beautifulsoup .vs tidy

[bruce]

hi paddy...

that's exactly what i'm trying to accomplish... i've used tidy, but it seems
to still generate warnings...

 initFile -> tidy ->cleanFile -> perl app (using xpath/livxml)

the xpath/linxml functions in the perl app complain regarding the file. my
thought is that tidy isn't cleaning enough, or that the perl xpath/libxml
functions are too strict!

which is why i decided to see if anyone on the python side has
experienced/solved this problem..

-bruce


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bruce wrote:
> hi...
>
> never used perl, but i have an issue trying to resolve some html that
> appears to be "dirty/malformed" regarding the overall structure. in
> researching validators, i came across the beautifulsoup app and wanted to
> know if anybody could give me pros/cons of the app as it relates to any of
> the other validation apps...
>
I'm not too sure of what you are after. You mention tidy in the subject
which made me think that maybe you were trying to generate well-formed
HTML from malformed webppages that nonetheless browsers can interpret.
If that is the case then try HTML tidy:
  http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett/tidy/

- Pad.

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