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import html.parser
import re
__all__ = ["html_to_text"]
WhitespaceHandler = re.compile("
|
|
|
", flags=re.MULTILINE)
# The below is semi-safe for use here,
# wouldn't reccomend copying this without understanding it.
# html cleanup is taken from https://stackoverflow.com/a/7778368
# with some modifications made to better suit the needs of this.
class HTMLTextExtractor(html.parser.HTMLParser): # https://stackoverflow.com/a/7778368
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.result = []
def handle_data(self, d):
self.result.append(d)
def get_text(self):
return "".join(self.result)
def html_to_text(html_data): # https://stackoverflow.com/a/7778368
"""Converts HTML to plain text (stripping tags and converting entities).
>>> html_to_text('Demo (¬ \u0394ημώ)')
'Demo (\xac \u0394\u03b7\u03bc\u03ce)'
"Plain text" doesn't mean result can safely be used as-is in HTML.
>>> html_to_text('<script>alert("Hello");</script>')
''
Always use html.escape to sanitize text before using in an HTML context!
HTMLParser will do its best to make sense of invalid HTML.
>>> html_to_text('x < y < z