Embed markdown into a razor view using asp.net core

Application overview Mardown is creeping up and has become a standard for documentation. How to embed markdown into a razor view will be shown in this application. Let’s have a look on the implementation of the project.

Tools and Technology used The following tools and technologies has been used for this application

• Visual Studio 2019
• Visual C#
• NuGet package “Westwind.AspNetCore.Markdown”
• ASP.NET Core MVC
• Razor view engine

Step1: Select ASP.NET Core Web Application
Select File->New->Project->ASP.NET Core Web Application

Step2: Choose project and solution name
Type project and solution name as “MarkdownToHTMLv02”

Step 3: Select project template

• Select project template as Web Application (Model-View-Controller)
• Click create button

Step 4: Install Nuget package “Westwind.AspNetCore.Markdown”
Run the following command in package manager console

PM> Install-Package Westwind.AspNetCore.Markdown

Step 5: Register TagHelper

Add the following TagHelper in Views->_ViewImports.cshtml

@addTagHelper *, Westwind.AspNetCore.Markdown

Step 6: Apply markdown tag
Now apply markdown tag in Views->Home->Index.cshtml

<h3>Markdown TagHelper Block</h3>

<markdown normalize-whitespace="true">
    ## This is a markdown title
    * Item 1
    * Item 2
    The current Time is:
    **@DateTime.Now.ToString("HH:mm:ss")**

</markdown>

Step 7: Build and run the application

Now the application is ready to run. Build and run the application and watch the html output which you is writtern in the markdown tag.

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