Mojo::DOM(3)
โจ NAME โจ
Okay bestie, meet Mojo::DOM(3) โ Mojo::DOM โ Minimalistic HTML/XML DOM parser with CSS selectors. That's the whole vibe: minimalistic, relaxed, and it speaks CSS selector. ๐
๐ SYNOPSIS ๐
Here's the group chat in code form โ exact lines, no cap:
use Mojo::DOM;
# Parse
my $dom = Mojo::DOM->new('<div><p id="a">Test</p><p id="b">123</p></div>');
# Find
say $dom->at('#b')->text;
say $dom->find('p')->map('text')->join("\n");
say $dom->find('[id]')->map(attr => 'id')->join("\n");
# Iterate
$dom->find('p[id]')->reverse->each(sub { say $_->{id} });
# Loop
for my $e ($dom->find('p[id]')->each) {
say $e->{id}, ':', $e->text;
}
# Modify
$dom->find('div p')->last->append('<p id="c">456</p>');
$dom->at('#c')->prepend($dom->new_tag('p', id => 'd', '789'));
$dom->find(':not(p)')->map('strip');
# Render
say "$dom";
๐ DESCRIPTION ๐
Mojo::DOM is a minimalistic and relaxed HTML/XML DOM parser with CSS selector support. It will even try to interpret broken HTML and XML, so you should not use it for validation.
Bestie, that last part is the important vibe check: it's forgiving, not a validator. Don't use it for validation. ๐
๐ณ NODES AND ELEMENTS ๐ณ
When we parse an HTML/XML fragment, it gets turned into a tree of nodes.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head><title>Hello</title></head>
<body>World!</body>
</html>
There are currently eight different kinds of nodes: cdata, comment, doctype, pi, raw, root, tag, and text. Elements are nodes of the type tag.
root
|- doctype (html)
+- tag (html)
|- tag (head)
| +- tag (title)
| +- raw (Hello)
+- tag (body)
+- text (World!)
While all node types are represented as Mojo::DOM objects, some methods like attr and namespace only apply to elements.
๐ฆ HTML AND XML ๐ฆ
Mojo::DOM defaults to HTML semantics. That means all tags and attribute names are lowercased, and selectors need to be lowercase as well.
# HTML semantics
my $dom = Mojo::DOM->new('<P ID="greeting">Hi!</P>');
say $dom->at('p[id]')->text;
If an XML declaration is found, the parser will automatically switch into XML mode and everything becomes case-sensitive.
# XML semantics
my $dom = Mojo::DOM->new('<?xml version="1.0"?><P ID="greeting">Hi!</P>');
say $dom->at('P[ID]')->text;
HTML or XML semantics can also be forced with the xml method.
# Force HTML semantics
my $dom = Mojo::DOM->new->xml(0)->parse('<P ID="greeting">Hi!</P>');
say $dom->at('p[id]')->text;
# Force XML semantics
my $dom = Mojo::DOM->new->xml(1)->parse('<P ID="greeting">Hi!</P>');
say $dom->at('P[ID]')->text;
๐ ๏ธ METHODS ๐ ๏ธ
Mojo::DOM implements the following methods.
๐ซ all_text
my $text = $dom->all_text;
Extract text content from all descendant nodes of this element. For HTML documents script and style elements are excluded.
# "foo\nbarbaz\n"
$dom->parse("<div>foo\n<p>bar</p>baz\n</div>")->at('div')->all_text;
๐ซ ancestors
my $collection = $dom->ancestors;
my $collection = $dom->ancestors('div ~ p');
Find all ancestor elements of this node matching the CSS selector and return a Mojo::Collection object containing these elements as Mojo::DOM objects. All selectors from SELECTORS in Mojo::DOM::CSS are supported.
# List tag names of ancestor elements
say $dom->ancestors->map('tag')->join("\n");
๐ซ append
$dom = $dom->append('<p>I โฅ Mojolicious!</p>');
$dom = $dom->append(Mojo::DOM->new);
Append HTML/XML fragment to this node (for all node types other than root).
# "<div><h1>Test</h1><h2>123</h2></div>"
$dom->parse('<div><h1>Test</h1></div>')
->at('h1')->append('<h2>123</h2>')->root;
# "<p>Test 123</p>"
$dom->parse('<p>Test</p>')->at('p')
->child_nodes->first->append(' 123')->root;
๐ซ append_content
$dom = $dom->append_content('<p>I โฅ Mojolicious!</p>');
$dom = $dom->append_content(Mojo::DOM->new);
Append HTML/XML fragment (for root and tag nodes) or raw content to this node's content.
# "<div><h1>Test123</h1></div>"
$dom->parse('<div><h1>Test</h1></div>')
->at('h1')->append_content('123')->root;
# "<!-- Test 123 --><br>"
$dom->parse('<!-- Test --><br>')
->child_nodes->first->append_content('123 ')->root;
# "<p>Test<i>123</i></p>"
$dom->parse('<p>Test</p>')->at('p')->append_content('<i>123</i>')->root;
๐ซ at
my $result = $dom->at('div ~ p');
my $result = $dom->at('svg|line', svg => 'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg');
Find first descendant element of this element matching the CSS selector and return it as a Mojo::DOM object, or undef if none could be found. All selectors from SELECTORS in Mojo::DOM::CSS are supported.
# Find first element with "svg" namespace definition
my $namespace = $dom->at('[xmlns\:svg]')->{'xmlns:svg'};
Trailing key/value pairs can be used to declare xml namespace aliases.
# "<rect />"
$dom->parse('<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><rect /></svg>')
->at('svg|rect', svg => 'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg');
๐ซ attr
my $hash = $dom->attr;
my $foo = $dom->attr('foo');
$dom = $dom->attr({foo => 'bar'});
$dom = $dom->attr(foo => 'bar');
This element's attributes.
# Remove an attribute
delete $dom->attr->{id};
# Attribute without value
$dom->attr(selected => undef);
# List id attributes
say $dom->find('*')->map(attr => 'id')->compact->join("\n");
๐ซ child_nodes
my $collection = $dom->child_nodes;
Return a Mojo::Collection object containing all child nodes of this element as Mojo::DOM objects.
# "<p><b>123</b></p>"
$dom->parse('<p>Test<b>123</b></p>')->at('p')->child_nodes->first->remove;
# "<!DOCTYPE html>"
$dom->parse('<!DOCTYPE html><b>123</b>')->child_nodes->first;
# " Test "
$dom->parse('<b>123</b><!-- Test -->')->child_nodes->last->content;
๐ซ children
my $collection = $dom->children;
my $collection = $dom->children('div ~ p');
Find all child elements of this element matching the CSS selector and return a Mojo::Collection object containing these elements as Mojo::DOM objects. All selectors from SELECTORS in Mojo::DOM::CSS are supported.
# Show tag name of random child element
say $dom->children->shuffle->first->tag;
๐ซ content
my $str = $dom->content;
$dom = $dom->content('<p>I โฅ Mojolicious!</p>');
$dom = $dom->content(Mojo::DOM->new);
Return this node's content or replace it with HTML/XML fragment (for root and tag nodes) or raw content.
# "<b>Test</b>"
$dom->parse('<div><b>Test</b></div>')->at('div')->content;
# "<div><h1>123</h1></div>"
$dom->parse('<div><h1>Test</h1></div>')->at('h1')->content('123')->root;
# "<p><i>123</i></p>"
$dom->parse('<p>Test</p>')->at('p')->content('<i>123</i>')->root;
# "<div><h1></h1></div>"
$dom->parse('<div><h1>Test</h1></div>')->at('h1')->content('')->root;
# " Test "
$dom->parse('<!-- Test --><br>')->child_nodes->first->content;
# "<div><!-- 123 -->456</div>"
$dom->parse('<div><!-- Test -->456</div>')
->at('div')->child_nodes->first->content(' 123 ')->root;
๐ซ descendant_nodes
my $collection = $dom->descendant_nodes;
Return a Mojo::Collection object containing all descendant nodes of this element as Mojo::DOM objects.
# "<p><b>123</b></p>"
$dom->parse('<p><!-- Test --><b>123<!-- 456 --></b></p>')
->descendant_nodes->grep(sub { $_->type eq 'comment' })
->map('remove')->first;
# "<p><b>test</b>test</p>"
$dom->parse('<p><b>123</b>456</p>')
->at('p')->descendant_nodes->grep(sub { $_->type eq 'text' })
->map(content => 'test')->first->root;
๐ซ find
my $collection = $dom->find('div ~ p');
my $collection = $dom->find('svg|line', svg => 'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg');
Find all descendant elements of this element matching the CSS selector and return a Mojo::Collection object containing these elements as Mojo::DOM objects. All selectors from SELECTORS in Mojo::DOM::CSS are supported.
# Find a specific element and extract information
my $id = $dom->find('div')->[23]{id};
# Extract information from multiple elements
my @headers = $dom->find('h1, h2, h3')->map('text')->each;
# Count all the different tags
my $hash = $dom->find('*')->reduce(sub { $a->{$b->tag}++; $a }, {});
# Find elements with a class that contains dots
my @divs = $dom->find('div.foo\.bar')->each;
Trailing key/value pairs can be used to declare xml namespace aliases.
# "<rect />"
$dom->parse('<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><rect /></svg>')
->find('svg|rect', svg => 'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg')->first;
๐ซ following
my $collection = $dom->following;
my $collection = $dom->following('div ~ p');
Find all sibling elements after this node matching the CSS selector and return a Mojo::Collection object containing these elements as Mojo::DOM objects. All selectors from SELECTORS in Mojo::DOM::CSS are supported.
# List tags of sibling elements after this node
say $dom->following->map('tag')->join("\n");
๐ซ following_nodes
my $collection = $dom->following_nodes;
Return a Mojo::Collection object containing all sibling nodes after this node as Mojo::DOM objects.
# "C"
$dom->parse('<p>A</p><!-- B -->C')->at('p')->following_nodes->last->content;
๐ซ matches
my $bool = $dom->matches('div ~ p');
my $bool = $dom->matches('svg|line', svg => 'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg');
Check if this element matches the CSS selector. All selectors from SELECTORS in Mojo::DOM::CSS are supported.
# True
$dom->parse('<p class="a">A</p>')->at('p')->matches('.a');
$dom->parse('<p class="a">A</p>')->at('p')->matches('p[class]');
# False
$dom->parse('<p class="a">A</p>')->at('p')->matches('.b');
$dom->parse('<p class="a">A</p>')->at('p')->matches('p[id]');
Trailing key/value pairs can be used to declare xml namespace aliases.
# True
$dom->parse('<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><rect /></svg>')
->matches('svg|rect', svg => 'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg');
๐ซ namespace
my $namespace = $dom->namespace;
Find this element's namespace, or return undef if none could be found.
# "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
Mojo::DOM->new('<svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><svg:circle>3.14</svg:circle></svg>')->at('svg\:circle')->namespace;
# Find namespace for an element with namespace prefix
my $namespace = $dom->at('svg > svg\:circle')->namespace;
# Find namespace for an element that may or may not have a namespace prefix
my $namespace = $dom->at('svg > circle')->namespace;
๐ซ new
my $dom = Mojo::DOM->new;
my $dom = Mojo::DOM->new('<foo bar="baz">I โฅ Mojolicious!</foo>');
Construct a new scalar-based Mojo::DOM object and parse HTML/XML fragment if necessary.
new_tag ๐
my $tag = Mojo::DOM->new_tag('div');
my $tag = $dom->new_tag('div');
my $tag = $dom->new_tag('div', id => 'foo', hidden => undef);
my $tag = $dom->new_tag('div', 'safe content');
my $tag = $dom->new_tag('div', id => 'foo', 'safe content');
my $tag = $dom->new_tag('div', data => {mojo => 'rocks'}, 'safe content');
my $tag = $dom->new_tag('div', id => 'foo', sub { 'unsafe content' });
Okay so this one constructs a new Mojo::DOM object for an HTML/XML tag, with or without attributes and content. The data attribute can contain a hash reference with key/value pairs to generate attributes from. Obsessed with how flexible this is, fr.
# "<br>"
$dom->new_tag('br');
# "<div></div>"
$dom->new_tag('div');
# "<div id="foo" hidden></div>"
$dom->new_tag('div', id => 'foo', hidden => undef);
# "<div>test & 123</div>"
$dom->new_tag('div', 'test & 123');
# "<div id="foo">test & 123</div>"
$dom->new_tag('div', id => 'foo', 'test & 123');
# "<div data-foo="1" data-bar="test">test & 123</div>""
$dom->new_tag('div', data => {foo => 1, Bar => 'test'}, 'test & 123');
# "<div id="foo">test & 123</div>"
$dom->new_tag('div', id => 'foo', sub { 'test & 123' });
# "<div>Hello<b>Mojo!</b></div>"
$dom->parse('<div>Hello</div>')->at('div')
->append_content($dom->new_tag('b', 'Mojo!'))->root;
next โญ๏ธ
my $sibling = $dom->next;
Returns a Mojo::DOM object for the next sibling element, or undef if there are no more siblings. Like, it just peeks at the next element bestie, no drama.
# "<h2>123</h2>"
$dom->parse('<div><h1>Test</h1><h2>123</h2></div>')->at('h1')->next;
next_node ๐
my $sibling = $dom->next_node;
Returns a Mojo::DOM object for the next sibling node, or undef if there are no more siblings. Node is not the same as element here โ she sees comments and text too, iykyk.
# "456"
$dom->parse('<p><b>123</b><!-- Test -->456</p>')
->at('b')->next_node->next_node;
# " Test "
$dom->parse('<p><b>123</b><!-- Test -->456</p>')
->at('b')->next_node->content;
parent ๐ฉโ๐ง
my $parent = $dom->parent;
Returns a Mojo::DOM object for the parent of this node, or undef if this node has no parent.
# "<b><i>Test</i></b>"
$dom->parse('<p><b><i>Test</i></b></p>')->at('i')->parent;
parse ๐ง
$dom = $dom->parse('<foo bar="baz">I โฅ Mojolicious!</foo>');
Parses an HTML/XML fragment with Mojo::DOM::HTML.
# Parse XML
my $dom = Mojo::DOM->new->xml(1)->parse('<foo>I โฅ Mojolicious!</foo>');
preceding ๐ธ
my $collection = $dom->preceding;
my $collection = $dom->preceding('div ~ p');
Finds all sibling elements before this node matching the CSS selector and returns a Mojo::Collection object containing these elements as Mojo::DOM objects. All selectors from SELECTORS in Mojo::DOM::CSS are supported. So like, go wild with your selectors bestie.
# List tags of sibling elements before this node
say $dom->preceding->map('tag')->join("\n");
preceding_nodes ๐ฆ
my $collection = $dom->preceding_nodes;
Returns a Mojo::Collection object containing all sibling nodes before this node as Mojo::DOM objects.
# "A"
$dom->parse('A<!-- B --><p>C</p>')->at('p')->preceding_nodes->first->content;
prepend ๐
$dom = $dom->prepend('<p>I โฅ Mojolicious!</p>');
$dom = $dom->prepend(Mojo::DOM->new);
Prepends an HTML/XML fragment to this node (for all node types other than root). It goes in first, main character energy.
# "<div><h1>Test</h1><h2>123</h2></div>"
$dom->parse('<div><h2>123</h2></div>')
->at('h2')->prepend('<h1>Test</h1>')->root;
# "<p>Test 123</p>"
$dom->parse('<p>123</p>')
->at('p')->child_nodes->first->prepend('Test ')->root;
prepend_content โจ
$dom = $dom->prepend_content('<p>I โฅ Mojolicious!</p>');
$dom = $dom->prepend_content(Mojo::DOM->new);
Prepends an HTML/XML fragment (for root and tag nodes) or raw content to this node's content.
# "<div><h2>Test123</h2></div>"
$dom->parse('<div><h2>123</h2></div>')
->at('h2')->prepend_content('Test')->root;
# "<!-- Test 123 --><br>"
$dom->parse('<!-- 123 --><br>')
->child_nodes->first->prepend_content(' Test')->root;
# "<p><i>123</i>Test</p>"
$dom->parse('<p>Test</p>')->at('p')->prepend_content('<i>123</i>')->root;
previous โฎ๏ธ
my $sibling = $dom->previous;
Returns a Mojo::DOM object for the previous sibling element, or undef if there are no more siblings.
# "<h1>Test</h1>"
$dom->parse('<div><h1>Test</h1><h2>123</h2></div>')->at('h2')->previous;
previous_node ๐
my $sibling = $dom->previous_node;
Returns a Mojo::DOM object for the previous sibling node, or undef if there are no more siblings.
# "123"
$dom->parse('<p>123<!-- Test --><b>456</b></p>')
->at('b')->previous_node->previous_node;
# " Test "
$dom->parse('<p>123<!-- Test --><b>456</b></p>')
->at('b')->previous_node->content;
remove ๐
my $parent = $dom->remove;
Removes this node and returns root (for root nodes) or parent. Bye bestie, you're out of the group chat.
# "<div></div>"
$dom->parse('<div><h1>Test</h1></div>')->at('h1')->remove;
# "<p><b>456</b></p>"
$dom->parse('<p>123<b>456</b></p>')
->at('p')->child_nodes->first->remove->root;
replace ๐
my $parent = $dom->replace('<div>I โฅ Mojolicious!</div>');
my $parent = $dom->replace(Mojo::DOM->new);
Replaces this node with an HTML/XML fragment and returns root (for root nodes) or parent. Glow-up via replacement, honestly iconic.
# "<div><h2>123</h2></div>"
$dom->parse('<div><h1>Test</h1></div>')->at('h1')->replace('<h2>123</h2>');
# "<p><b>123</b></p>"
$dom->parse('<p>Test</p>')
->at('p')->child_nodes->[0]->replace('<b>123</b>')->root;
root ๐
my $root = $dom->root;
Returns a Mojo::DOM object for the root node.
selector ๐ฏ
my $selector = $dom->selector;
Gets a unique CSS selector for this element. No cap, this is so useful when you need to point at exactly one little div.
# "ul:nth-child(1) > li:nth-child(2)"
$dom->parse('<ul><li>Test</li><li>123</li></ul>')->find('li')->last->selector;
# "p:nth-child(1) > b:nth-child(1) > i:nth-child(1)"
$dom->parse('<p><b><i>Test</i></b></p>')->at('i')->selector;
strip ๐
my $parent = $dom->strip;
Removes this element while preserving its content and returns parent. Like taking off the wrapper but keeping the snack, periodt.
# "<div>Test</div>"
$dom->parse('<div><h1>Test</h1></div>')->at('h1')->strip;
tag ๐ท๏ธ
my $tag = $dom->tag;
$dom = $dom->tag('div');
This element's tag name.
# List tag names of child elements
say $dom->children->map('tag')->join("\n");
tap ๐
$dom = $dom->tap(sub {...});
Alias for tap in Mojo::Base.
text ๐
my $text = $dom->text;
Extracts text content from this element only (not including child elements). She's focused on her own text, not her kids' text, okay?
# "bar"
$dom->parse("<div>foo<p>bar</p>baz</div>")->at('p')->text;
# "foo\nbaz\n"
$dom->parse("<div>foo\n<p>bar</p>baz\n</div>")->at('div')->text;
To extract text content from all descendant nodes see all_text.
to_string ๐งต
my $str = $dom->to_string;
Renders this node and its content to HTML/XML.
# "<b>Test</b>"
$dom->parse('<div><b>Test</b></div>')->at('div b')->to_string;
tree ๐ณ
my $tree = $dom->tree;
$dom = $dom->tree(['root']);
Document Object Model. Note that this structure should only be used very carefully since it is very dynamic. Like, handle with care bestie, she moves fast.
type ๐งฌ
my $type = $dom->type;
This node's type, usually cdata, comment, doctype, pi, raw, root, tag or text.
# "cdata"
$dom->parse('<![CDATA[Test]]>')->child_nodes->first->type;
# "comment"
$dom->parse('<!-- Test -->')->child_nodes->first->type;
# "doctype"
$dom->parse('<!DOCTYPE html>')->child_nodes->first->type;
# "pi"
$dom->parse('<?xml version="1.0"?>')->child_nodes->first->type;
# "raw"
$dom->parse('<title>Test</title>')->at('title')->child_nodes->first->type;
# "root"
$dom->parse('<p>Test</p>')->type;
# "tag"
$dom->parse('<p>Test</p>')->at('p')->type;
# "text"
$dom->parse('<p>Test</p>')->at('p')->child_nodes->first->type;
val ๐
my $value = $dom->val;
Extracts value from a form element (such as button, input, option, select and textarea), or returns undef if this element has no value. In the case of select with the multiple attribute, it finds option elements with the selected attribute and returns an array reference with all values, or undef if none could be found. Form values are lowkey her whole thing.
# "a"
$dom->parse('<input name=test value=a>')->at('input')->val;
# "b"
$dom->parse('<textarea>b</textarea>')->at('textarea')->val;
# "c"
$dom->parse('<option value="c">Test</option>')->at('option')->val;
# "d"
$dom->parse('<select><option selected>d</option></select>')
->at('select')->val;
# "e"
$dom->parse('<select multiple><option selected>e</option></select>')
->at('select')->val->[0];
# "on"
$dom->parse('<input name=test type=checkbox>')->at('input')->val;
with_roles ๐
my $new_class = Mojo::DOM->with_roles('Mojo::DOM::Role::One');
my $new_class = Mojo::DOM->with_roles('+One', '+Two');
$dom = $dom->with_roles('+One', '+Two');
Alias for with_roles in Mojo::Base.
wrap ๐
$dom = $dom->wrap('<div></div>');
$dom = $dom->wrap(Mojo::DOM->new);
Wraps an HTML/XML fragment around this node (for all node types other than root), placing it as the last child of the first innermost element. It's giving gift-wrap but for DOM nodes.
# "<p>123<b>Test</b></p>"
$dom->parse('<b>Test</b>')->at('b')->wrap('<p>123</p>')->root;
# "<div><p><b>Test</b></p>123</div>"
$dom->parse('<b>Test</b>')->at('b')->wrap('<div><p></p>123</div>')->root;
# "<p><b>Test</b></p><p>123</p>"
$dom->parse('<b>Test</b>')->at('b')->wrap('<p></p><p>123</p>')->root;
# "<p><b>Test</b></p>"
$dom->parse('<p>Test</p>')->at('p')->child_nodes->first->wrap('<b>')->root;
wrap_content ๐
$dom = $dom->wrap_content('<div></div>');
$dom = $dom->wrap_content(Mojo::DOM->new);
Wraps an HTML/XML fragment around this node's content (for root and tag nodes), placing it as the last children of the first innermost element.
# "<p><b>123Test</b></p>"
$dom->parse('<p>Test<p>')->at('p')->wrap_content('<b>123</b>')->root;
# "<p><b>Test</b></p><p>123</p>"
$dom->parse('<b>Test</b>')->wrap_content('<p></p><p>123</p>');
xml ๐ฆ
my $bool = $dom->xml;
$dom = $dom->xml($bool);
Disables HTML semantics in the parser and activates case-sensitivity, defaults to auto-detection based on XML declarations.
๐ OPERATORS ๐
Mojo::DOM overloads the following operators. Yes bestie, she does tricks.
array ๐
my @nodes = @$dom;
Alias for child_nodes.
# "<!-- Test -->"
$dom->parse('<!-- Test --><b>123</b>')->[0];
bool โ
my $bool = !!$dom;
Always true. Iconic behavior, honestly.
hash ๐ซถ
my %attrs = %$dom;
Alias for attr.
# "test"
$dom->parse('<div id="test">Test</div>')->at('div')->{id};
stringify ๐ช
my $str = "$dom";
Alias for to_string.
โจ SEE ALSO โจ
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