chomens-bot-js/util/escapeMarkdown.js

/**
 * escape markdown so on discord it will be \_ChipMC\_ instead of _ChipMC_
 * @param {String} text
 * @param {Boolean} zwsp
 * @return {String}
 */
function escapeMarkdown (text, zwsp) {
  let unescaped
  let escaped
  try {
    unescaped = text.replace(/\\(\*|@|_|`|~|\\)/g, '$1')
    escaped = unescaped.replace(/(\*|@|_|`|~|\\)/g, zwsp
      ? '\u200b\u200b$1'
      : '\\$1'
    )
  } catch (e) {
    return unescaped
  }
  return escaped
}

module.exports = { escapeMarkdown }