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HTML Functions

This module provides functions for converting HTML to XML. Conversion will only take place if TagSoup is included in the classpath (see HTML Parsing for more details).

Conventions

All functions and errors in this module are assigned to the http://basex.org/modules/html namespace, which is statically bound to the html prefix.

Functions

`html:doc`

Signature

html:doc(
  $href     as xs:string?,
  $options  as map(*)?     := {}
) as document-node()?

Summary Fetches the HTML document referred to by the given $href, converts it to XML and returns a document node. The $options argument can be used to set TagSoup Options.

Errors

parse The input cannot be converted to XML.

`html:parse`

Signature

html:parse(
  $value    as (xs:string|xs:base64Binary|xs:hexBinary),
  $options  as map(*)?                                   := {}
) as document-node()

Summary

Converts the HTML document specified by $value to XML and returns a document node:

If the input is passed as binary, and if no encoding option is supplied, the HTML parser will try to choose the correct encoding automatically.

Errors

parse The input cannot be converted to XML.

`html:parser`

Signature	html:parser() as xs:string
Summary	Returns the name of the applied HTML parser (currently: `TagSoup`). If an empty string is returned, TagSoup was not found in the classpath, and the input will be treated as well-formed XML.

Examples

Basic Example

The following query converts the specified string to an XML document node.

Query:

html:parse("<html>")

Result:

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"/>

Specifying Options

The next query creates an XML document with namespaces:

Query:

html:parse("<a href='ok.html'/>", { 'nons': false() })

Result:

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
  <body>
    <a shape="rect" href="ok.html"/>
  </body>
</html>

Parsing Binary Input

If the input encoding is unknown, the data to be processed can be passed on in its binary representation. The HTML parser will automatically try to detect the correct encoding:

Query:

html:parse(fetch:binary("https://en.wikipedia.org"))

Result:

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
  <head>
    <title>Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</title>
    <meta charset="UTF-8"/>
    ...

Errors

Code	Description
`parse`	The input cannot be converted to XML.

Changelog

Version 9.4

Added: html:doc

Version 9.0

Updated: error codes updated; errors now use the module namespace

Version 7.6

Added: New module added.

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