HTML::FormatText::WithLinks::AndTables − Converts HTML to Text with tables intact
version 0.07
use
HTML::FormatText::WithLinks::AndTables;
my $text =
HTML::FormatText::WithLinks::AndTables−>convert($html);
Or optionally...
my $conf = { #
same as HTML::FormatText excepting below
cellpadding => 2, # defaults to 1
no_rowspacing => 1, # bool, suppress vertical space
between table rows
};
my $text =
HTML::FormatText::WithLinks::AndTables−>convert($html,
$conf);
This module was inspired by HTML::FormatText::WithLinks which has proven to be a useful ‘lynx −dump‘ work-alike. However one frustration was that no other HTML converters I came across had the ability to deal affectively with HTML <TABLE>s. This module can in a rudimentary sense do so. The aim was to provide facility to take a simple HTML based email template, and to also convert it to text with the <TABLE> structure intact for inclusion as "multipart/alternative" content. Further, it will preserve both the formatting specified by the <TD> tag’s "align" attribute, and will also preserve multiline text inside of a <TD> element provided it is broken using <BR/> tags.
None by default.
Given the HTML below ...
<HTML><BODY>
<TABLE>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN="right">Name:</TD>
<TD>Mr. Foo Bar</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN="right">Address:</TD>
<TD>
#1−276 Quux Lane, <BR/>
Schenectady, NY, USA, <BR/>
12345
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN="right">Email:</TD>
<TD><a
href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</BODY></HTML>
... the (default) return value of convert() will be as follows.
Name: Mr. Foo
Bar
Address: #1−276 Quux Lane,
Schenectady, NY, USA,
12345
Email: [1][email protected]
1. mailto:[email protected]
HTML::FormatText::WithLinks
HTML::TreeBuilder
* <TH>
elements are treated identically to <TD> elements
* It assumes a fixed width font for display of resulting
text.
* It doesn't work well on nested <TABLE>s or other
nested blocks within <TABLE>s.
Shaun Fryer, "<pause.cpan.org at sourcery.ca>" (author emeritus)
Dale Evans, "<daleevans at cpan.org>" (current maintainer)
Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug−html−formattext−withlinks−andtables at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=HTML−FormatText−WithLinks−AndTables>. I will be notified, and then you’ll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
perldoc HTML::FormatText::WithLinks::AndTables
You can also look for information at:
• |
RT: CPAN’s request tracker |
<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=HTML−FormatText−WithLinks−AndTables>
• |
AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation |
<http://annocpan.org/dist/HTML−FormatText−WithLinks−AndTables>
• |
CPAN Ratings |
<http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/HTML−FormatText−WithLinks−AndTables>
• |
Search CPAN |
<http://search.cpan.org/dist/HTML−FormatText−WithLinks−AndTables>
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Copyright 2008 Shaun Fryer, all rights reserved.
Copyright 2015 Dale Evans, all rights reserved
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.