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:[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]
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-WithLinks-AndTables>. I will be notified, 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:
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RT: CPAN's request tracker
<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=HTML-FormatText-WithLinks-AndTables>
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AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation
<http://annocpan.org/dist/HTML-FormatText-WithLinks-AndTables>
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CPAN Ratings
<http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/HTML-FormatText-WithLinks-AndTables>
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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.