129 units := 0
130 for _, char := range text {
131 units++
132 if char > 0xFFFF {
133 units++
134 }
135 }
136
137 return units
138 }
139
140 // TelegramMarkdownText is the plain text of a Markdown reply and its Telegram
141 // entities, while the conversion builds it. Units counts the UTF-16 code units
142 // of text, the unit of the entity offsets and lengths.
143 type TelegramMarkdownText struct {
144 text strings.Builder
145 units int
146 entities []TelegramEntity
147 }
148
149 // add appends text.
150 func (m *TelegramMarkdownText) add(text string) {
151 m.text.WriteString(text)
152 m.units += telegramUTF16Units(text)
153 }
154
155 // entity keeps entity, unless it is empty, because Telegram refuses an entity
156 // of length 0.
157 func (m *TelegramMarkdownText) entity(entity TelegramEntity) {
158 if entity.Length > 0 {
159 m.entities = append(m.entities, entity)
160 }
161 }
162
163 // inline appends one line of Markdown with its inline marks as entities. A
164 // backslash before an ASCII punctuation character makes the character plain
165 // text.
166 func (m *TelegramMarkdownText) inline(line string) {
167 plain := 0
168 index := 0
169 for index < len(line) {
170 if line[index] == '\\' && index+1 < len(line) && strings.IndexByte(telegramMarkdownPunctuation, line[index+1]) >= 0 {
171 m.add(line[plain:index])
172 plain = index + 1
173 index += 2
174
175 continue
176 }
177
178 span, found := telegramMarkSpan(line, index)
179 if !found {
180 index++
181 continue
182 }
183
184 m.add(line[plain:index])
185 start := m.units
186 if span.kind == "code" {
187 m.add(span.content)
188 } else {
189 m.inline(span.content)
190 }
191
192 m.entity(TelegramEntity{
193 Type: span.kind,
194 Offset: start,
195 Length: m.units - start,
196 URL: span.url,
197 })
198
199 index = span.end
200 plain = span.end
201 }
202
203 m.add(line[plain:])
204 }
205
206 // TelegramMarkdownSpan is an inline mark of a line: the entity type, the
207 // content inside the marks, the index after the closing mark, and the URL of a
208 // link.
209 type TelegramMarkdownSpan struct {
210 kind string
211 content string
212 end int
213 url string
214 }
215
216 // telegramClosingFence returns the index of the line after index that closes
217 // the code block of fence, or -1 when fence is "" or no line closes it.
218 func telegramClosingFence(lines []string, index int, fence string) int {
219 if fence == "" {
220 return -1
221 }
222
223 for end := index + 1; end < len(lines); end++ {
224 if telegramClosesFence(lines[end], fence) {
225 return end
226 }
227 }
228
229 return -1
230 }
231
232 // telegramHeadingText returns the text of an ATX heading line without its
233 // marks, or "" when line is not a heading or has no text.
234 func telegramHeadingText(line string) string {
235 trimmed := strings.TrimLeft(line, " ")
236 if len(line)-len(trimmed) > 3 {
237 return ""
238 }
239
240 level := len(trimmed) - len(strings.TrimLeft(trimmed, "#"))
241 if level == 0 || level > 6 {
242 return ""
243 }
244
245 rest := trimmed[level:]
246 if rest != "" && rest[0] != ' ' && rest[0] != '\t' {
247 return ""
248 }
249
250 rest = strings.TrimSpace(rest)
251 closed := strings.TrimRight(rest, "#")
252 if closed == "" || strings.HasSuffix(closed, " ") {
253 rest = strings.TrimSpace(closed)
254 }
255
256 return rest
257 }
258
259 // telegramEscapeLineTags writes line to out with a backslash before each < that
260 // is outside inline code and not already plain. A run of backticks that opens
261 // no inline code stays as text whole, as in Markdown.
262 func telegramEscapeLineTags(out *strings.Builder, line string) {
263 for index := 0; index < len(line); {
264 switch line[index] {
265 case '\\':
266 if index+1 < len(line) && strings.IndexByte(telegramMarkdownPunctuation, line[index+1]) >= 0 {
267 out.WriteString(line[index : index+2])
268 index += 2
269
270 continue
271 }
272 case '`':
273 end := index + telegramBackticks(line[index:])
274 span, found := telegramCodeSpan(line, index)
275 if found {
276 end = span.end
277 }
278
279 out.WriteString(line[index:end])
280 index = end
281
282 continue
283 case '<':
284 out.WriteByte('\\')
285 }
286
287 out.WriteByte(line[index])
288 index++
289 }
290 }
291
292 // telegramMarkSpan returns the inline mark that starts at index of line and
293 // closes in line. It returns false when no mark starts there or the mark does
294 // not close.
295 func telegramMarkSpan(line string, index int) (TelegramMarkdownSpan, bool) {
296 switch line[index] {
297 case '`':
298 return telegramCodeSpan(line, index)
299 case '[':
300 return telegramLinkSpan(line, index)
301 case '~':
302 return telegramDelimited(line, index, "~~", "strikethrough")
303 case '*', '_':
304 double := line[index : index+1]
305 double += double
306 span, found := telegramDelimited(line, index, double, "bold")
307 if found {
308 return span, true
309 }
310
311 return telegramDelimited(line, index, line[index:index+1], "italic")
312 default:
313 return TelegramMarkdownSpan{}, false
314 }
315 }
316
317 // telegramCodeSpan returns the inline code that starts at index: a run of
318 // backticks, the code, and a run of the same length. One space on each side of
319 // the code is left out, as in Markdown.
320 func telegramCodeSpan(line string, index int) (TelegramMarkdownSpan, bool) {
321 run := telegramBackticks(line[index:])
322 for search := index + run; search < len(line); {
323 next := strings.IndexByte(line[search:], '`')
324 if next < 0 {
325 break
326 }
327
328 next += search
329 length := telegramBackticks(line[next:])
330 if length != run {
331 search = next + length
332 continue
333 }
334
335 content := line[index+run : next]
336 if strings.TrimSpace(content) == "" {
337 break
338 }
339
340 if len(content) > 1 && content[0] == ' ' && content[len(content)-1] == ' ' {
341 content = content[1 : len(content)-1]
342 }
343
344 return TelegramMarkdownSpan{
345 kind: "code",
346 content: content,
347 end: next + run,
348 }, true
349 }
350
351 return TelegramMarkdownSpan{}, false
352 }
353
354 // telegramLinkSpan returns the link [text](url) that starts at index. The text
355 // can hold brackets in pairs, and the URL holds no space.
356 func telegramLinkSpan(line string, index int) (TelegramMarkdownSpan, bool) {
357 depth := 0
358 for closing := index; closing < len(line); closing++ {
359 switch line[closing] {
360 case '\\':
361 closing++
362 case '[':
363 depth++
364 case ']':
365 depth--
366 }
367
368 if depth > 0 {
369 continue
370 }
371
372 rest := line[closing+1:]
373 if closing == index+1 || !strings.HasPrefix(rest, "(") {
374 return TelegramMarkdownSpan{}, false
375 }
376
377 url, _, found := strings.Cut(rest[1:], ")")
378 if !found || url == "" || strings.ContainsAny(url, " \t") {
379 return TelegramMarkdownSpan{}, false
380 }
381
382 return TelegramMarkdownSpan{
383 kind: "text_link",
384 content: line[index+1 : closing],
385 end: closing + 2 + len(url) + 1,
386 url: url,
387 }, true
388 }
389
390 return TelegramMarkdownSpan{}, false
391 }
392
393 // telegramDelimited returns the span of kind between the mark at index and the
394 // same mark later in line. An opening mark is followed by a character that is
395 // not a space, and a closing mark follows one. A single mark is not a part of a
396 // double one. A mark of underscores does not open or close inside a word, so
397 // snake_case stays as text. A code span inside the content is skipped whole.
398 func telegramDelimited(line string, index int, mark, kind string) (TelegramMarkdownSpan, bool) {
399 char := mark[0]
400 after := index + len(mark)
401 if !strings.HasPrefix(line[index:], mark) || after >= len(line) || telegramIsSpace(line[after]) {
402 return TelegramMarkdownSpan{}, false
403 }
404
405 if len(mark) == 1 && (line[after] == char || index > 0 && line[index-1] == char) {
406 return TelegramMarkdownSpan{}, false
407 }
408
409 if char == '_' && index > 0 && telegramWordCharBefore(line[:index]) {
410 return TelegramMarkdownSpan{}, false
411 }
412
413 for closing := after + 1; closing < len(line); closing++ {
414 switch {
415 case line[closing] == '\\':
416 closing++
417 continue
418 case line[closing] == '`':
419 span, found := telegramCodeSpan(line, closing)
420 if found {
421 closing = span.end - 1
422 }
423
424 continue
425 case !strings.HasPrefix(line[closing:], mark) || telegramIsSpace(line[closing-1]):
426 continue
427 }
428
429 end := closing + len(mark)
430 if len(mark) == 1 && (line[closing-1] == char || end < len(line) && line[end] == char) {
431 continue
432 }
433
434 if char == '_' && telegramWordChar(line[end:]) {
435 continue
436 }
437
438 return TelegramMarkdownSpan{
439 kind: kind,
440 content: line[after:closing],
441 end: end,
442 }, true
443 }
444
445 return TelegramMarkdownSpan{}, false
446 }
447
448 // telegramBackticks returns the length of the run of backticks at the start of
449 // text.
450 func telegramBackticks(text string) int {
451 return len(text) - len(strings.TrimLeft(text, "`"))
452 }
453
454 // telegramIsSpace tells if char is a space, a tab, or a line break.
455 func telegramIsSpace(char byte) bool {
456 return char == ' ' || char == '\t' || char == '\n' || char == '\r'
457 }
458
459 // telegramWordCharBefore tells if the character that ends text is a letter or a
460 // digit.
461 func telegramWordCharBefore(text string) bool {
462 char, _ := utf8.DecodeLastRuneInString(text)
463 return text != "" && (unicode.IsLetter(char) || unicode.IsDigit(char))
464 }
465
466 // telegramWordChar tells if the character that starts text is a letter or a
467 // digit. An underscore next to one is a part of a word, such as in snake_case.
468 func telegramWordChar(text string) bool {
469 char, _ := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(text)
470 return text != "" && (unicode.IsLetter(char) || unicode.IsDigit(char))
471 }