htmltoplain

Written as htmltoplain(argnum flags):options in a transform expression.

Minimum arguments	1
Maximum arguments	1
Default arguments	1
Argument modes	SINGLE_PRIMITIVE

Documentation

Convert HTML content to plain text by stripping all markup and non-displayable content.

This transform takes HTML input and returns clean plain text with:

• All HTML tags removed
• Script and style content removed
• HTML entities decoded
• Whitespace normalized
• Basic text formatting preserved (line breaks, paragraphs)

Notes:

• The transform handles malformed HTML gracefully
• Does not preserve complex formatting like tables or lists
• Converts HTML entities to their character equivalents
• Multiple spaces/newlines are collapsed
• Returns empty string if input contains no text content

Flags

Flag	Letter
noncaptive_input	I

Examples

Basic HTML conversion

Input args: ["<p>Hello <b>World</b></p>"]
Transforms: "htmltoplain:"
Output: "Hello World"

With complex HTML

Input args: ["<div><style>body{color:red}</style><script>alert()</script>Text</div>"]
Transforms: "htmltoplain:"
Output: "Text"

Preserving line breaks

Input args: ["<p>Line1<br>Line2</p>"]
Transforms: "htmltoplain:"
Output: "Line1\nLine2"