Markdown support for description fields added; Tests updated

boxes/views.py

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import bleach
+import markdown
+
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.db.models import Q
 from django.http import HttpResponse, JsonResponse
@@ -14,6 +17,18 @@ from .forms import (
 from .models import Box, BoxType, Facet, Tag, Thing, ThingFile, ThingLink
 
 
+def _strip_markdown(text, max_length=100):
+    """Convert Markdown to plain text and truncate."""
+    if not text:
+        return ''
+    html = markdown.markdown(text)
+    plain_text = bleach.clean(html, tags=[], strip=True)
+    plain_text = ' '.join(plain_text.split())
+    if len(plain_text) > max_length:
+        return plain_text[:max_length].rsplit(' ', 1)[0] + '...'
+    return plain_text
+
+
 @login_required
 def index(request):
     """Home page with boxes and tags."""
@@ -198,7 +213,7 @@ def search_api(request):
             'id': thing.id,
             'name': thing.name,
             'box': thing.box.id,
-            'description': thing.description[:100] if thing.description else '',
+            'description': _strip_markdown(thing.description),
             'tags': [
                 {
                     'name': tag.name,