---
id: 6939b873185d8e00d453563c
title: "Challenge 157: Markdown Link Parser"
challengeType: 29
dashedName: challenge-157
---
# --description--
Given the string of a link in Markdown, return the equivalent HTML string.
A Markdown image has the following format: `"[link_text](link_url)"`. Return the string of the HTML `a` tag with the `href` set to the `link_url` and the `link_text` as the tag content.
For example, given `"[freeCodeCamp](https://freecodecamp.org/)"` return `'freeCodeCamp'`;
Note: The console may not display HTML tags in strings when logging messages — check the browser console to see logs with tags included.
# --hints--
`parse_link("[freeCodeCamp](https://freecodecamp.org/)")` should return `'freeCodeCamp'`.
```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(parse_link("[freeCodeCamp](https://freecodecamp.org/)"), 'freeCodeCamp')`)
}})
```
`parse_link("[Donate to our charity.](https://www.freecodecamp.org/donate/)")` should return `'Donate to our charity.'`.
```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(parse_link("[Donate to our charity.](https://www.freecodecamp.org/donate/)"), 'Donate to our charity.')`)
}})
```
`parse_link("[Contribute to our repository at https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp.](https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp/)")` should return `'Contribute to our repository at https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp.'`.
```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(parse_link("[Contribute to our repository at https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp.](https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp/)"), 'Contribute to our repository at https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp.')`)
}})
```
# --seed--
## --seed-contents--
```py
def parse_link(markdown):
return markdown
```
# --solutions--
```py
import re
def parse_link(markdown):
match = re.match(r'\[(.*?)\]\((.*?)\)', markdown)
text, url = match.groups()
return f'{text}'
```