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diff --git a/src/pyssg/parser.py b/src/pyssg/parser.py
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+import os
+from datetime import datetime
+from markdown import Markdown
+
+from .database import Database
+from .page import Page
+
+
+# parser of md files, stores list of pages and tags
+class MDParser:
+    def __init__(self, src: str,
+                 files: list[str],
+                 db: Database):
+        self.md: Markdown = Markdown(extensions=['extra', 'meta', 'sane_lists',
+                                                 'smarty', 'toc', 'wikilinks'],
+                                     output_format='html5')
+        self.src: str = src
+        self.files: list[str] = files
+        self.db: Database = db
+
+        self.all_pages: list[Page] = None
+        self.updated_pages: list[Page] = None
+        self.all_tags: list[str] = None
+
+
+    def parse(self):
+        # initialize lists
+        self.all_pages = []
+        self.updated_pages = []
+        self.all_tags = []
+
+        for f in self.files:
+            src_file: str = os.path.join(self.src, f)
+            # get flag if update is successful
+            updated: bool = self.db.update(src_file, remove=f'{self.src}/')
+
+            page: Page = None
+            content: str = self.md.reset().convert(open(src_file).read())
+            page = Page(f, self.db.e[f][0], self.db.e[f][1], content, self.md.Meta)
+
+            # keep a separated list for all and updated pages
+            if updated:
+                self.updated_pages.append(page)
+            self.all_pages.append(page)
+
+            # parse tags
+            if page.tags is not None:
+                # add its tag to corresponding db entry if existent
+                self.db.update_tags(f, page.tags)
+
+                # update all_tags attribute
+                for t in page.tags:
+                    if t not in self.all_tags:
+                        self.all_tags.append(t)
+
+        # sort list of tags for consistency
+        self.all_tags.sort()
+        self.updated_pages.sort()