Text.HandsomeSoup

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openUrl :: String -> MaybeT IO String

Helper function for getting page content. Example:

contents <- runMaybeT $ openUrl "http://foo.com"

fromUrl :: String -> IOSArrow b (NTree XNode)

Given a url, returns a document. Example:

doc = fromUrl "http://foo.com"
doc = fromUrl "tests/test.html"

parseHtml :: String -> IOSArrow b (NTree XNode)

Given a string, parses it and returns a document. Example:

doc = parseHtml "<h1>hello!</h1>"

(!) :: ArrowXml cat => cat a XmlTree -> String -> cat a String

Shortcut for getting attributes. Example:

doc >>> css "a" ! "href"

css :: ArrowXml a => [Char] -> a (NTree XNode) (NTree XNode)

A css selector for getting elements from a document. Example:

doc >>> css "#menu li"