Convert HTML to well-formed XML

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The Chilkat Python 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

# file: htmlToXml.py

import chilkat 

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

htmlConv = chilkat.CkHtmlToXml()
success = htmlConv.UnlockComponent("anything for 30-day trial")
if not success:
	print "component is locked!"
	sys.exit(0)


htmlConv.ConvertFile("exampleData/test1.html","output/test1.xml")
htmlConv.ConvertFile("exampleData/test2.html","output/test2.xml")
htmlConv.ConvertFile("exampleData/test3.html","output/test3.xml")