GumboElement(3)

💖 GumboElement 💖 (NAME)

okay bestie, welcome to GumboElement — it's a manual page from the Gumbo docs (section 3, the library-call girlies 🎀). This is the struct, the main character, the blueprint. Let's get into it ✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

to even look at this thing you gotta pull it in like:

#include <gumbo.h>

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🌸 Data Fields 🌸

here's the whole squad, no gatekeeping:

• GumboVector children
• GumboTag tag
• GumboNamespaceEnum tag_namespace
• GumboStringPiece original_tag
• GumboStringPiece original_end_tag
• GumboSourcePosition start_pos
• GumboSourcePosition end_pos
• GumboVector attributes

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🦋 Detailed Description 🦋

so <pink>GumboElement</pink> is literally the struct that represents all HTML elements 👑 it's giving "everything you ever wanted to know about a tag." It carries the info about the tag, the attributes, and the child nodes. that's the whole vibe, periodt.

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💅 Field Documentation 💅

GumboVector GumboElement::children

an array of GumboNodes holding all the children of this element 🫶 and yes, the pointers are owned — you're responsible for them, bestie, no abandoning them.

GumboTag GumboElement::tag

the GumboTag enum for this element. that's it, that's the field ✨

GumboNamespaceEnum GumboElement::tag_namespace

the GumboNamespaceEnum for this element. namespace check, vibe check, same thing 💅

GumboStringPiece GumboElement::original_tag

a GumboStringPiece pointing at the original tag text for this element — and it points directly into the source buffer, no copies, we're efficient here. but heads up: if the tag was inserted algorithmically (for example, <head> or insertion), this will be a zero-length string. don't come for me, that's just how it is 😭

GumboStringPiece GumboElement::original_end_tag

a GumboStringPiece pointing at the original end tag text for this element. same deal: if the end tag got inserted algorithmically (for example, closing a self-closing tag), it's a zero-length string 🙈

GumboSourcePosition GumboElement::start_pos

the source position for the start of the start tag. yes, start of the start. iconic, honestly.

GumboSourcePosition GumboElement::end_pos

the source position for the start of the end tag. not the end of the end tag — the start of it. noted 🎀

GumboVector GumboElement::attributes

an array of GumboAttributes with the attributes for this tag, in the exact order that they were parsed (we respect the timeline ⏳). and yep — the pointers are owned here too. take care of your babies.

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👑 Author 👑

Generated automatically by Doxygen for Gumbo from the source code. (not me, I'm just the messenger 💀)

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okay that's the whole page, no skips, no skimming, we read every line like good students 🧚

and that's a wrap, bestie 💖 this was GumboElement(3), from Version 0.12.1, dated Fri Sep 19 2025 00:00:00. slay, go build something iconic with it 🌈⭐