syntaxp Examples

Code highlighting via the CSS Custom Highlight API. Zero runtime dependencies. No <span> elements.

HTML (and XML)

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang=en>
<head>
	<meta charset=UTF-8>
	<title>My Page</title>
</head>
<body>
	<h1>Hello, World!</h1>
	<p class=intro>Welcome.</p>
</body>
</html>

Markdown

# Getting Started

Install the package with `npm install example`, then read the **usage**
guide or check the _API reference_.

> Requires support for the Amazing API.

* Zero dependencies
* Zero maintenance
* [Read the docs](https://example.com/)

CSS

/* Reset */
*,
*::before,
*::after {
	box-sizing: border-box;
	margin: ;
	padding: ;
}

body {
	font-family: system-ui, sans-serif;
	line-height: 1.6;
	color: #1a1a1a;
	background-color: #ffffff;
}

.container {
	max-width: 800px;
	margin: auto;
	padding: 2rem;
}

JavaScript

// Fetch and display user data
async function fetchUser(id) {
	try {
		const response = await fetch(`/api/users/${id}`);

		if (!response.ok) {
			throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}`);
		}

		const user = await response.json();
		console.log(`User: ${user.name}`);
		return user;
	} catch (err) {
		console.error("Failed to fetch user:", err.message);
		return null;
	}
}

const app = {
	name: "My App",
	version: "1.0.0",
	init() {
		console.log(`${this.name} v${this.version} initialized`);
	}
};

export default app;

TypeScript

interface User {
	id: number;
	name: string;
	email: string;
	role: "admin" | "user" | "guest";
}

async function getUsers<T extends User>(
	limit: number = 10
): Promise<T[]> {
	const res = await fetch(`/api/users?limit=${limit}`);
	const json = await res.json();
	return json.data as T[];
}

export { getUsers };
export type { User };

Python

# Fetch and display user data
import json
from urllib.request import urlopen

class UserError(Exception):
	pass

def fetch_user(user_id: int) -> dict:
	with urlopen(f"https://example.com/api/users/{user_id}") as response:
		if response.status != 200:
			raise UserError(f"HTTP {response.status}")
		return json.load(response)

def main():
	user = fetch_user(42)
	print(f"User: {user['name']}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
	main()

Shell (and Bash)

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run development server
npm run dev -- --port 3000

# Build for production
NODE_ENV=production npm run build

# Deploy to server
ssh deploy@server.example.com "cd /var/www && git pull && pm2 restart app"

JSON

{
	"name": "My App",
	"version": "1.0.0",
	"private": true,
	"scripts": {
		"build": "node scripts/build.mjs",
		"test": "node --test"
	},
	"dependencies": {
		"esbuild": "^0.28.1"
	},
	"strict": true,
	"legacy": false,
	"proxy": null
}

YAML

# Deployment config
name: My App
version: 1.0.0
private: true
env:
  - NODE_ENV=production
  - PORT=3000
build:
  command: "npm run build"
  output: dist/
retries: 3

SQL

SELECT customers.name, COUNT(orders.id) AS order_count
FROM customers
INNER JOIN orders ON orders.customer_id = customers.id
WHERE orders.created_at >= '2026-01-01'
GROUP BY customers.name
ORDER BY order_count DESC
LIMIT 10;

Nunjucks

{# Render a list of active users #}
{% for user in users %}
	{% if user.active %}
		<li>{{ user.name | upper }}</li>
	{% endif %}
{% endfor %}

{% set greeting = "Hello, " ~ user.name ~ "!" %}
{{ greeting }}

Diff

diff --git a/syntaxp.js b/syntaxp.js
index 1a2b3c4..5d6e7f8 100644
--- a/syntaxp.js
+++ b/syntaxp.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const languages = {
   html: [ … ],
   css: [ … ],
+  json: [ … ],
   js: [ … ]
 };

HTTP

GET /api/users/42 HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
Authorization: Bearer abc123
Accept: application/json

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
Cache-Control: no-store

{"id": 42, "name": "Ada"}

Apache Configuration

# Redirect to HTTPS and compress text assets
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
	RewriteEngine On
	RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
	RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
</IfModule>

Header always set X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff"
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/css application/javascript

Inline code

“Use console.log("hello") for debugging”, “enter npm install to install.”