html.jq

Process HTML from jq - no dependency

PREVIEW

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <title>Basic Example</title> <link rel="stylesheet" /> </head> <body id="home"> <input type="text"/> <p>content</p> </body> </html>

// doctype is ommited ["html",{"lang":"en"},[ ["head", {}, [ ["meta", {"charset": "utf-8"} ], ["title", {}, ["Basic Example"] ], ["link", {"rel": "stylesheet"} ] ]], ["body", {"id": "home"}, [ ["input", {"type": "text"}], ["p", {}, ["content"]] ]] ]]

USAGE

# basic example
jq -sRf ./html.jq < tests/base.html
# possible direct call
        ./html.jq < tests/base.html
# piping from curl
curl example.com | ./html.jq

EXAMPLES

# select all "a" element's .href, i.e. $$("a").map(a=>a.href)
cat my.html | jq -sRf html.jq | jq '..|arrays|select(.[0]=="a")[1].href'
# select element by .id attribute, i.e. $$("[id=footer]")
cat my.html | jq -sRf html.jq | jq '..|arrays|select(try(.[1].id == "footer") catch false)'

TESTS

Run non-regression tests with

./tests.sh

see ./tests/ for list