GumboNode(3)

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version 0.12.1 · 4 versions
, in fedora 43

💖 GumboNode(3) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the GumboNode page — it's from the Gumbo manual and it is the glow-up moment of the C HTML parsing world, no cap. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

GumboNode — the main character struct of the whole tree. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <gumbo.h>

🎀 Data Fields 🎀

  • GumboNodeType type
  • GumboNode * parent
  • size_t index_within_parent
  • GumboParseFlags parse_flags
  • union {
    • GumboDocument document
    • GumboElement element
    • GumboText text
  • } v

🦋 Detailed Description 🦋

so basically it's a supertype for GumboElement and GumboText, which means we can drop one generic type into lists of children and cast it to whatever subtype we actually need. versatile queen behavior, honestly. 💅

it's also a forward declaration of GumboNode itself so it can be used recursively in GumboNode.parent — yes, a struct that contains a pointer to itself. iconic. self-referential and thriving. 🌀

🌈 Field Documentation 🌈

⭐ GumboNodeType GumboNode::type

The type of node that this is. simple as that, bestie.

💜 GumboNode* GumboNode::parent

Pointer back to the parent node. Not owned. so like… you do not get to free it, it's not yours, hands off. 🙈

🧚 size_t GumboNode::index_within_parent

The index within the parent's children vector of this node. basically its spot in the lineup. 🌸

🔥 GumboParseFlags GumboNode::parse_flags

A bitvector of flags holding info about why this element got inserted into the parse tree, including a whole bunch of special parse situations. it's giving receipts for the parser's decisions. 📋✨

👑 union { ... } GumboNode::v

The actual node data. the real content, the inner truth, the whole point of the thing. 🫶

🌟 Author 🌟

Generated automatically by Doxygen for Gumbo from the source code. (not a human author, just a robot doing its little thing, and honestly? ate. 🤖💖)

and that's the whole page, bestie! version 0.12.1, dated Fri Sep 19 2025 00:00:00, filed under GumboNode(3) in the Gumbo manual. go forth and parse responsibly. periodt. 💅✨🎀

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