# `Html5ever`
[🔗](https://github.com/rusterlium/html5ever_elixir/blob/v0.18.0/lib/html5ever.ex#L1)
This is an HTML parser written in Rust.
The project provides a NIF - Native Implemented Function.
It works on top of [a parser of the same name](https://github.com/servo/html5ever)
from the Servo project.
By default this lib will try to use a precompiled NIF
from the GitHub releases page. This way you don't need
to have the Rust toolchain installed.
In case no precompiled file is found and the Mix env is
production then an error is raised.
You can force the compilation to occur by setting the
value of the `HTML5EVER_BUILD` environment variable to
"true" or "1". Alternatively you can also set the application
env `:build_from_source` to `true` in order to force the build:
config :html5ever, Html5ever, build_from_source: true
This project is possible thanks to [Rustler](https://hexdocs.pm/rustler).
# `flat_parse`
Parses an HTML document from a string and returns a map.
The map contains the document structure.
## Example
iex> Html5ever.flat_parse("Hello world
")
{:ok,
%{
nodes: %{
0 => %{id: 0, parent: nil, type: :document, children: [1, 2]},
1 => %{id: 1, parent: 0, type: :doctype, name: "html"},
2 => %{
attrs: [],
children: [3, 4],
id: 2,
name: "html",
parent: 0,
type: :element
},
3 => %{
attrs: [],
children: [],
id: 3,
name: "head",
parent: 2,
type: :element
},
4 => %{
attrs: [],
children: [5],
id: 4,
name: "body",
parent: 2,
type: :element
},
5 => %{
attrs: [],
children: [6],
id: 5,
name: "h1",
parent: 4,
type: :element
},
6 => %{contents: "Hello world", id: 6, parent: 5, type: :text}
},
root: 0
}}
# `flat_parse_with_attributes_as_maps`
Same as `flat_parse/1`, but with attributes as maps.
This is going to remove duplicated attributes, keeping the ones
that appear first.
# `parse`
Parses an HTML document from a string.
This returns a list of tuples representing the HTML tree.
## Example
iex> Html5ever.parse("Hello world
")
{:ok,
[
{:doctype, "html", "", ""},
{"html", [], [{"head", [], []}, {"body", [], [{"h1", [], ["Hello world"]}]}]}
]}
# `parse_with_attributes_as_maps`
Same as `parse/1`, but with attributes as maps.
This is going to remove duplicated attributes, keeping the ones
that appear first.
## Example
iex> Html5ever.parse_with_attributes_as_maps(
...> "Hello world
"
...> )
{:ok,
[
{:doctype, "html", "", ""},
{"html", %{}, [{"head", %{}, []}, {"body", %{}, [{"h1", %{"class" => "title"}, ["Hello world"]}]}]}
]}
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*Consult [api-reference.md](api-reference.md) for complete listing*