Convert HTML to Text in Python

This guide explains how to convert HTML to text in Python. It has details to set the environment, a list of steps, and sample code to convert HTML text to plain text in Python. You will learn various options to control the conversion process and create custom output.

Steps for HTML to Text Converter in Python

  1. Set the environment to use Aspose.HTML for Python via .NET to convert HTML to text
  2. Import the Aspose.HTML module for performing the conversion
  3. Create a string containing HTML markup with a heading and a paragraph
  4. Create an HTMLDocument using the above string
  5. Instantiate the TextSaveOptions class object to set the output file format
  6. Transform the HTML content to text and save the result using the Converter.convert_html() method

These steps describe the transformation of HTML to text in Python. Import the desired Aspose.HTML modules, create an HTML string or load an existing HTML file into the HTMLDocument class object. Finally, create an object of the TextSaveOptions class and call the convert_html() method with these settings to extract the text.

Code to Change HTML to Text in Python

This code demonstrates how to change HTML to TXT in Python. This API supports loading the existing file/url instead of an inline string, handling malformed markup gracefully using HtmlException, and loading non-ASCII HTML content by setting the character_set. The ResourceHandlingOptions can be used to resolve references to the external CSS/images.

This guide helps in converting HTML to plain text. To convert an HTML file to GIF, refer to the article Convert HTML to GIF in Python.