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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 21, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/correcting-html-in-ruby/64054 "2006-06-21T17:53:28Z")\
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**Author:**  [@roland](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/roland)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/correcting-html-in-ruby/64054/1 "2006-06-21T17:53:28Z")
Hello,
I need to get content out of files which have incorrect HTML.
Is there any library that does that?
I have been looking for a HTML-\>XML library but all attempts I have made
have been futile.
Thanks for your time,
Roland
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**Author:**  [@roland](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/roland)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/correcting-html-in-ruby/64054/2 "2006-06-21T18:34:32Z")
On 6/21/06, Roland M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
> I need to get content out of files which have incorrect HTML.
> Is there any library that does that?
It’s not exactly what you’re looking for but the W3C has a tool called
HTML Tidy [1] which may be of help. It can fix a lot of brain damaged
HTML, and even does wonders for the horrible HTML generated by MS
Word.
[1] [Clean up your Web pages with HTML TIDY](http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett/tidy/)
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**Author:**  [@roland](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/roland)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/correcting-html-in-ruby/64054/3 "2006-06-21T20:30:34Z")
On Jun 21, 2006, at 16:53, Roland M. wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I need to get content out of files which have incorrect HTML.
> Is there any library that does that?
>
> I have been looking for a HTML-\>XML library but all attempts I have
> made
> have been futile.
There was an article on doing something like this posted to the list
a short while back:
[http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/197214](http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/197214)
It seems to give a good overview of a few different solutions.
best of luck,
matthew smillie.