Ruby

Convert HTML to Plain Text

Demonstrates how to convert HTML to plain text. Ruby

require 'chilkat'

# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

h2t = Chilkat::CkHtmlToText.new()

html = h2t.readFileToString("c:/temp/test.html","utf-8")
if (h2t.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false)
    print h2t.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

plainText = h2t.toText(html)
if (h2t.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false)
    print h2t.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

print plainText + "\n";