html5lib is a pure-python library for parsing HTML. It is designed to

conform to the HTML 5 specification, which has formalized the error handling

algorithms of popular web browsers.

= Installation =

html5lib is packaged with distutils. To install it use:

$ python setup.py install

= Tests =

You may wish to check that your installation has been a success by

running the testsuite. All the tests can be run by invoking

runtests.py in the tests/ directory

= Usage =

Simple usage follows this pattern:

import html5lib

f = open("mydocument.html")

parser = html5lib.HTMLParser()

document = parser.parse(f)

More documentation is avaliable in the docstrings or from

http://code.google.com/p/html5lib/wiki/UserDocumentation

= Bugs =

Please report any bugs on the issue tracker:

http://code.google.com/p/html5lib/issues/list

= Get Involved =

Contributions to code or documenation are actively encouraged. Submit

patches to the issue tracker or discuss changes on irc in the #whatwg

channel on freenode.net