Add scaffolding for markdown

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/mammoth/writers/__init__.py b/mammoth/writers/__init__.py
index 04a64d7..376b322 100644
--- a/mammoth/writers/__init__.py
+++ b/mammoth/writers/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 from .html import HtmlWriter
+from .markdown import MarkdownWriter
 
 
-def writer():
-    return HtmlWriter()
+def writer(output_format=None):
+    if output_format is None:
+        output_format = "html"
+    
+    return _writers[output_format]()
+
+
+def formats():
+    return _writers.keys()
+
+
+_writers = {
+    "html": HtmlWriter,
+    "markdown": MarkdownWriter,
+}