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Feature: Please add plain text output functionality #150
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[-]Feature: Add plain text output functionality[/-][+]Feature: Please add plain text output functionality[/+]on Jul 24, 2020 I highly recommend using html2text library on the .summary() output for that.
converter = HTML2Text() converter.ignore_links = True converter.ignore_emphasis = True converter.body_width = 0 text = converter.handle(html) return textgiven that it's that easy and that different people need different rendering options, and the options might change over time and I would need to reflect them in the library interface, I'd like to leave it as is.
However, I might consider adding a simple version, for that you need just .text_content() in lxml.Reacted by Yevgen Papernyk, Anton Alekseev and Gaston MorixeShameless plug: trafilatura builds upon
readability-lxmland can convert the output to TXT, XML, CSV and JSON.Reacted by Yuri Baburov and Anton AlekseevHowever, I might consider adding a simple version, for that you need just .text_content() in lxml.
So I'll leave the issue opened until you decide whether you want to add it, right?
Is there a plan to support
textContentlike we have in JS module https://github.com/mozilla/readability#parse?Yes if many people want an easy way to have text output, I'll add it.
Could you please support to get clear text content?
Like .summary() but plain text instead of the .summary() html version.
E.g. as a new method or as an argument for the .summary() method.
That would be very useful for Natural Language Processing.