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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# Example for using the shared library from python
+# Will work with either python 2 or python 3
+# Requires cmark library to be installed
+
+from ctypes import *
+import sys
+import platform
+
+sysname = platform.system()
+
+if sysname == 'Darwin':
+    libname = "libcmark.dylib"
+elif sysname == 'Windows':
+    libname = "cmark.dll"
+else:
+    libname = "libcmark.so"
+cmark = CDLL(libname)
+
+class cmark_mem(Structure):
+    _fields_ = [("calloc", c_void_p),
+                ("realloc", c_void_p),
+                ("free", CFUNCTYPE(None, c_void_p))]
+
+get_alloc = cmark.cmark_get_default_mem_allocator
+get_alloc.restype = POINTER(cmark_mem)
+free_func = get_alloc().contents.free
+
+markdown = cmark.cmark_markdown_to_html
+markdown.restype = POINTER(c_char)
+markdown.argtypes = [c_char_p, c_size_t, c_int]
+
+opts = 0 # defaults
+
+def md2html(text):
+    text = text.encode('utf-8')
+    cstring = markdown(text, len(text), opts)
+    result = string_at(cstring).decode('utf-8')
+    free_func(cstring)
+    return result
+
+sys.stdout.write(md2html(sys.stdin.read()))