Overview
The html package provides APIs for parsing and manipulating HTML content in Dart applications outside of a browser environment. It enables developers to work with HTML documents programmatically, offering features like DOM traversal, element manipulation, and parsing of raw HTML strings. This is particularly useful for server-side rendering, static site generation, or processing HTML content in non-browser contexts such as mobile apps or desktop applications. The package supports all major platforms including Android, iOS, Web, macOS, Windows, and Linux.
Use cases
- Parsing HTML from strings
- Manipulating HTML documents programmatically
- Server-side HTML processing
- Static site generation
- Extracting data from HTML
- Building HTML parsers
Key features
- DOM-like API for HTML manipulation
- Support for parsing malformed HTML
- Cross-platform compatibility
- Lightweight and efficient
- Built-in utilities for element selection
- Extensible parsing and serialization
Suitable for
- Backend Dart services
- Mobile app content processing
- Desktop application text handling
- Web scraping utilities
- HTML transformation tools
Considerations
- Not intended for browser environments
- Limited CSS styling support
- Requires manual handling of encoding
- Performance may vary with large documents
- No built-in sanitization
- Depends on external source code for updates