Re: Using HTTP::LinkExtor to get URL and description info

I think you want HTML::LinkExtor..

use strict;
use HTML::LinkExtor;
my $p = HTML::LinkExtor->new(\&cb, "http://www.perl.org/");
sub cb {
        my($tag, %links) = @_;
        print "$tag @{[%links]}\n";
}
$p->parse_file("index.html");
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Re: Re: Using HTTP::LinkExtor to get URL and description info by Popcorn Dave (Abbot) on Aug 08, 2002 at 20:18 UTC
I know that I got the module name wrong, but for what I want to do, HTML::LinkExtor doesn't go far enough. My app filters out headlines but I want the active link and the text description. As far as I can tell from playing with HTML::LinkExtor, all I can get is the link, not the text and the link. I couldn't work out how you would pull the link text as it has no anchor tag. HTML::TokeParser seems to be the best way for me to go for my project. However if I've missed something with HTML::LinkExtor, let me know and I'll take another look at that. Some people fall from grace. I prefer a running start...	[reply]

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Re: Re: Using HTTP::LinkExtor to get URL and description info
by Popcorn Dave (Abbot) on Aug 08, 2002 at 20:18 UTC

My app filters out headlines but I want the active link and the text description. As far as I can tell from playing with HTML::LinkExtor, all I can get is the link, not the text and the link. I couldn't work out how you would pull the link text as it has no anchor tag.

HTML::TokeParser seems to be the best way for me to go for my project. However if I've missed something with HTML::LinkExtor, let me know and I'll take another look at that.

Some people fall from grace. I prefer a running start...

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