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Parse HTML text into a tree of elements with selectors Parse HTML text into a tree of elements with selectors
##License ##License
MIT; see ./doc/LICENSE MIT; see `./doc/LICENSE`
##Usage ##Usage
Start off with Start off with
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- Attribute values in selectors currently cannot contain any spaces, since space is interpreted as a delimiter between the `ancestor` and `descendant`, `parent` and `>`, or `>` and `child` parts of the selector - Attribute values in selectors currently cannot contain any spaces, since space is interpreted as a delimiter between the `ancestor` and `descendant`, `parent` and `>`, or `>` and `child` parts of the selector
- Likewise, for the `parent > child` relation, the spaces before and after the `>` are mandatory - Likewise, for the `parent > child` relation, the spaces before and after the `>` are mandatory
##Examples
See `.doc/smples.lua`
##Element type ##Element type
All tree elements provide, apart from `:select` and `()`, the following accessors: All tree elements provide, apart from `:select` and `()`, the following accessors:
###Basic
- `.name` = the element's tagname - `.name` = the element's tagname
- `.attributes` = a table with keys and values for the element's attributes; `{}` if none - `.attributes` = a table with keys and values for the element's attributes; `{}` if none
- `.id` = the value of the element's id attribute; `nil` if not present - `.id` = the value of the element's id attribute; `nil` if not present
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- `:getcontent()` = the raw text between the opening and closing tags of the element; `""` if none - `:getcontent()` = the raw text between the opening and closing tags of the element; `""` if none
- `.nodes` = an array with the element's child elements, `{}` if none - `.nodes` = an array with the element's child elements, `{}` if none
- `.parent` = the elements that contains this element; `root.parent` is `nil` - `.parent` = the elements that contains this element; `root.parent` is `nil`
###Other
- `:gettext()` = the raw text of the complete element, starting with `"<tagname"` and ending with `"/>"` - `:gettext()` = the raw text of the complete element, starting with `"<tagname"` and ending with `"/>"`
- `.level` = how deep the element is in the tree; root level is `0` - `.level` = how deep the element is in the tree; root level is `0`
- `.root` the root element of the tree; `root.root` is `root` - `.root` the root element of the tree; `root.root` is `root`