freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/daily-coding-challenges-python/6939b873185d8e00d453563c.md

id, title, challengeType, dashedName

id	title	challengeType	dashedName
6939b873185d8e00d453563c	Challenge 157: Markdown Link Parser	29	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 '<a href="https://freecodecamp.org/">freeCodeCamp</a>';

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 '<a href="https://freecodecamp.org/">freeCodeCamp</a>'.

({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(parse_link("[freeCodeCamp](https://freecodecamp.org/)"), '<a href="https://freecodecamp.org/">freeCodeCamp</a>')`)
}})

parse_link("[Donate to our charity.](https://www.freecodecamp.org/donate/)") should return '<a href="https://www.freecodecamp.org/donate/">Donate to our charity.</a>'.

({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(parse_link("[Donate to our charity.](https://www.freecodecamp.org/donate/)"), '<a href="https://www.freecodecamp.org/donate/">Donate to our charity.</a>')`)
}})

parse_link("[Contribute to our repository at https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp.](https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp/)") should return '<a href="https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp/">Contribute to our repository at https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp.</a>'.

({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/)"), '<a href="https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp/">Contribute to our repository at https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp.</a>')`)
}})

--seed--

--seed-contents--

def parse_link(markdown):

    return markdown

--solutions--

import re
def parse_link(markdown):
    match = re.match(r'\[(.*?)\]\((.*?)\)', markdown)
    text, url = match.groups()
    return f'<a href="{url}">{text}</a>'