fix(search): clean markdown elements in search contents

src/plugins/search/component.js

@@ -49,12 +49,13 @@ function doSearch(value) {
 
   let html = '';
   matches.forEach((post, i) => {
+    const content = post.content ? `...${post.content}...` : '';
     const title = (post.title || '').replace(/<[^>]+>/g, '');
     html += /* html */ `
       <div class="matching-post" aria-label="search result ${i + 1}">
         <a href="${post.url}" title="${title}">
           <p class="title clamp-1">${post.title}</p>
-          <p class="content clamp-2">${post.content}</p>
+          <p class="content clamp-2">${content}</p>
         </a>
       </div>
     `;

src/plugins/search/markdown-to-txt.js

@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+/**
+ * This is a function to convert markdown to txt based on markedjs v13+.
+ * Copies the escape/unescape functions from [lodash](https://www.npmjs.com/package/lodash) instead import to reduce the size.
+ */
+import { marked } from 'marked';
+
+const reEscapedHtml = /&(?:amp|lt|gt|quot|#(0+)?39);/g;
+const reHasEscapedHtml = RegExp(reEscapedHtml.source);
+const htmlUnescapes = {
+  '&': '&',
+  '&lt;': '<',
+  '&gt;': '>',
+  '&quot;': '"',
+  '&#39;': "'",
+};
+
+function unescape(string) {
+  return string && reHasEscapedHtml.test(string)
+    ? string.replace(reEscapedHtml, entity => htmlUnescapes[entity] || "'")
+    : string || '';
+}
+
+const reUnescapedHtml = /[&<>"']/g;
+const reHasUnescapedHtml = RegExp(reUnescapedHtml.source);
+const htmlEscapes = {
+  '&': '&amp;',
+  '<': '&lt;',
+  '>': '&gt;',
+  '"': '&quot;',
+  "'": '&#39;',
+};
+
+function escape(string) {
+  return string && reHasUnescapedHtml.test(string)
+    ? string.replace(reUnescapedHtml, chr => htmlEscapes[chr])
+    : string || '';
+}
+
+function helpersCleanup(string) {
+  return string && string.replace('!>', '').replace('?>', '');
+}
+
+const markdownToTxtRenderer = {
+  space() {
+    return '';
+  },
+
+  code({ text }) {
+    const code = text.replace(/\n$/, '');
+    return escape(code);
+  },
+
+  blockquote({ tokens }) {
+    return this.parser?.parse(tokens) || '';
+  },
+
+  html() {
+    return '';
+  },
+
+  heading({ tokens }) {
+    return this.parser?.parse(tokens) || '';
+  },
+
+  hr() {
+    return '';
+  },
+
+  list(token) {
+    let body = '';
+    for (let j = 0; j < token.items.length; j++) {
+      const item = token.items[j];
+      body += this.listitem?.(item);
+    }
+
+    return body;
+  },
+
+  listitem(item) {
+    let itemBody = '';
+    if (item.task) {
+      const checkbox = this.checkbox?.({ checked: !!item.checked });
+      if (item.loose) {
+        if (item.tokens.length > 0 && item.tokens[0].type === 'paragraph') {
+          item.tokens[0].text = checkbox + ' ' + item.tokens[0].text;
+          if (
+            item.tokens[0].tokens &&
+            item.tokens[0].tokens.length > 0 &&
+            item.tokens[0].tokens[0].type === 'text'
+          ) {
+            item.tokens[0].tokens[0].text =
+              checkbox + ' ' + item.tokens[0].tokens[0].text;
+          }
+        } else {
+          item.tokens.unshift({
+            type: 'text',
+            raw: checkbox + ' ',
+            text: checkbox + ' ',
+          });
+        }
+      } else {
+        itemBody += checkbox + ' ';
+      }
+    }
+
+    itemBody += this.parser?.parse(item.tokens, !!item.loose);
+
+    return `${itemBody || ''}`;
+  },
+
+  checkbox() {
+    return '';
+  },
+
+  paragraph({ tokens }) {
+    return this.parser?.parseInline(tokens) || '';
+  },
+
+  table(token) {
+    let header = '';
+
+    let cell = '';
+    for (let j = 0; j < token.header.length; j++) {
+      cell += this.tablecell?.(token.header[j]);
+    }
+    header += this.tablerow?.({ text: cell });
+
+    let body = '';
+    for (let j = 0; j < token.rows.length; j++) {
+      const row = token.rows[j];
+
+      cell = '';
+      for (let k = 0; k < row.length; k++) {
+        cell += this.tablecell?.(row[k]);
+      }
+
+      body += this.tablerow?.({ text: cell });
+    }
+
+    return header + ' ' + body;
+  },
+
+  tablerow({ text }) {
+    return text;
+  },
+
+  tablecell(token) {
+    return this.parser?.parseInline(token.tokens) || '';
+  },
+
+  strong({ text }) {
+    return text;
+  },
+
+  em({ tokens }) {
+    return this.parser?.parseInline(tokens) || '';
+  },
+
+  codespan({ text }) {
+    return text;
+  },
+
+  br() {
+    return ' ';
+  },
+
+  del({ tokens }) {
+    return this.parser?.parseInline(tokens);
+  },
+
+  link({ tokens, href, title }) {
+    // Remain the href and title attributes for searching, so is the image
+    // e.g. [filename](_media/example.js ':include :type=code :fragment=demo')
+    // Result: filename _media/example.js :include :type=code :fragment=demo
+    return `${this.parser?.parseInline(tokens) || ''} ${href || ''} ${title || ''}`;
+  },
+
+  image({ title, text, href }) {
+    return `${text || ''} ${href || ''} ${title || ''}`;
+  },
+
+  text(token) {
+    return token.tokens
+      ? this.parser?.parseInline(token.tokens) || ''
+      : token.text || '';
+  },
+};
+const _marked = marked.setOptions({ renderer: markdownToTxtRenderer });
+
+export function markdownToTxt(markdown) {
+  const unmarked = _marked.parse(markdown);
+  const unescaped = unescape(unmarked);
+  const helpersCleaned = helpersCleanup(unescaped);
+  return helpersCleaned.trim();
+}
+
+export default markdownToTxt;

src/plugins/search/search.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {
   getAndRemoveConfig,
   getAndRemoveDocsifyIgnoreConfig,
 } from '../../core/render/utils.js';
+import { markdownToTxt } from './markdown-to-txt.js';
 import Dexie from 'dexie';
 
 let INDEXES = {};
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ export function genIndex(path, content = '', router, depth, indexKey) {
         index[slug] = {
           slug,
           title: path !== '/' ? path.slice(1) : 'Home Page',
-          body: token.text || '',
+          body: markdownToTxt(token.text || ''),
           path: path,
           indexKey: indexKey,
         };
@@ -150,12 +151,12 @@ export function genIndex(path, content = '', router, depth, indexKey) {
         token.text = getTableData(token);
         token.text = getListData(token);
 
-        index[slug].body += '\n' + (token.text || '');
+        index[slug].body += '\n' + markdownToTxt(token.text || '');
       } else {
         token.text = getTableData(token);
         token.text = getListData(token);
 
-        index[slug].body = token.text || '';
+        index[slug].body = markdownToTxt(token.text || '');
       }
 
       index[slug].path = path;
@@ -229,8 +230,8 @@ export function search(query) {
           start = indexContent < 11 ? 0 : indexContent - 10;
           end = start === 0 ? 100 : indexContent + keyword.length + 90;
 
-          if (postContent && end > postContent.length) {
-            end = postContent.length;
+          if (handlePostContent && end > handlePostContent.length) {
+            end = handlePostContent.length;
           }
 
           const matchContent =

test/e2e/search.test.js

@@ -232,4 +232,105 @@ test.describe('Search Plugin Tests', () => {
     await page.keyboard.press('z');
     await expect(searchFieldElm).toBeFocused();
   });
+  test('search result should remove markdown code block', async ({ page }) => {
+    const docsifyInitConfig = {
+      markdown: {
+        homepage: `
+# Hello World
+
+searchHere
+\`\`\`js
+console.log('Hello World');
+\`\`\`
+        `,
+      },
+      scriptURLs: ['/dist/plugins/search.js'],
+    };
+
+    const searchFieldElm = page.locator('input[type=search]');
+    const resultsHeadingElm = page.locator('.results-panel .content');
+
+    await docsifyInit(docsifyInitConfig);
+    await searchFieldElm.fill('searchHere');
+    // there is a newline after searchHere and the markdown part ```js ``` it should be removed
+    expect(await resultsHeadingElm.textContent()).toContain(
+      "...searchHere\nconsole.log('Hello World');...",
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('search result should remove file markdown and keep href attribution for files', async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    const docsifyInitConfig = {
+      markdown: {
+        homepage: `
+# Hello World
+![filename](_media/example.js ':include :type=code :fragment=demo')
+        `,
+      },
+      scriptURLs: ['/dist/plugins/search.js'],
+    };
+
+    const searchFieldElm = page.locator('input[type=search]');
+    const resultsHeadingElm = page.locator('.results-panel .content');
+
+    await docsifyInit(docsifyInitConfig);
+    await searchFieldElm.fill('filename');
+    expect(await resultsHeadingElm.textContent()).toContain(
+      '...filename _media/example.js :include :type=code :fragment=demo...',
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('search result should remove checkbox markdown and keep related values', async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    const docsifyInitConfig = {
+      markdown: {
+        homepage: `
+# Hello World
+
+- [ ] Task 1
+- [x] SearchHere
+- [ ] Task 3
+          `,
+      },
+      scriptURLs: ['/dist/plugins/search.js'],
+    };
+
+    const searchFieldElm = page.locator('input[type=search]');
+    const resultsHeadingElm = page.locator('.results-panel .content');
+
+    await docsifyInit(docsifyInitConfig);
+    await searchFieldElm.fill('SearchHere');
+    // remove the checkbox markdown and keep the related values
+    expect(await resultsHeadingElm.textContent()).toContain(
+      '...Task 1 SearchHere Task 3...',
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('search result should remove docsify self helper markdown and keep related values', async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    const docsifyInitConfig = {
+      markdown: {
+        homepage: `
+# Hello World
+
+!> SearchHere to check it!
+
+          `,
+      },
+      scriptURLs: ['/dist/plugins/search.js'],
+    };
+
+    const searchFieldElm = page.locator('input[type=search]');
+    const resultsHeadingElm = page.locator('.results-panel .content');
+
+    await docsifyInit(docsifyInitConfig);
+    await searchFieldElm.fill('SearchHere');
+    // remove the helper markdown and keep the related values
+    expect(await resultsHeadingElm.textContent()).toContain(
+      '...SearchHere to check it!...',
+    );
+  });
 });