PYTHON3-HTML2TEXT(1)

✨ NAME ✨

python3-html2text — bestie, this is the PYTHON3-HTML2TEXT(1) manual page for python3-html2text 2025.4.15, filed under User Commands. That’s the name section, short and iconic 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so here’s the usage, exactly as printed, no cap:

usage: python3-html2text [-h] [--default-image-alt DEFAULT_IMAGE_ALT]
       [--pad-tables] [--no-wrap-links] [--wrap-list-items]
       [--wrap-tables] [--ignore-emphasis] [--reference-links]
       [--ignore-links] [--ignore-mailto-links] [--protect-links]
       [--ignore-images] [--images-as-html] [--images-to-alt]
       [--images-with-size] [-g] [-d] [-e] [-b BODY_WIDTH] [-i
       LIST_INDENT] [-s] [--escape-all] [--bypass-tables]
       [--ignore-tables] [--single-line-break] [--unicode-snob]
       [--no-automatic-links] [--no-skip-internal-links]
       [--links-after-para] [--mark-code] [--backquote-code-style]
       [--decode-errors DECODE_ERRORS] [--open-quote OPEN_QUOTE]
       [--close-quote CLOSE_QUOTE] [--version] [--include-sup-sub]
       [filename] [encoding]

🌸 positional arguments 🌸

• filename — positional argument named filename, literally.
• encoding — positional argument named encoding, also literally.

💅 options 💅

• -h, --help — shows this help message and exits, the classic escape hatch 💖
• --default-image-alt DEFAULT_IMAGE_ALT — the default alt string for images with missing ones, so they still get a little description moment 🎀
• --pad-tables — pads the cells to equal column width in tables, neat and tidy ✨
• --no-wrap-links — doesn’t wrap links during conversion, periodt.
• --wrap-list-items — wraps list items during conversion.
• --wrap-tables — wraps tables, simple as that.
• --ignore-emphasis — doesn’t include any formatting for emphasis.
• --reference-links — uses reference style links instead of inline links, very bibliography-core 📚
• --ignore-links — doesn’t include any formatting for links.
• --ignore-mailto-links — doesn’t include mailto: links.
• --protect-links — protects links from line breaks surrounding them with angle brackets 🛡️
• --ignore-images — doesn’t include any formatting for images.
• --images-as-html — always writes image tags as raw html; preserves height, width and alt if possible.
• --images-to-alt — discards image data, only keeps alt text.
• --images-with-size — writes image tags with height and width attrs as raw html to retain dimensions.
• -g, --google-doc — converts an html-exported Google Document.
• -d, --dash-unordered-list — uses a dash rather than a star for unordered list items.
• -e, --asterisk-emphasis — uses an asterisk rather than an underscore for emphasized text.
• -b BODY_WIDTH, --body-width BODY_WIDTH — number of characters per output line, 0 for no wrap.
• -i LIST_INDENT, --google-list-indent LIST_INDENT — number of pixels Google indents nested lists.
• -s, --hide-strikethrough — hides strike-through text. Only relevant when -g is specified as well.
• --escape-all — escapes all special characters. Output is less readable, but avoids corner case formatting issues.
• --bypass-tables — formats tables in HTML rather than Markdown syntax.
• --ignore-tables — ignores table-related tags (table, th, td, tr) while keeping rows.
• --single-line-break — uses a single line break after a block element rather than two line breaks. NOTE: requires --body-width=0.
• --unicode-snob — uses unicode throughout document.
• --no-automatic-links — does not use automatic links wherever applicable.
• --no-skip-internal-links — does not skip internal links.
• --links-after-para — puts links after each paragraph instead of document.
• --mark-code — marks program code blocks with [code]...[/code].
• --backquote-code-style — multi line code block using tri-backquote style.
• --decode-errors DECODE_ERRORS — what to do in case of decode errors. 'ignore', 'strict' and 'replace' are acceptable values.
• --open-quote OPEN_QUOTE — the character used to open quotes.
• --close-quote CLOSE_QUOTE — the character used to close quotes.
• --version — shows the program’s version number and exits.
• --include-sup-sub — includes the sup and sub tags.

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That’s the whole manual, bestie — every flag, every vibe, no cap. Source/version: python3-html2text 2025.4.15 · date: January 2025. Go convert some HTML and slay 💅✨