Re: html parser

I use https://luarocks.org/modules/mva/htmlparser in a test suite for a 
static site generator. It's pretty straightforward; I haven't made an 
extensive use of it but it does the job. 

On Monday, August 3, 2026 at 6:03:23 AM UTC-4 TopchetoEU wrote:

> I have written my own HTML (and XML) parser and have used it with great 
> success to scrape websites (as complex as instagram and reddit). I can't 
> vouch for its correctness, nor its efficiency, as I never bothered to write 
> a test suite. However, it has served me well...
>
> https://git.topcheto.eu/tal/ref/master/files/lib/std/fmt/xml.lua
>
> It also has serviceable query functions for the nodes, so you can traverse 
> the tree easier. Not documented, so use at your own (sanity's) risk.
>
>
>
> On Thursday, July 30th, 2026 at 9:08 PM, Marcus Rohrmoser <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>
> > 
> > what html parser can you recommend? I come from 
> https://aantron.github.io/lambdasoup/ and liked it, but want to port some 
> stuff to lua now.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Marcus
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