[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":55},["Reactive",2],{"blog-post-rails-turbo-markdown-rendering":3},{"slug":4,"title":5,"description":6,"excerpt":7,"date":8,"category":9,"author":10,"keywords":11,"readingMinutes":12,"html":13,"headings":14,"tools":30,"related":31},"rails-turbo-markdown-rendering","Rails Turbo Frames and Markdown Rendering Guide","Learn how to use Rails Turbo Frames for dynamic markdown rendering. This guide includes setup steps, integration tips & code snippets.","Ruby on Rails integrates with Hotwire's Turbo Frames to deliver highly interactive, JavaScript-driven web applications. This guide will illustrate how Turbo Frames can interact with Markdown…","2024-07-05","Tutorial","Matthew Rathbone","Rails turbo markdown rendering",2,"\u003Ch2 id=\"introduction-to-turbo-frames-in-rails\">Introduction to Turbo Frames in Rails\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Ruby on Rails integrates with Hotwire's Turbo Frames to deliver highly interactive, JavaScript-driven web applications. This guide will illustrate how Turbo Frames can interact with Markdown rendering to provide dynamic and responsive content.\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2 id=\"rails-setup-with-turbo-frames\">Rails Setup with Turbo Frames\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Before we proceed, ensure that you have Turbo Frames installed and configured in your Ruby on Rails application. If not, you may refer to Hotwire's official \u003Ca href=\"https://turbo.hotwired.dev/handbook/building#create-a-new-rails-application\">Rails installation guide\u003C/a> documentation for complete configuration instructions.\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2 id=\"rendering-markdown-in-rails\">Rendering Markdown in Rails\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Rendering Markdown in Rails typically involves converting Markdown text into HTML. Redcarpet, a popular Ruby gem, provides a fast and easy-to-use interface for accomplishing this task. To render Markdown in Rails using Redcarpet, first add the gem to your \u003Ccode>Gemfile\u003C/code> and run \u003Ccode>bundle\u003C/code>.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cpre>\u003Ccode class=\"hljs language-ruby\">gem \u003Cspan class=\"hljs-string\">'redcarpet'\u003C/span>\n\u003C/code>\u003C/pre>\u003Cp>To convert Markdown into HTML, use the \u003Ccode>Redcarpet::Render::HTML\u003C/code> class. In your controller:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cpre>\u003Ccode class=\"hljs language-ruby\">markdown_renderer = \u003Cspan class=\"hljs-title class_\">Redcarpet\u003C/span>\u003Cspan class=\"hljs-symbol\">:\u003C/span>\u003Cspan class=\"hljs-symbol\">:Render\u003C/span>\u003Cspan class=\"hljs-symbol\">:\u003C/span>\u003Cspan class=\"hljs-symbol\">:HTML\u003C/span>.new\nmarkdown = \u003Cspan class=\"hljs-title class_\">Redcarpet::Markdown\u003C/span>.new(markdown_renderer)\n\n\u003Cspan class=\"hljs-variable\">@rendered_text\u003C/span> = markdown.render(your_markdown_text_here)\n\u003C/code>\u003C/pre>\u003Cp>For more detailed information, look into \u003Ca href=\"/blog/rendering-markdown-in-ruby-on-rails\">our guide\u003C/a>.\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2 id=\"using-turbo-frames-with-markdown\">Using Turbo Frames with Markdown\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>After successfully setting up and understanding Turbo Frames and Markdown Rendering, let's look at how we can use them together in a Rails application. Here is an example of how you can do it:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Create a \u003Ccode>turbo_frame_tag\u003C/code> in your view.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cpre>\u003Ccode class=\"hljs language-erb\">\u003Cspan class=\"language-xml\"><%=\u003C/span>\u003Cspan class=\"language-ruby\"> turbo_frame_tag \u003Cspan class=\"hljs-string\">'markdown_frame'\u003C/span> \u003Cspan class=\"hljs-keyword\">do\u003C/span> \u003C/span>\u003Cspan class=\"language-xml\">%>\n  <%=\u003C/span>\u003Cspan class=\"language-ruby\"> \u003Cspan class=\"hljs-variable\">@rendered_text\u003C/span>.html_safe \u003C/span>\u003Cspan class=\"language-xml\">%>\n<%\u003C/span>\u003Cspan class=\"language-ruby\"> \u003Cspan class=\"hljs-keyword\">end\u003C/span> \u003C/span>\u003Cspan class=\"language-xml\">%>\u003C/span>\n\u003C/code>\u003C/pre>\u003Cp>In your controller action, render the update using:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cpre>\u003Ccode class=\"hljs language-ruby\">\u003Cspan class=\"hljs-keyword\">def\u003C/span> \u003Cspan class=\"hljs-title function_\">update\u003C/span>\n  \u003Cspan class=\"hljs-comment\"># your markdown text here could come from params, database or anywhere else\u003C/span>\n  markdown_text = \u003Cspan class=\"hljs-string\">"# This is a header"\u003C/span>\n  \n  markdown = \u003Cspan class=\"hljs-title class_\">Redcarpet::Markdown\u003C/span>.new(\u003Cspan class=\"hljs-title class_\">Redcarpet\u003C/span>\u003Cspan class=\"hljs-symbol\">:\u003C/span>\u003Cspan class=\"hljs-symbol\">:Render\u003C/span>\u003Cspan class=\"hljs-symbol\">:\u003C/span>\u003Cspan class=\"hljs-symbol\">:HTML\u003C/span>.new)\n  \u003Cspan class=\"hljs-variable\">@rendered_text\u003C/span> = markdown.render(markdown_text)\n  \n  respond_to \u003Cspan class=\"hljs-keyword\">do\u003C/span> |\u003Cspan class=\"hljs-params\">format\u003C/span>|\n    format.turbo_stream\n  \u003Cspan class=\"hljs-keyword\">end\u003C/span>\n\u003Cspan class=\"hljs-keyword\">end\u003C/span>\n\u003C/code>\u003C/pre>\u003Cp>Finally, create a \u003Ccode>update.turbo_stream.erb\u003C/code> in your views to inject the rendered markdown into the turbo frame.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cpre>\u003Ccode class=\"hljs language-erb\">\u003Cspan class=\"language-xml\"><%=\u003C/span>\u003Cspan class=\"language-ruby\"> turbo_frame_tag \u003Cspan class=\"hljs-string\">'markdown_frame'\u003C/span> \u003Cspan class=\"hljs-keyword\">do\u003C/span> \u003C/span>\u003Cspan class=\"language-xml\">%>\n  <%=\u003C/span>\u003Cspan class=\"language-ruby\"> \u003Cspan class=\"hljs-variable\">@rendered_text\u003C/span>.html_safe \u003C/span>\u003Cspan class=\"language-xml\">%>\n<%\u003C/span>\u003Cspan class=\"language-ruby\"> \u003Cspan class=\"hljs-keyword\">end\u003C/span> \u003C/span>\u003Cspan class=\"language-xml\">%>\u003C/span>\n\u003C/code>\u003C/pre>\u003Cp>Upon invoking the \u003Ccode>update\u003C/code> action, Rails will now dynamically refresh your markdown frame with the updated HTML text, and your page will not reload.\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2 id=\"wrapping-up\">Wrapping Up\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>So, that's it! You've now integrated Turbo Frames with Markdown Rendering in Rails. If you would like to continue learning how to render Markdown with different setups, check out our articles about \u003Ca href=\"/blog/rendering-markdown-in-react\">Markdown rendering in React\u003C/a> or \u003Ca href=\"/blog/how-to-render-markdown-in-angular\">Angular rendering\u003C/a>. \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Make sure to utilize the numerous features that Markdown provides to enhance the look and feel of your content. Usage of blockquotes, nested lists, hyperlinks, and different text decorations are outstanding examples of increasing the readability of your content. Find more on those topics on our \u003Ca href=\"/blog\">Markdown Blog\u003C/a>. Utilize these techniques to create attention-grabbing, informative, and interactive blog posts or any other HTML content.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Remember that while this guide demonstrated basic usage of rendering markdown text and displaying it dynamically using Hotwire's Turbo Frames, the full potential and use cases can be much broader depending on your application's requirements.\u003C/p>\n",[15,18,21,24,27],{"id":16,"text":17,"level":12},"introduction-to-turbo-frames-in-rails","Introduction to Turbo Frames in Rails",{"id":19,"text":20,"level":12},"rails-setup-with-turbo-frames","Rails Setup with Turbo Frames",{"id":22,"text":23,"level":12},"rendering-markdown-in-rails","Rendering Markdown in Rails",{"id":25,"text":26,"level":12},"using-turbo-frames-with-markdown","Using Turbo Frames with Markdown",{"id":28,"text":29,"level":12},"wrapping-up","Wrapping Up",[],[32,39,45],{"slug":33,"title":34,"description":35,"excerpt":35,"date":36,"category":9,"author":37,"keywords":38,"readingMinutes":12},"rendering-markdown-in-ruby-on-rails","Rendering Markdown in Ruby on Rails","Rendering Markdown in Ruby on Rails is a way to display formatted text within a web application. Markdown is a lightweight markup language that allows users to write in a simple, easy-to-read…","2022-12-07","Matthew Rathbone (with help from OpenAI)","6/7/2023",{"slug":40,"title":41,"description":42,"excerpt":42,"date":43,"category":9,"author":37,"keywords":44,"readingMinutes":12},"rendering-markdown-in-react","Rendering Markdown in React","Rendering Markdown in React is a popular method for displaying rich text content within a React application. Markdown is a lightweight markup language that uses simple, easy-to-read syntax to…","2022-02-15","2/15/2023",{"slug":46,"title":47,"description":48,"excerpt":49,"date":50,"category":51,"author":52,"keywords":53,"readingMinutes":54},"why-your-markdown-isnt-rendering","Why Your Markdown Isn't Rendering: A Troubleshooting Guide","Markdown looks fine in your editor but renders wrong in production? This guide walks through the most common causes by platform — with specific fixes for each.","You write clean Markdown, hit preview, and something goes wrong. The heading doesn't appear. The code block is mangled. The table renders as pipe characters scattered across a paragraph. The bold…","2026-06-12","troubleshooting","Matt Rathbone","markdown not rendering, markdown rendering issues, markdown broken, markdown display problems, markdown troubleshooting, markdown preview wrong, jekyll markdown not rendering, github markdown broken",8,1792184940473]