64 lines
2.2 KiB
Python
64 lines
2.2 KiB
Python
# Copyright 2017-present Michael Hall
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# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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# You may obtain a copy of the License at
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#
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# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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#
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# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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# limitations under the License.
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import html.parser
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import re
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__all__ = ["html_to_text"]
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WhitespaceHandler = re.compile("<p>|<br>|<br />|<li>", flags=re.MULTILINE)
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# The below is semi-safe for use here,
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# wouldn't reccomend copying this without understanding it.
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# html cleanup is taken from https://stackoverflow.com/a/7778368
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# with some modifications made to better suit the needs of this.
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class HTMLTextExtractor(html.parser.HTMLParser): # https://stackoverflow.com/a/7778368
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def __init__(self):
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super().__init__()
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self.result = []
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def handle_data(self, d):
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self.result.append(d)
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def get_text(self):
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return "".join(self.result)
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def html_to_text(html_data): # https://stackoverflow.com/a/7778368
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"""Converts HTML to plain text (stripping tags and converting entities).
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>>> html_to_text('<a href="#">Demo<!--...--> <em>(¬ \u0394ημώ)</em></a>')
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'Demo (\xac \u0394\u03b7\u03bc\u03ce)'
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"Plain text" doesn't mean result can safely be used as-is in HTML.
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>>> html_to_text('<script>alert("Hello");</script>')
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'<script>alert("Hello");</script>'
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Always use html.escape to sanitize text before using in an HTML context!
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HTMLParser will do its best to make sense of invalid HTML.
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>>> html_to_text('x < y < z <!--b')
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'x < y < z '
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Unrecognized named entities are included as-is. ''' is recognized,
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despite being XML only.
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>>> html_to_text('&nosuchentity; ' ')
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"&nosuchentity; ' "
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"""
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html_data = WhitespaceHandler.sub("\n", html_data)
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s = HTMLTextExtractor()
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s.feed(html_data)
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return s.get_text()
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