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Markdown

Livemark extends Markdown with variety of features. Usually, a codeblock syntax is used for new functionality. For example, adding a script word to a Python snippet's header will make it a Livemark script.

Task

Livemark allows you to include Python and Bash tasks in your markdown documents and run them using livemark run command. This functionality is really useful for a data-driven project where you can share the whole process of getting and transforming your data in a markdown document preserving an ability to run those scripts. It's also used for Contribution Guides and similar documents. It will be rendered as a code block with the command to run it added:

'''python task id=example
print('It is a task')
'''
$ livemark run example
print('It is a task')

You can run it using:

$ livemark run example
It is a task

Logic

https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/en/3.0.x/templates/

Livemark process your document using the Jinja templating language. Inside templates, you can use Frictionless Framework as a frictionless variable to work with tabular data. It's a high-level data preprocessing so you can combine Logic with other syntax, such as Table or Chart:

{% for car in frictionless.Resource('data/cars.csv').read_rows(size=5) %}
- {{ car.brand }} {{ car.model }}: ${{ car.price }}
{% endfor %}

Table

https://datatables.net/manual/index

Livemark supports CSV table rendering using DataTables, which you can see in the example below (replace the single quotes with back ticks). The data property will be read at the build stage so in addition to DataTables options you can pass a file path as data property (CSV/Excel/JSON are supported). Use columns property to customize fields or their order:

'''yaml table
data: data/cars.csv
width: 600
order:
  - [3, 'desc']
columns:
  - data: type
  - data: brand
  - data: model
  - data: price
  - data: kmpl
  - data: bhp
'''
type brand model price kmpl bhp
Sedan Volkswagen Vento 785 16.1 104
Sedan Hyundai Verna 774 17.4 106
Sedan Skoda Rapid 756 15.0 104
Sedan Suzuki Ciaz 725 20.7 91
Sedan Renault Scala 724 16.9 98
Sedan Suzuki SX4 715 16.5 103
Sedan Fiat Linea 700 15.7 112
Sedan Nissan Sunny 699 16.9 98
Sedan Fiat Linea Classic 612 14.9 89
Sedan Toyota Etios 603 16.8 89
Sedan San Storm 595 16.0 59
Sedan Chevrolet Sail 551 18.2 82
Hatchback Volkswagen Polo 535 16.5 74
Hatchback Hyundai i20 523 18.6 82
Sedan Honda Amaze 519 18.0 87
Sedan Suzuki Swift DZire 508 19.1 86
Sedan Ford Classic 506 14.1 100
Hatchback Skoda Fabia 503 16.4 75
Hatchback Toyota Etios Liva 500 17.7 79
Hatchback Fiat Punto Evo 499 15.8 67
Sedan Tata Indigo 499 14.0 65
Sedan Hyundai Xcent 496 19.1 82
Sedan Tata Zest 481 17.6 89
Hatchback Chevrolet Sail Hatchback 468 18.2 82
Hatchback Suzuki Swift 462 20.4 83
Hatchback Renault Pulse 446 18.0 74
Hatchback Suzuki Ritz 442 18.5 86
Hatchback Chevrolet Beat 421 18.6 79
Hatchback Honda Brio 421 19.4 87
Hatchback Hyundai i10 418 19.8 68
Hatchback Ford Figo 414 15.3 70
Hatchback Nissan Micra 413 19.5 67
Hatchback Suzuki Celerio 392 23.1 67
Hatchback Suzuki Wagon-R 363 20.5 67
Hatchback Volkswagen Up 360 21.0 74
Hatchback Chevrolet Spark 345 16.2 62
Hatchback Suzuki Estilo 338 19.0 67
Hatchback Suzuki Alto 315 24.1 67
Hatchback Nissan Datsun GO 312 20.6 67
Hatchback Hyundai EON 302 21.1 55
Hatchback Suzuki Alto 800 248 22.7 47
Hatchback Tata Nano 199 23.9 38
type brand model price kmpl bhp

Chart

https://vega.github.io/vega-lite/

Livemark supports Vega Lite visualisations rendering (to try this example, replace the single quotes with back ticks):

'''yaml chart
data:
  url: ../../data/cars.csv
mark: circle
selection:
  brush:
    type: interval
# other options are omitted
width: 500
height: 300
'''

Script

https://www.python.org/

Livemark supports Python/Bash script execution inside Markdown. We think of this as a lightweight version of Jupyter Notebooks. Sometimes, a declarative Logic/Table/Chart is not enough for presenting data so you might also want to include the scripts:

from pprint import pprint
from frictionless import Resource, transform, steps

brands = transform(
    Resource("data/cars.csv"),
    steps=[
        steps.table_normalize(),
        steps.table_aggregate(group_name="brand", aggregation={"price": ("price", max)}),
        steps.row_sort(field_names=["price"], reverse=True),
        steps.row_slice(head=5),
    ],
)
pprint(brands.read_rows())
[{'brand': 'Volkswagen', 'price': 785},
 {'brand': 'Hyundai', 'price': 774},
 {'brand': 'Skoda', 'price': 756},
 {'brand': 'Suzuki', 'price': 725},
 {'brand': 'Renault', 'price': 724}]

Markup

https://getbootstrap.com/docs/5.0/getting-started/introduction/

With Livemark you can use HTML inside Markdown with Bootstrap support. Here is an example of creating a responsive grid of cards:

'''html markup
<div class="w-50">
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-sm">
  <img src="../../assets/table-package.png" title="Package">
  <div class="text-center">
  <p><strong>Data Package</strong></p>
  <p>A simple container format for describing a coherent collection of data in a single package.</p>
  </div>
</div>
<!-- other columns are omitted -->
</div>
</div>
</div>
'''

Data Package

A simple container format for describing a coherent collection of data in a single package.

Data Resource

A simple format to describe and package a single data resource such as a individual table or file.

Table Schema

A simple format to declare a schema for tabular data. The schema is designed to be expressible in JSON.

Map

https://geojson.org/

Livemark supports GeoJson visualisations rendering (to try this example, replace the single quotes with back ticks):

'''yaml map
data: data/france.json
'''

Audio

This feature renders an audio file or a SoundCloud track:

'''yaml audio/soundcloud
code: 34445479
'''

File

This feature adds a file from the disc with a given code syntax:

'''python file
livemark/__init__.py
'''
from .config import Config
from .document import Document
from .markup import Markup
from .plugin import Plugin
from .project import Project
from .program import program
from .server import Server
from .settings import VERSION as __version__
from .snippet import Snippet
from .system import system
from . import errors

Image

This feature adds an image with an ability to customize dimensions and CSS class:

Remark

Hover on the heading and click "Source" to see the source

Package

This feature renders a Frictionless Data Package:

'''yaml package
descriptor: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fjuniorr/cicd-gh-pages-rmarkdown/main/datapackage.json
'''

Reference

Hover on the heading and click "Source" to see the source

This includes a Python function or class reference (in active development):

Snippet (class)

Document (class)

Snippet (class)

Livemark snippet

Signature

(input: str, *, header: List[str])

Parameters

  • input (str): textual snippet for the snippet
  • header (List[str]): an array of the snippet's header

snippet.header (property)

Snippet's header

Signature

List[str]

snippet.input (property)

Snippet's input

Signature

str

snippet.lang (property)

Snippet's lang

Signature

str

snippet.output (property)

Snippet's output

Signature

Optional[str]

snippet.props (property)

Snippet's props

Signature

Dict[str, Any]

snippet.type (property)

Snippet's type

Signature

str

snippet.process (method)

Process snippet

Signature

(document: Document) -> None

Parameters

  • document (Document): document having this snippet

Document (class)

Livemark document

Signature

(source, *, target=None, format=None, project=None, path=None)

Parameters

  • source : path to the document source
  • target
  • format
  • project
  • path

document.config (property)

Document's config

document.content (property)

Document's content

document.description (property)

Document's description

document.format (property)

Document's format

document.input (property)

Document's input

document.keywords (property)

Document's keywords

document.name (property)

Document's name

document.output (property)

Document's output

document.path (property)

Document's path

document.plugins (property)

Document's plugins

document.preface (property)

Document's preface

document.project (property)

Document's project

document.source (property)

Document's source

document.target (property)

Document's target

document.title (property)

Document's title

document.build (method)

Build the document

Signature

(*, diff=False, print=False)

Parameters

  • diff : print the diff
  • print : print the result

document.get_plugin (method)

Get document's plugin by name

Signature

(name)

Parameters

  • name : plugin name

document.process (method)

Process the document

document.read (method)

Read the document

document.write (method)

Write the document

Signature

(*, diff=False, print=False)

Parameters

  • diff : print the diff
  • print : print the result

Notebook

This feature for including Jupyter Notebooks is being developed at the moment.

Report

This renders an interactive Validation Report, using the Frictionless Framework:

'''yaml report
descriptor: data/invalid.report.json
'''

Resource

This feature for including Data Resource is being developed at the moment.

Schema

It renders an interactive Table Schema, using the Frictionless Framework:

'''yaml schema
descriptor: data/cars.schema.json
'''

Video

This feature renders a video file or a YouTube video:

'''yaml video/youtube
code: NMg-eCbO6L0
'''

Pipeline

This feature for including Transformation Pipelines is being developed at the moment.