diff --git a/src/htmlparser/ElementNode.lua b/src/htmlparser/ElementNode.lua
index 4b7b3ef..106eb5c 100644
--- a/src/htmlparser/ElementNode.lua
+++ b/src/htmlparser/ElementNode.lua
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ function ElementNode:getcontent()
 	return string.sub(self.root._text, self._openend + 1, self._closestart - 1)
 end
 
+function ElementNode:textonly()
+	return (self:gettext():gsub("<[^>]*>",""))
+end
+
 function ElementNode:addattribute(k, v)
 	self.attributes[k] = v
 	if string.lower(k) == "id" then