:art: format placeholders for tags

utils.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     utils.py - Utility functions for the project.
 """
 import logging
-
+import re
 
 def postprocess(text: str):
     """
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ def make_email_link(
     subject: str = "Email subject - This was generated by Postbot",
     link_text: str = "click to open in your email client",
     body: str = None,
+    tag_placeholder: str = "PLACEHOLDER",
 ):
     """
     email_link - generate an email link
@@ -54,12 +55,17 @@ def make_email_link(
     Args:
         subject (str, optional): the subject of the email. Defaults to "Email subject - This was generated by Postbot".
         link_text (str, optional): the text of the link. Defaults to "click to open in your email client".
-        body (_type_, optional): the body of the email. Defaults to None.
+        body (str, optional): the body of the email. Defaults to None.
+        tag_placeholder (str, optional): the placeholder for the tag. Defaults to "PLACEHOLDER".
 
     Returns:
-        str: the email link
+        str: the email link, in the form of an html link
     """
 
     if body is None:
         body = "hmm - no body. replace me"
+
+    # strip brackets and other HTML-tag characters from body with regex
+    body = re.sub(r"<[^>]*>", tag_placeholder, body)
+
     return f'<a href="mailto:%20?subject={subject}&body={body}">{link_text}</a>'