Asciidoctor Interactive Runner

Transform static Asciidoc code listings into interactive playgrounds in web browsers. Turn them in microservices too!

Target the code listings with the %interactive option and you're almost done!

At the moment, the extension is only compatible with JavaScript source code, handled with the runkit runner.

Install

npm install asciidoctor.js asciidoctor-extension-interactive-runner

Usage

Turning listings into interactive playgrounds

Add the %interactive option to a source element, combined with the javascript language syntax.

[source%interactive,javascript]
----
const {camelCase} = require('lodash');
 
console.log(camelCase('get content'));  // <1>
----
<1> Now you can see the output of this line in the browser.

Ephemeral microservices, HTTP(S) servers

The extra option %endpoint transforms the interactive code in an ephemeral web service.

[source%interactive%endpoint,javascript]
----
const micro = require('micro');
const {random} = require('pokemon');
 
const server = micro((req, res) => random());
 
server.listen(4000);
----

Limitation: you have to name the variable server or to make it as the module.exports for this feature to work.

Specify a Runtime version

You can specify a Node version with the runner-node Asciidoc attribute. Without specifying it, it is assumed it is the Node version converting the Asciidoc document.

:runner-node: v11
 
[source%interactive,javascript]
----
console.log(process.version);
----

Asciidoctor Conversion

const Asciidoctor = require('asciidoctor.js')();
const runnerExtension = require('asciidoctor-extension-interactive-runner');
 
Asciidoctor.Extensions.register(runnerExtension);
 
Asciidoctor.convertFile('path/to/content.adoc', {
  to_file: 'path/to/content.html',
  backend: 'html5',
})

License

MIT License.