Tagsoup: An easy API for parsing HTML in Java

I needed an API to convert sourcecode embedded in HTML (example) into plain text. I needed to keep track of where the <pre> tags start and stop, plus extra stuff for my parsing heuristic.

The Java API I chose for this task is Tagsoup and I'm very impressed. Why Tagsoup is awesome:

Very easy setup.

Familiar SAX API so there's less to learn

It just works.

If you're writing Java code and you need to work with HTML, I highly recommend Tagsoup!

# posted by Jesse Wilson on Tuesday, February 13, 2007