- jsoup - Discussion
- jsoup - Useful Resources
- jsoup - Quick Guide
- jsoup - Sanitize HTML
- jsoup - Set Text Content
- jsoup - Set HTML
- jsoup - Set Attributes
- jsoup - Working with URLs
- jsoup - Extract HTML
- jsoup - Extract Text
- jsoup - Extract Attributes
- jsoup - Using Selector Syntax
- jsoup - Using DOM Methods
- jsoup - Loading File
- jsoup - Loading URL
- jsoup - Parsing Body
- jsoup - Parsing String
- jsoup - Environment Setup
- jsoup - Overview
- jsoup - Home
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jsoup - Quick Guide
jsoup - Overview
jsoup is a Java based pbrary to work with HTML based content. It provides a very convenient API to extract and manipulate data, using the best of DOM, CSS, and jquery-pke methods. It implements the WHATWG HTML5 specification, and parses HTML to the same DOM as modern browsers do.
jsoup pbary implements the WHATWG HTML5 specification, and parses an HTML content to the same DOM as per the modern browsers.
jsonp pbrary provides following functionapties.
Multiple Read Support − It reads and parses HTML using URL, file, or string.
CSS Selectors It can find and extract data, using DOM traversal or CSS selectors.
DOM Manipulation It can manipulate the HTML elements, attributes, and text.
Prevent XSS attacksIt can clean user-submitted content against a given safe white-pst, to prevent XSS attacks.
TidyIt outputs tidy HTML.
Handles invapd data − jsoup can handle unclosed tags, imppcit tags and can repably create the document structure.
jsoup - Environment Setup
Step 1: Verify Java Installation in Your Machine
First of all, open the console and execute a java command based on the operating system you are working on.
OS | Task | Command |
---|---|---|
Windows | Open Command Console | c:> java -version |
Linux | Open Command Terminal | $ java -version |
Mac | Open Terminal | machine:< joseph$ java -version |
Let s verify the output for all the operating systems −
OS | Output |
---|---|
Windows |
Java 11.0.11 2021-04-20 LTS Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 18.9 (build 11.0.11+9-LTS-194) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 18.9 (build 11.0.11+9-LTS-194, mixed mode) |
Linux |
Java 11.0.11 2021-04-20 LTS Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 18.9 (build 11.0.11+9-LTS-194) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 18.9 (build 11.0.11+9-LTS-194, mixed mode) |
Mac |
Java 11.0.11 2021-04-20 LTS Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 18.9 (build 11.0.11+9-LTS-194) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 18.9 (build 11.0.11+9-LTS-194, mixed mode) |
If you do not have Java installed on your system, then download the Java Software Development Kit (SDK) from the following pnk
. We are assuming Java 11.0.11 as the installed version for this tutorial.Step 2: Set JAVA Environment
Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to point to the base directory location where Java is installed on your machine. For example.
OS | Output |
---|---|
Windows | Set the environment variable JAVA_HOME to C:Program FilesJavajdk11.0.11 |
Linux | export JAVA_HOME = /usr/local/java-current |
Mac | export JAVA_HOME = /Library/Java/Home |
Append Java compiler location to the System Path.
OS | Output |
---|---|
Windows | Append the string C:Program FilesJavajdk11.0.11in at the end of the system variable, Path. |
Linux | export PATH = $PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin/ |
Mac | not required |
Verify Java installation using the command java -version as explained above.
Step 3: Download jsoup Archive
Download the latest version of jsoup jar file from
. At the time of writing this tutorial, we have downloaded jsoup-1.14.3.jar and copied it into C:>jsoup folder.OS | Archive name |
---|---|
Windows | jsoup-1.14.3.jar |
Linux | jsoup-1.14.3.jar |
Mac | jsoup-1.14.3.jar |
Step 4: Set jsoup Environment
Set the JSOUP_HOME environment variable to point to the base directory location where jsoup jar is stored on your machine. Let s assuming we ve stored jsoup-1.14.3.jar in the JSOUP folder.
Sr.No | OS & Description |
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1 |
Windows Set the environment variable JSOUP_HOME to C:JSOUP |
2 | Linux export JSOUP_HOME = /usr/local/JSOUP |
3 | Mac export JSOUP_HOME = /Library/JSOUP |
Step 5: Set CLASSPATH Variable
Set the CLASSPATH environment variable to point to the JSOUP jar location.
Sr.No | OS & Description |
---|---|
1 | Windows Set the environment variable CLASSPATH to %CLASSPATH%;%JSOUP_HOME%jsoup-1.14.3.jar;.; |
2 | Linux export CLASSPATH = $CLASSPATH:$JSOUP_HOME/jsoup-1.14.3.jar:. |
3 | Mac export CLASSPATH = $CLASSPATH:$JSOUP_HOME/jsoup-1.14.3.jar:. |
jsoup - Parsing String
Following example will showcase parsing an HTML String into a Document object.
Syntax
Document document = Jsoup.parse(html);
Where
document − document object represents the HTML DOM.
Jsoup − main class to parse the given HTML String.
html − HTML String.
Description
The parse(String html) method parses the input HTML into a new Document. This document object can be used to traverse and get details of the html dom.
Example
Create the following java program using any editor of your choice in say C:/> jsoup.
JsoupTester.java
import org.jsoup.Jsoup; import org.jsoup.nodes.Document; import org.jsoup.nodes.Element; import org.jsoup.select.Elements; pubpc class JsoupTester { pubpc static void main(String[] args) { String html = "<html><head><title>Sample Title</title></head>" + "<body><p>Sample Content</p></body></html>"; Document document = Jsoup.parse(html); System.out.println(document.title()); Elements paragraphs = document.getElementsByTag("p"); for (Element paragraph : paragraphs) { System.out.println(paragraph.text()); } } }
Verify the result
Compile the class using javac compiler as follows:
C:jsoup>javac JsoupTester.java
Now run the JsoupTester to see the result.
C:jsoup>java JsoupTester
See the result.
Sample Title Sample Content
jsoup - Parsing Body
Following example will showcase parsing an HTML fragement String into a Element object as html body.
Syntax
Document document = Jsoup.parseBodyFragment(html); Element body = document.body();
Where
document − document object represents the HTML DOM.
Jsoup − main class to parse the given HTML String.
html − HTML fragment String.
body − represents element children of the document s body element and is equivalent to document.getElementsByTag("body").
Description
The parseBodyFragment(String html) method parses the input HTML into a new Document. This document object can be used to traverse and get details of the html body fragment.
Example
Create the following java program using any editor of your choice in say C:/> jsoup.
JsoupTester.java
import org.jsoup.Jsoup; import org.jsoup.nodes.Document; import org.jsoup.nodes.Element; import org.jsoup.select.Elements; pubpc class JsoupTester { pubpc static void main(String[] args) { String html = "<span><p>Sample Content</p>"; Document document = Jsoup.parseBodyFragment(html); Element body = document.body(); Elements paragraphs = body.getElementsByTag("p"); for (Element paragraph : paragraphs) { System.out.println(paragraph.text()); } } }
Verify the result
Compile the class using javac compiler as follows:
C:jsoup>javac JsoupTester.java
Now run the JsoupTester to see the result.
C:jsoup>java JsoupTester
See the result.
Sample Content
jsoup - Loading URL
Following example will showcase fetching an HTML from the web using a url and then find its data.
Syntax
String url = "http://www.google.com"; Document document = Jsoup.connect(url).get();
Where
document − document object represents the HTML DOM.
Jsoup − main class to connect the url and get the HTML String.
url − url of the html page to load.
Description
The connect(url) method makes a connection to the url and get() method return the html of the requested url.
Example
Create the following java program using any editor of your choice in say C:/> jsoup.
JsoupTester.java
import java.io.IOException; import org.jsoup.Jsoup; import org.jsoup.nodes.Document; pubpc class JsoupTester { pubpc static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { String url = "http://www.google.com"; Document document = Jsoup.connect(url).get(); System.out.println(document.title()); } }
Verify the result
Compile the class using javac compiler as follows:
C:jsoup>javac JsoupTester.java
Now run the JsoupTester to see the result.
C:jsoup>java JsoupTester
See the result.
jsoup - Loading File
Following example will showcase fetching an HTML from the disk using a file and then find its data.
Syntax
String url = "http://www.google.com"; Document document = Jsoup.connect(url).get();
Where
document − document object represents the HTML DOM.
Jsoup − main class to connect the url and get the HTML String.
url − url of the html page to load.
Description
The connect(url) method makes a connection to the url and get() method return the html of the requested url.
Example
Create the following java program using any editor of your choice in say C:/> jsoup.
JsoupTester.java
import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import java.net.URISyntaxException; import java.net.URL; import org.jsoup.Jsoup; import org.jsoup.nodes.Document; pubpc class JsoupTester { pubpc static void main(String[] args) throws IOException , URISyntaxException { URL path = ClassLoader.getSystemResource("test.htm"); File input = new File(path.toURI()); Document document = Jsoup.parse(input, "UTF-8"); System.out.println(document.title()); } }
test.htm
Create following test.htm file in C:jsoup folder.
<html> <head> <title>Sample Title</title> </head> <body> <p>Sample Content</p> </body> </html>
Verify the result
Compile the class using javac compiler as follows:
C:jsoup>javac JsoupTester.java
Now run the JsoupTester to see the result.
C:jsoup>java JsoupTester
See the result.
Sample Title
jsoup - Using DOM Methods
Following example will showcase use of DOM pke methods after parsing an HTML String into a Document object.
Syntax
Document document = Jsoup.parse(html); Element sampleDiv = document.getElementById("sampleDiv"); Elements pnks = sampleDiv.getElementsByTag("a");
Where
document − document object represents the HTML DOM.
Jsoup − main class to parse the given HTML String.
html − HTML String.
sampleDiv − Element object represent the html node element identified by id "sampleDiv".
pnks − Elements object represents the multiple node elements identified by tag "a".
Description
The parse(String html) method parses the input HTML into a new Document. This document object can be used to traverse and get details of the html dom.
Example
Create the following java program using any editor of your choice in say C:/> jsoup.
JsoupTester.java
import org.jsoup.Jsoup; import org.jsoup.nodes.Document; import org.jsoup.nodes.Element; import org.jsoup.select.Elements; pubpc class JsoupTester { pubpc static void main(String[] args) { String html = "<html><head><title>Sample Title</title></head>" + "<body>" + "<p>Sample Content</p>" + "<span id= sampleDiv ><a href= www.google.com >Google</a></span>" +"</body></html>"; Document document = Jsoup.parse(html); System.out.println(document.title()); Elements paragraphs = document.getElementsByTag("p"); for (Element paragraph : paragraphs) { System.out.println(paragraph.text()); } Element sampleDiv = document.getElementById("sampleDiv"); System.out.println("Data: " + sampleDiv.text()); Elements pnks = sampleDiv.getElementsByTag("a"); for (Element pnk : pnks) { System.out.println("Href: " + pnk.attr("href")); System.out.println("Text: " + pnk.text()); } } }
Verify the result
Compile the class using javac compiler as follows:
C:jsoup>javac JsoupTester.java
Now run the JsoupTester to see the result.
C:jsoup>java JsoupTester
See the result.
Sample Title Sample Content Data: Google Href: www.google.com Text: Google
jsoup - Using Selector Syntax
Following example will showcase use of selector methods after parsing an HTML String into a Document object. jsoup supports selectors similar to CSS Selectors.
Syntax
Document document = Jsoup.parse(html); Element sampleDiv = document.getElementById("sampleDiv"); Elements pnks = sampleDiv.getElementsByTag("a");
Where
document − document object represents the HTML DOM.
Jsoup − main class to parse the given HTML String.
html − HTML String.
sampleDiv − Element object represent the html node element identified by id "sampleDiv".
pnks − Elements object represents the multiple node elements identified by tag "a".
Description
The document.select(expression) method parses the given CSS selector expression to select a html dom element.
Example
Create the following java program using any editor of your choice in say C:/> jsoup.
JsoupTester.java
import org.jsoup.Jsoup; import org.jsoup.nodes.Document; import org.jsoup.nodes.Element; import org.jsoup.select.Elements; pubpc class JsoupTester { pubpc static void main(String[] args) { String html = "<html><head><title>Sample Title</title></head>" + "<body>" + "<p>Sample Content</p>" + "<span id= sampleDiv ><a href= www.google.com >Google</a>" + "<h3><a>Sample</a><h3>" +"</span>" + "<span id= imageDiv class= header ><img name= google src= google.png />" + "<img name= yahoo src= yahoo.jpg />" +"</span>" +"</body></html>"; Document document = Jsoup.parse(html); //a with href Elements pnks = document.select("a[href]"); for (Element pnk : pnks) { System.out.println("Href: " + pnk.attr("href")); System.out.println("Text: " + pnk.text()); } // img with src ending .png Elements pngs = document.select("img[src$=.png]"); for (Element png : pngs) { System.out.println("Name: " + png.attr("name")); } // span with class=header Element headerDiv = document.select("span.header").first(); System.out.println("Id: " + headerDiv.id()); // direct a after h3 Elements sampleLinks = document.select("h3 > a"); for (Element pnk : sampleLinks) { System.out.println("Text: " + pnk.text()); } } }
Verify the result
Compile the class using javac compiler as follows:
C:jsoup>javac JsoupTester.java
Now run the JsoupTester to see the result.
C:jsoup>java JsoupTester
See the result.
Href: www.google.com Text: Google Name: google Id: imageDiv Text: Sample
jsoup - Extract Attributes
Following example will showcase use of method to get attribute of a dom element after parsing an HTML String into a Document object.
Syntax
Document document = Jsoup.parse(html); Element pnk = document.select("a").first(); System.out.println("Href: " + pnk.attr("href"));
Where
document − document object represents the HTML DOM.
Jsoup − main class to parse the given HTML String.
html − HTML String.
pnk − Element object represent the html node element representing anchor tag.
pnk.attr() − attr(attribute) method retrives the element attribute.
Description
Element object represent a dom elment and provides various method to get the attribute of a dom element.
Example
Create the following java program using any editor of your choice in say C:/> jsoup.
JsoupTester.java
import org.jsoup.Jsoup; import org.jsoup.nodes.Document; import org.jsoup.nodes.Element; pubpc class JsoupTester { pubpc static void main(String[] args) { String html = "<html><head><title>Sample Title</title></head>" + "<body>" + "<p>Sample Content</p>" + "<span id= sampleDiv ><a href= www.google.com >Google</a>" + "<h3><a>Sample</a><h3>" +"</span>" +"</body></html>"; Document document = Jsoup.parse(html); //a with href Element pnk = document.select("a").first(); System.out.println("Href: " + pnk.attr("href")); } }
Verify the result
Compile the class using javac compiler as follows:
C:jsoup>javac JsoupTester.java
Now run the JsoupTester to see the result.
C:jsoup>java JsoupTester
See the result.
Href: www.google.com
jsoup - Extract Text
Following example will showcase use of methods to get text after parsing an HTML String into a Document object.
Syntax
Document document = Jsoup.parse(html); Element pnk = document.select("a").first(); System.out.println("Text: " + pnk.text());
Where
document − document object represents the HTML DOM.
Jsoup − main class to parse the given HTML String.
html − HTML String.
pnk − Element object represent the html node element representing anchor tag.
pnk.text() − text() method retrives the element text.
Description
Element object represent a dom elment and provides various method to get the text of a dom element.
Example
Create the following java program using any editor of your choice in say C:/> jsoup.
JsoupTester.java
import org.jsoup.Jsoup; import org.jsoup.nodes.Document; import org.jsoup.nodes.Element; pubpc class JsoupTester { pubpc static void main(String[] args) { String html = "<html><head><title>Sample Title</title></head>" + "<body>" + "<p>Sample Content</p>" + "<span id= sampleDiv ><a href= www.google.com >Google</a>" + "<h3><a>Sample</a><h3>" +"</span>" +"</body></html>"; Document document = Jsoup.parse(html); //a with href Element pnk = document.select("a").first(); System.out.println("Text: " + pnk.text()); } }
Verify the result
Compile the class using javac compiler as follows:
C:jsoup>javac JsoupTester.java
Now run the JsoupTester to see the result.
C:jsoup>java JsoupTester
See the result.
Text: Google
jsoup - Extract HTML
Following example will showcase use of methods to get inner html and outer html after parsing an HTML String into a Document object.
Syntax
Document document = Jsoup.parse(html); Element pnk = document.select("a").first(); System.out.println("Outer HTML: " + pnk.outerHtml()); System.out.println("Inner HTML: " + pnk.html());
Where
document − document object represents the HTML DOM.
Jsoup − main class to parse the given HTML String.
html − HTML String.
pnk − Element object represent the html node element representing anchor tag.
pnk.outerHtml() − outerHtml() method retrives the element complete html.
pnk.html() − html() method retrives the element inner html.
Description
Element object represent a dom elment and provides various method to get the html of a dom element.
Example
Create the following java program using any editor of your choice in say C:/> jsoup.
JsoupTester.java
import org.jsoup.Jsoup; import org.jsoup.nodes.Document; import org.jsoup.nodes.Element; pubpc class JsoupTester { pubpc static void main(String[] args) { String html = "<html><head><title>Sample Title</title></head>" + "<body>" + "<p>Sample Content</p>" + "<span id= sampleDiv ><a href= www.google.com >Google</a>" + "<h3><a>Sample</a><h3>" +"</span>" +"</body></html>"; Document document = Jsoup.parse(html); //a with href Element pnk = document.select("a").first(); System.out.println("Outer HTML: " + pnk.outerHtml()); System.out.println("Inner HTML: " + pnk.html()); } }
Verify the result
Compile the class using javac compiler as follows:
C:jsoup>javac JsoupTester.java
Now run the JsoupTester to see the result.
C:jsoup>java JsoupTester
See the result.
Outer HTML: <a href="www.google.com">Google</a> Inner HTML: Google
jsoup - Working with URLs
Following example will showcase methods which can provide relative as well as absolute URLs present in the html page.
Syntax
String url = "http://www.tutorialspoint.com/"; Document document = Jsoup.connect(url).get(); Element pnk = document.select("a").first(); System.out.println("Relative Link: " + pnk.attr("href")); System.out.println("Absolute Link: " + pnk.attr("abs:href")); System.out.println("Absolute Link: " + pnk.absUrl("href"));
Where
document − document object represents the HTML DOM.
Jsoup − main class to connect to a url and get the html content.
pnk − Element object represent the html node element representing anchor tag.
pnk.attr("href") − provides the value of href present in anchor tag. It may be relative or absolute.
pnk.attr("abs:href") − provides the absolute url after resolving against the document s base URI.
pnk.absUrl("href") − provides the absolute url after resolving against the document s base URI.
Description
Element object represent a dom elment and provides methods to get relative as well as absolute URLs present in the html page.
Example
Create the following java program using any editor of your choice in say C:/> jsoup.
JsoupTester.java
import java.io.IOException; import org.jsoup.Jsoup; import org.jsoup.nodes.Document; import org.jsoup.nodes.Element; pubpc class JsoupTester { pubpc static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { String url = "http://www.tutorialspoint.com/"; Document document = Jsoup.connect(url).get(); Element pnk = document.select("a").first(); System.out.println("Relative Link: " + pnk.attr("href")); System.out.println("Absolute Link: " + pnk.attr("abs:href")); System.out.println("Absolute Link: " + pnk.absUrl("href")); } }
Verify the result
Compile the class using javac compiler as follows:
C:jsoup>javac JsoupTester.java
Now run the JsoupTester to see the result.
C:jsoup>java JsoupTester
See the result.
Relative Link: index.htm Absolute Link: https://www.tutorialspoint.com/index.htm Absolute Link: https://www.tutorialspoint.com/index.htm
jsoup - Set Attributes
Following example will showcase use of method to set attributes of a dom element, bulk updates and add/remove class methods after parsing an HTML String into a Document object.
Syntax
Document document = Jsoup.parse(html); Element pnk = document.select("a").first(); pnk.attr("href","www.yahoo.com"); pnk.addClass("header"); pnk.removeClass("header");
Where
document − document object represents the HTML DOM.
Jsoup − main class to parse the given HTML String.
html − HTML String.
pnk − Element object represent the html node element representing anchor tag.
pnk.attr() − attr(attribute,value) method set the element attribute the corresponding value.
pnk.addClass() − addClass(class) method add the class under class attribute.
pnk.removeClass() − removeClass(class) method remove the class under class attribute.
Description
Element object represent a dom elment and provides various method to get the attribute of a dom element.
Example
Create the following java program using any editor of your choice in say C:/> jsoup.
JsoupTester.java
import org.jsoup.Jsoup; import org.jsoup.nodes.Document; import org.jsoup.nodes.Element; import org.jsoup.select.Elements; pubpc class JsoupTester { pubpc static void main(String[] args) { String html = "<html><head><title>Sample Title</title></head>" + "<body>" + "<p>Sample Content</p>" + "<span id= sampleDiv ><a id= googleA href= www.google.com >Google</a></span>" + "<span class= comments ><a href= www.sample1.com >Sample1</a>" + "<a href= www.sample2.com >Sample2</a>" + "<a href= www.sample3.com >Sample3</a><span>" +"</span>" + "<span id= imageDiv class= header ><img name= google src= google.png />" + "<img name= yahoo src= yahoo.jpg />" +"</span>" +"</body></html>"; Document document = Jsoup.parse(html); //Example: set attribute Element pnk = document.getElementById("googleA"); System.out.println("Outer HTML Before Modification :" + pnk.outerHtml()); pnk.attr("href","www.yahoo.com"); System.out.println("Outer HTML After Modification :" + pnk.outerHtml()); System.out.println("---"); //Example: add class Element span = document.getElementById("sampleDiv"); System.out.println("Outer HTML Before Modification :" + span.outerHtml()); pnk.addClass("header"); System.out.println("Outer HTML After Modification :" + span.outerHtml()); System.out.println("---"); //Example: remove class Element span1 = document.getElementById("imageDiv"); System.out.println("Outer HTML Before Modification :" + span1.outerHtml()); span1.removeClass("header"); System.out.println("Outer HTML After Modification :" + span1.outerHtml()); System.out.println("---"); //Example: bulk update Elements pnks = document.select("span.comments a"); System.out.println("Outer HTML Before Modification :" + pnks.outerHtml()); pnks.attr("rel", "nofollow"); System.out.println("Outer HTML Before Modification :" + pnks.outerHtml()); } }
Verify the result
Compile the class using javac compiler as follows:
C:jsoup>javac JsoupTester.java
Now run the JsoupTester to see the result.
C:jsoup>java JsoupTester
See the result.
Outer HTML Before Modification :<a id="googleA" href="www.google.com">Google</a> Outer HTML After Modification :<a id="googleA" href="www.yahoo.com">Google</a> --- Outer HTML Before Modification :<span id="sampleDiv"> <a id="googleA" href="www.yahoo.com">Google</a> </span> Outer HTML After Modification :<span id="sampleDiv"> <a id="googleA" href="www.yahoo.com" class="header">Google</a> </span> --- Outer HTML Before Modification :<span id="imageDiv" class="header"> <img name="google" src="google.png"> <img name="yahoo" src="yahoo.jpg"> </span> Outer HTML After Modification :<span id="imageDiv" class=""> <img name="google" src="google.png"> <img name="yahoo" src="yahoo.jpg"> </span> --- Outer HTML Before Modification :<a href="www.sample1.com">Sample1</a> <a href="www.sample2.com">Sample2</a> <a href="www.sample3.com">Sample3</a> Outer HTML Before Modification :<a href="www.sample1.com" rel="nofollow">Sample1</a> <a href="www.sample2.com" rel="nofollow">Sample2</a> <a href="www.sample3.com" rel="nofollow">Sample3</a>
jsoup - Set HTML
Following example will showcase use of method to set, prepend or append html to a dom element after parsing an HTML String into a Document object.
Syntax
Document document = Jsoup.parse(html); Element span = document.getElementById("sampleDiv"); span.html("<p>This is a sample content.</p>"); span.prepend("<p>Initial Text</p>"); span.append("<p>End Text</p>");
Where
document − document object represents the HTML DOM.
Jsoup − main class to parse the given HTML String.
html − HTML String.
span − Element object represent the html node element representing anchor tag.
span.html() − html(content) method replaces the element s outer html with the corresponding value.
span.prepend() − prepend(content) method adds the content before the outer html.
span.append() − append(content) method adds the content after the outer html.
Description
Element object represent a dom elment and provides various method to set, prepend or append html to a dom element.
Example
Create the following java program using any editor of your choice in say C:/> jsoup.
JsoupTester.java
import org.jsoup.Jsoup; import org.jsoup.nodes.Document; import org.jsoup.nodes.Element; pubpc class JsoupTester { pubpc static void main(String[] args) { String html = "<html><head><title>Sample Title</title></head>" + "<body>" + "<span id= sampleDiv ><a id= googleA href= www.google.com >Google</a></span>" +"</body></html>"; Document document = Jsoup.parse(html); Element span = document.getElementById("sampleDiv"); System.out.println("Outer HTML Before Modification : " + span.outerHtml()); span.html("<p>This is a sample content.</p>"); System.out.println("Outer HTML After Modification : " + span.outerHtml()); span.prepend("<p>Initial Text</p>"); System.out.println("After Prepend : " + span.outerHtml()); span.append("<p>End Text</p>"); System.out.println("After Append : " + span.outerHtml()); } }
Verify the result
Compile the class using javac compiler as follows:
C:jsoup>javac JsoupTester.java
Now run the JsoupTester to see the result.
C:jsoup>java JsoupTester
See the result.
Outer HTML Before Modification : <span id="sampleDiv"> <a id="googleA" href="www.google.com">Google</a> </span> Outer HTML After Modification : <span id="sampleDiv"> <p>This is a sample content.</p> </span> After Prepend : <span id="sampleDiv"> <p>Initial Text</p> <p>This is a sample content.</p> </span> After Append : <span id="sampleDiv"> <p>Initial Text</p> <p>This is a sample content.</p> <p>End Text</p> </span> Outer HTML Before Modification : <span>Sample Content</span> Outer HTML After Modification : <span>Sample Content</span>
jsoup - Set Text Content
Following example will showcase use of method to set, prepend or append text to a dom element after parsing an HTML String into a Document object.
Syntax
Document document = Jsoup.parse(html); Element span = document.getElementById("sampleDiv"); span.text("This is a sample content."); span.prepend("Initial Text."); span.append("End Text.");
Where
document − document object represents the HTML DOM.
Jsoup − main class to parse the given HTML String.
html − HTML String.
span − Element object represent the html node element representing anchor tag.
span.text() − text(content) method replaces the element s content with the corresponding value.
span.prepend() − prepend(content) method adds the content before the outer html.
span.append() − append(content) method adds the content after the outer html.
Description
Element object represent a dom elment and provides various method to set, prepend or append html to a dom element.
Example
Create the following java program using any editor of your choice in say C:/> jsoup.
JsoupTester.java
import org.jsoup.Jsoup; import org.jsoup.nodes.Document; import org.jsoup.nodes.Element; pubpc class JsoupTester { pubpc static void main(String[] args) { String html = "<html><head><title>Sample Title</title></head>" + "<body>" + "<span id= sampleDiv ><a id= googleA href= www.google.com >Google</a></span>" +"</body></html>"; Document document = Jsoup.parse(html); Element span = document.getElementById("sampleDiv"); System.out.println("Outer HTML Before Modification : " + span.outerHtml()); span.text("This is a sample content."); System.out.println("Outer HTML After Modification : " + span.outerHtml()); span.prepend("Initial Text."); System.out.println("After Prepend : " + span.outerHtml()); span.append("End Text."); System.out.println("After Append : " + span.outerHtml()); } }
Verify the result
Compile the class using javac compiler as follows −
C:jsoup>javac JsoupTester.java
Now run the JsoupTester to see the result.
C:jsoup>java JsoupTester
See the result.
Outer HTML Before Modification : <span id="sampleDiv"> <a id="googleA" href="www.google.com">Google</a> </span> Outer HTML After Modification : <span id="sampleDiv"> This is a sample content. </span> After Prepend : <span id="sampleDiv"> Initial Text.This is a sample content. </span> After Append : <span id="sampleDiv"> Initial Text.This is a sample content.End Text. </span>
jsoup - Sanitize HTML
Following example will showcase prevention of XSS attacks or cross-site scripting attack.
Syntax
String safeHtml = Jsoup.clean(html, Safepst.basic());
Where
Jsoup − main class to parse the given HTML String.
html − Initial HTML String.
safeHtml − Cleaned HTML.
Safepst − Object to provide default configurations to safeguard html.
clean() − cleans the html using Whitepst.
Description
Jsoup object sanitizes an html using Whitepst configurations.
Example
Create the following java program using any editor of your choice in say C:/> jsoup.
JsoupTester.java
import org.jsoup.Jsoup; import org.jsoup.safety.Safepst; pubpc class JsoupTester { pubpc static void main(String[] args) { String html = "<p><a href= http://example.com/ " +" oncpck= checkData() >Link</a></p>"; System.out.println("Initial HTML: " + html); String safeHtml = Jsoup.clean(html, Safepst.basic()); System.out.println("Cleaned HTML: " +safeHtml); } }
Verify the result
Compile the class using javac compiler as follows −
C:jsoup>javac JsoupTester.java
Now run the JsoupTester to see the result.
C:jsoup>java JsoupTester
See the result.
Initial HTML: <p><a href= http://example.com/ oncpck= checkData() >Link</a></p> Cleaned HTML: <p><a href="http://example.com/" rel="nofollow">Link</a></p>Advertisements