Lua

Convert HTML to plain-text

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Demonstrates how to convert HTML to plain-text. Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
-- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

local h2t = chilkat.HtmlToText.new()

-- Set the HTML:
local html = "<html><body><p>This is a test.</p><blockquote>Here is text within a blockquote</blockquote></body></html>"

local plainText = h2t:to_text(html)

print(plainText)

-- The output looks like this:

-- This is a test.
--
--     Here is text within a blockquote