Implement renderBlock method for plugin API

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/api/encodeGlobal.js b/lib/api/encodeGlobal.js
index ffd0e8f..070da68 100644
--- a/lib/api/encodeGlobal.js
+++ b/lib/api/encodeGlobal.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ var deprecate = require('./deprecate');
 var fileToURL = require('../output/helper/fileToURL');
 var defaultBlocks = require('../constants/defaultBlocks');
 var gitbook = require('../gitbook');
+var parsers = require('../parsers');
 
 var encodeConfig = require('./encodeConfig');
 var encodeSummary = require('./encodeSummary');
@@ -95,6 +96,20 @@ function encodeGlobal(output) {
             return encodePage(output, page);
         },
 
+        /**
+            Render a block of text (markdown/asciidoc)
+
+            @param {String} type
+            @param {String} text
+            @return {Promise<String>}
+        */
+        renderBlock: function(type, text) {
+            var parser = parsers.get(type);
+
+            return parser.parsePage(text)
+                .get('content');
+        },
+
         template: {
             /**
                 Apply a templating block and returns its result