Markdown template tag for Django

markdown_tag.py

# Creates a template tag so you can use Markdown in textfields
#
# REQUIRES:
#   - markdown 2 -- pip install markdown2
# 
# USAGE:
#   - Create a folder in your app called "templatetags"
#   - Save this file and an __init__.py in the folder
#   - In your template, add "{% load markdown_tag %}" at top
#   - {{ field|md }} will output escaped markup
#   - {{ field|md|safe }} outputs "safe" markup

from django import template
from django.template.defaultfilters import stringfilter
import markdown2

register = template.Library()

@register.filter(name="md")
@stringfilter
def markdown(value):
    return markdown2.markdown(value)