html to markdown

html2md.py

from html2text import HTML2Text
from textwrap import dedent
import re

def get_md(cts, extractor='h2t'):
    h2t = HTML2Text(bodywidth=5000)
    h2t.ignore_links,h2t.mark_code,h2t.ignore_images = (True,)*3
    res = h2t.handle(cts)
    def _f(m): return f'```\n{dedent(m.group(1))}\n```'
    return re.sub(r'\[code]\s*\n(.*?)\n\[/code]', _f, res or '', flags=re.DOTALL).strip()

Usage

>>> html="<h1>Mark's World</h1><p>Hello World<p>"
>>> get_md(html)
"# Mark's World\n\nHello World"