NAME
HTML::FormatText::WithLinks::AndTables - Converts HTML to Text with
tables intact
SYNOPSIS
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);
DESCRIPTION
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.
EXPORT
None by default.
METHODS
convert
EXAMPLE
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:foo@bar.baz">foo@bar.baz</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]foo@bar.baz
1. mailto:foo@bar.baz
SEE ALSO
HTML::FormatText::WithLinks
HTML::TreeBuilder
CAVEATS
* <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.
AUTHOR
Shaun Fryer, "<pause.cpan.org at sourcery.ca>" (author emeritus)
Dale Evans, "<daleevans at cpan.org>" (current maintainer)
BUGS
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-WithLink
s-AndTables>. I will be notifi ed, and then you'll automatically be
notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.
SUPPORT
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>
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Everybody. :)
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_on_the_shoulders_of_giants>
COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
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.