HTMLEntities.Decoder

Utilities, which execute the parser.

Documentation

type Decoder a = Text -> Either String a

htmlEntity :: Decoder Text

A decoder of a single entity.

>>> htmlEntity "©"
Right "\169"

htmlEncodedText :: Decoder Builder

A decoder of a text with entities.

Produces a text builder, which you can then convert into a text or a lazy text, using the "text" library.

>>> fmap TLB.toLazyText $ htmlEncodedText "€5 ¢2"
Right "\8364\&5 \162\&2"