Add a sample to parse HTML

clear-code · Nov 28, 2017 · 22bf3e7 · 22bf3e7
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+#!/usr/bin/env luajit
+
+local xmlua = require("xmlua")
+
+-- HTML to be parsed.
+-- You may want to use HTML in a file. If you want to use HTML in a file,
+-- you need to read HTML content from a file by yourself.
+local html = [[
+<html>
+  <body>
+    <p>Hello</p>
+  </body>
+</html>
+]]
+
+-- Parses HTML
+local success, document = pcall(xmlua.HTML.parse, html)
+if not success then
+  local err = document
+  print("Failed to parse HTML: " .. err.message)
+  os.exit(1)
+end
+
+-- Gets the root element
+local root = document:root() -- --> <html> element as xmlua.Element
+
+-- Prints root element name
+print(root:name()) -- -> html