Portable Text to Plain Text
A small help function to convert Portable Text blocks to plain text
portabletextToText.js
const defaults = {nonTextBehavior: 'remove'}
module.exports = function blocksToText(blocks, opts = {}) {
const options = Object.assign({}, defaults, opts)
return blocks
.map(block => {
if (block._type !== 'block' || !block.children) {
return options.nonTextBehavior === 'remove' ? '' : `[${block._type} block]`
}
return block.children.map(child => child.text).join('')
})
.join('\n\n')
}This function traverses the top-level blocks in a Portable Text array and joins the text property in its children. It also includes a pattern to deal with non-text blocks in a specific manner.
Contributor

Espen Hovlandsdal
Open-sourceror @ Sanity.io
United States