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How I convert rst to HTML. Currently fails on images.
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failing_image_example.rst_
This image fails when I run it via the function below:
.. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pydanny/pydanny.github.com/master/static/bitcointsd111.png
:align: center
:alt: BitCoin and Two Scoops of Django!
:target: https://www.pydanny.com/25-percent-bitcoin-sale-two-scoops-of-django.html
Error provided is::
<h1>System Message: ERROR/3 (&lt;string&gt; line 4)</h1>
<p>Error in "image" directive: no content permitted.</p>
<pre>.. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pydanny/pydanny.github.com/master/static/bitcointsd111.png
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rst2article.py
"""
Python version: Python 3.6
packages: rst2html5 docutils
"""
from docutils.core import publish_string
import rst2html5_ # rst2html5 package
def rst2article(content):
# Transform the text into html
post = publish_string(source=content, writer=rst2html5_.HTML5Writer())
# decode the binary output
post = post.decode()
# Strip out the HTML top and bottom
post = post[post.index('<body>')+6:post.index('</body>')]
# clean up the white space
post = '\n'.join([x.strip() for x in post.splitlines()])
return post
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