Return DOM fragment in Markdown Serializer

Return DOMFragment along with ProseMirror document
in the MarkdownDeserializer

app/assets/javascripts/content_editor/extensions/paste_markdown.js

@@ -34,15 +34,15 @@ export default Extension.create({
 
         deserializer
           .deserialize({ schema: editor.schema, content: markdown })
-          .then((doc) => {
-            if (!doc) {
+          .then(({ document }) => {
+            if (!document) {
               return;
             }
 
             const { state, view } = editor;
             const { tr, selection } = state;
 
-            tr.replaceWith(selection.from - 1, selection.to, doc.content);
+            tr.replaceWith(selection.from - 1, selection.to, document.content);
             view.dispatch(tr);
             eventHub.$emit(LOADING_SUCCESS_EVENT);
           })

app/assets/javascripts/content_editor/services/content_editor.js

@@ -40,13 +40,14 @@ export class ContentEditor {
 
     try {
       eventHub.$emit(LOADING_CONTENT_EVENT);
-      const newDoc = await deserializer.deserialize({
+      const { document } = await deserializer.deserialize({
         schema: editor.schema,
         content: serializedContent,
       });
-      if (newDoc) {
+
+      if (document) {
         tr.setSelection(selection)
-          .replaceSelectionWith(newDoc, false)
+          .replaceSelectionWith(document, false)
           .setMeta('preventUpdate', true);
         editor.view.dispatch(tr);
       }

app/assets/javascripts/content_editor/services/markdown_deserializer.js

@@ -4,16 +4,22 @@ export default ({ render }) => {
   /**
    * Converts a Markdown string into a ProseMirror JSONDocument based
    * on a ProseMirror schema.
+   *
+   * @param {Object} options — The schema and content for deserialization
    * @param {ProseMirror.Schema} params.schema A ProseMirror schema that defines
    * the types of content supported in the document
    * @param {String} params.content An arbitrary markdown string
-   * @returns A ProseMirror JSONDocument
+   *
+   * @returns An object with the following properties:
+   *  - document: A ProseMirror document object generated from the deserialized Markdown
+   *  - dom: The Markdown Deserializer renders Markdown as HTML to generate the ProseMirror
+   *    document. The dom property contains the HTML generated from the Markdown Source.
    */
   return {
     deserialize: async ({ schema, content }) => {
       const html = await render(content);
 
-      if (!html) return null;
+      if (!html) return {};
 
       const parser = new DOMParser();
       const { body } = parser.parseFromString(html, 'text/html');
@@ -21,7 +27,7 @@ export default ({ render }) => {
       // append original source as a comment that nodes can access
       body.append(document.createComment(content));
 
-      return ProseMirrorDOMParser.fromSchema(schema).parse(body);
+      return { document: ProseMirrorDOMParser.fromSchema(schema).parse(body), dom: body };
     },
   };
 };

spec/frontend/content_editor/services/content_editor_spec.js

@@ -5,18 +5,26 @@ import {
 } from '~/content_editor/constants';
 import { ContentEditor } from '~/content_editor/services/content_editor';
 import eventHubFactory from '~/helpers/event_hub_factory';
-import { createTestEditor } from '../test_utils';
+import { createTestEditor, createDocBuilder } from '../test_utils';
 
 describe('content_editor/services/content_editor', () => {
   let contentEditor;
   let serializer;
   let deserializer;
   let eventHub;
+  let doc;
+  let p;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     const tiptapEditor = createTestEditor();
     jest.spyOn(tiptapEditor, 'destroy');
 
+    ({
+      builders: { doc, p },
+    } = createDocBuilder({
+      tiptapEditor,
+    }));
+
     serializer = { deserialize: jest.fn() };
     deserializer = { deserialize: jest.fn() };
     eventHub = eventHubFactory();
@@ -34,8 +42,11 @@ describe('content_editor/services/content_editor', () => {
   });
 
   describe('when setSerializedContent succeeds', () => {
+    let document;
+
     beforeEach(() => {
-      deserializer.deserialize.mockResolvedValueOnce('');
+      document = doc(p('document'));
+      deserializer.deserialize.mockResolvedValueOnce({ document });
     });
 
     it('emits loadingContent and loadingSuccess event in the eventHub', () => {
@@ -50,6 +61,12 @@ describe('content_editor/services/content_editor', () => {
 
       contentEditor.setSerializedContent('**bold text**');
     });
+
+    it('sets the deserialized document in the tiptap editor object', async () => {
+      await contentEditor.setSerializedContent('**bold text**');
+
+      expect(contentEditor.tiptapEditor.state.doc.toJSON()).toEqual(document.toJSON());
+    });
   });
 
   describe('when setSerializedContent fails', () => {

spec/frontend/content_editor/services/markdown_deserializer_spec.js

@@ -25,27 +25,38 @@ describe('content_editor/services/markdown_deserializer', () => {
     renderMarkdown = jest.fn();
   });
 
-  it('transforms HTML returned by render function to a ProseMirror document', async () => {
+  describe('when deserializing', () => {
+    let result;
+    const text = 'Bold text';
+
+    beforeEach(async () => {
       const deserializer = createMarkdownDeserializer({ render: renderMarkdown });
-    const expectedDoc = doc(p(bold('Bold text')));
 
-    renderMarkdown.mockResolvedValueOnce('<p><strong>Bold text</strong></p>');
+      renderMarkdown.mockResolvedValueOnce(`<p><strong>${text}</strong></p>`);
 
-    const result = await deserializer.deserialize({
+      result = await deserializer.deserialize({
         content: 'content',
         schema: tiptapEditor.schema,
       });
+    });
+    it('transforms HTML returned by render function to a ProseMirror document', async () => {
+      const expectedDoc = doc(p(bold(text)));
 
-    expect(result.toJSON()).toEqual(expectedDoc.toJSON());
+      expect(result.document.toJSON()).toEqual(expectedDoc.toJSON());
+    });
+
+    it('returns parsed HTML as a DOM object', () => {
+      expect(result.dom.innerHTML).toEqual(`<p><strong>${text}</strong></p><!--content-->`);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('when the render function returns an empty value', () => {
-    it('also returns null', async () => {
+    it('returns an empty object', async () => {
       const deserializer = createMarkdownDeserializer({ render: renderMarkdown });
 
       renderMarkdown.mockResolvedValueOnce(null);
 
-      expect(await deserializer.deserialize({ content: 'content' })).toBe(null);
+      expect(await deserializer.deserialize({ content: 'content' })).toEqual({});
     });
   });
 });

spec/frontend/content_editor/services/markdown_sourcemap_spec.js

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ describe('content_editor/services/markdown_sourcemap', () => {
   });
 
   it('gets markdown source for a rendered HTML element', async () => {
-    const deserialized = await markdownDeserializer({
+    const { document } = await markdownDeserializer({
       render: () => BULLET_LIST_HTML,
     }).deserialize({
       schema: tiptapEditor.schema,
@@ -95,6 +95,6 @@ describe('content_editor/services/markdown_sourcemap', () => {
       ),
     );
 
-    expect(deserialized.toJSON()).toEqual(expected.toJSON());
+    expect(document.toJSON()).toEqual(expected.toJSON());
   });
 });