text() always decodes HTML entities about selectolax HOT 5 OPEN

@kiwijam @rushter

In Modest we have buffer positions for attributes in tokens
You can use this for get raw data.

from selectolax.

Added limited support for this in 0.2.7.

>>> html_parser = HTMLParser('<div>&#x3C;test&#x3E;</div>')
>>> selector = html_parser.css_first('div')
>>> selector.child.html
'&lt;test&gt;'
>>> selector.child.raw_value
b'&#x3C;test&#x3E;'

This is limited to text nodes only for now.

from selectolax.

I think I can't control it, since Modest performs some preprocessing but I can be wrong.

from selectolax.

Added limited support for this in 0.2.7.

>>> html_parser = HTMLParser('<div>&#x3C;test&#x3E;</div>')
>>> selector = html_parser.css_first('div')
>>> selector.child.html
'&lt;test&gt;'
>>> selector.child.raw_value
b'&#x3C;test&#x3E;'

This is limited to text nodes only for now.

Thanks for your work done. How can I join in the maintenance of the library. I would like to be of help so that more features can be added.

from selectolax.

Added limited support for this in 0.2.7.

>>> html_parser = HTMLParser('<div>&#x3C;test&#x3E;</div>')
>>> selector = html_parser.css_first('div')
>>> selector.child.html
'&lt;test&gt;'
>>> selector.child.raw_value
b'&#x3C;test&#x3E;'

This is limited to text nodes only for now.

Thanks for your work done. How can I join in the maintenance of the library. I would like to be of help so that more features can be added.

Well, It's open-source. You are welcome to propose new features or improve existing ones.

You can improve the new raw_value feature to support arbitrary nodes.
That's a pretty easy task, but you will need to be familiar with the C language and Modest library though.

from selectolax.