HTML Module
This XQuery 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).
Contents
Conventions
All functions in this module are assigned to the http://basex.org/modules/html namespace, which is statically bound to the html prefix.
All errors are assigned to the http://basex.org/errors namespace, which is statically bound to the bxerr prefix.
Functions
html:parser
| Signatures | 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. |
html:parse
| Signatures | html:parse($input as xs:anyAtomicType) as document-node()html:parse($input as xs:anyAtomicType, $options as item()) as document-node() |
| Summary | Converts the HTML document specified by $input to XML, and returns a document node:
The
<html:options> <html:key1 value='value1'/> ... </html:options>
map { "key1" := "value1", ... }
|
| Errors | BXHL0001: the input cannot be converted to XML.
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Examples
Simple Example
The following query converts the specified string to an XML document node.
- Query
html:parse("<html></html>")
- Result
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"/>
Specifying Options
The next query creates an XML document without namespaces:
- Query
html:parse("<a href='ok.html'/>", map { 'nons' := true() })
- Result
<html>
<body>
<a shape="rect" href="ok.html"/>
</body>
</html>
Parsing binary input
Binary input can be specified in order to let the HTML parser detect the correct encoding:
- Query
html:parse(fetch:content-binary("http://en.wikipedia.org"))
- Result
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="client-nojs" dir="ltr" lang="en">
<head>
<title>Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</title>
<meta charset="UTF-8"/>
...
Errors
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
BXHL0001
|
The input cannot be converted to XML. |
Changelog
The module was introduced with Version 7.5.1.
