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};