I'm trying to convert HTML to plain text. Is it efficient? Am I missing something?
txt = $("body").find("script,noscript,style,:hidden").remove().end().text();
Thanks!
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A:
HTML is text.
EDIT Try this...
// Get current body text
var html = $("body").text();
// Create a new jQuery object out of body text and remove desired elements
var text = $(html).remove("script,noscript,style,:hidden").text();
Josh Stodola
2009-12-02 01:03:03
I am looking for the plain text version of my HTML document.
bosh
2009-12-02 01:29:55
Answer updated. I think it will work for you.
Josh Stodola
2009-12-02 14:14:35
Indeed, I eventually ended up doing something similar, since once you remove the elements it's basically impossible to plug them back. Now if only we had a recursive version of clone()...
bosh
2009-12-02 20:23:52
You could use jQuery extend to do a deep copy like this: `var html = $.extend(true, {}, $("body").text());` and then have then use the same `var text` line in my answer. Try that, if it works as you expect, I will edit my answer.
Josh Stodola
2009-12-02 20:34:00
Josh, you are basically copying a flat string (`$("body").text()`). Why use `extend(true,...)`? I ended up creating a jQuery.html2text function (based on `jQuery.text()`) specifically for converting from HTML.
bosh
2009-12-03 16:04:51
I guess I misunderstood your previous comment :D
Josh Stodola
2009-12-03 18:06:24
A:
If you're trying to just render it to the screen you might be able to:
<pre>
some html here
</pre>
David
2009-12-02 01:07:46
A:
var scriptContents = $('body').find('script').html();
var noScriptContents = $('body').find('noscript').html();
var styleContents = $('body').find('style').html();
Ambrosia
2009-12-02 01:20:34