Add markdown support to the webclient

chatserver/server.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from flask import Flask, request, jsonify
 from flask_socketio import SocketIO, emit, join_room, leave_room
 from flask_cors import CORS
 from datetime import datetime  # Import for timestamps
+import markdown  # Import the markdown library
 
 # Flask app for REST API and WebSocket
 app = Flask(__name__)
@@ -78,6 +79,9 @@ def handle_message(username, chat_room, message):
     # Add a timestamp to the message
     timestamp = datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
 
+    # Convert the message to HTML using Markdown
+    html_message = markdown.markdown(message)
+
     # Store the message in the chat room's history
     if chat_room not in message_history:
         message_history[chat_room] = []
@@ -86,7 +90,7 @@ def handle_message(username, chat_room, message):
     # Broadcast the message to WebSocket clients in the chat room
     socketio.emit('message', {
         'username': username,
-        'message': message,
+        'message': html_message,  # Send the HTML-rendered message
         'timestamp': timestamp,
         'chat_room': chat_room
     }, room=chat_room)