rapp_html_parser.py

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#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- encode: utf-8 -*-

#Copyright 2015 RAPP

#Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
#you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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    #http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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# Authors: Aris Thallas
# contact: aris.thallas@{iti.gr, gmail.com}
# Source: http://stackoverflow.com/a/925630

from HTMLParser import HTMLParser


## @class RappHTMLParser
# @brief Strips html from imput string
class RappHTMLParser(HTMLParser):

    ## @brief Constructor
    def __init__(self):
        HTMLParser.__init__(self)
        self.reset()
        self.fed = []

    ## @brief Handles the provided string
    #
    # @param input_str [string] The string containing html tags
    def handle_data(self, input_str):
        self.fed.append(input_str)

    ## @brief Returns the processed string
    #
    # @return final_str [string] The string without the html tags
    def get_data(self):
        final_str = ''.join(self.fed)
        self.fed = []
        return final_str.encode('utf-8')