Convert HTML to well-formed XML

The Chilkat Perl HTML-to-XML conversion component will convert any HTML to well-formed XML. After converting, existing XML parsers, tools, and libraries can be leveraged to extract (scrape) information.

The input/output files used in this example are provided here, along details explaining rules for conversion.

• HTML Example #1
• HTML Example #2
• HTML Example #3

Download Perl Programming Example Scripts

# file: htmlToXml.pl

use chilkat;

# Perl script to convert HTML files to well-formed XML

$htmlConv = new chilkat::CkHtmlToXml();
$success = $htmlConv->UnlockComponent("anything for 30-day trial");
if (! $success) {
	print "component is locked!\n";
	exit;
}

$htmlConv->ConvertFile("exampleData/test1.html","output/test1.xml");
$htmlConv->ConvertFile("exampleData/test2.html","output/test2.xml");
$htmlConv->ConvertFile("exampleData/test3.html","output/test3.xml");