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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 22, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sanitizing-html-tags-content/177739 "2009-10-22T20:03:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:**  [@introvert](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/introvert)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sanitizing-html-tags-content/177739/1 "2009-10-22T20:03:19Z")
Hello,
I have a variable which holds the following html code:
some textlink …
Now I’d like to process it so that everything would be stripped except
object/param/embed tags (span tag and its content should be removed).
What is the best way to compliment that?
I’ve installed sanitize gem but it wont allow me to strip/remove content
inside html tags as well.
I though of regex but I’m unsure about this.
Many thanks for help!
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**Author:**  [@introvert](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/introvert)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sanitizing-html-tags-content/177739/2 "2009-10-22T23:15:39Z")
On Oct 22, 2009, at 12:03 PM, Aljaz F. wrote:
> type=“application/x-shockwave-flash” allowscriptaccess=“always”
> content
> inside html tags as well.
>
> I though of regex but I’m unsure about this.
>
> Many thanks for help!
Have a look at nokogiri. It will parse the HTML for you and you can
then tinker with it as you please. After you’re done, just write it
back out as a string.
Blessings,
TwP
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**Author:**  [@introvert](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/introvert)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 1:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sanitizing-html-tags-content/177739/3 "2009-10-23T01:26:48Z")
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Tim P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
> > src=“[- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/v/6fEogbKnNcQ&hl=en&fs=1&)”
> > I’ve installed sanitize gem but it wont allow me to strip/remove content
> > inside html tags as well.
> >
> > I though of regex but I’m unsure about this.
Please don’t use regexes. Think of the children!
Instead, try Loofah, which is based on Nokogiri and has some nice
sanitization helpers:
[http://loofah.rubyforge.org/](http://loofah.rubyforge.org/)
Good luck!