textversionjs

Generate the text version of your HTML email in a second.

This tool is an open source project. Feel free to use it any time in your projects!

htmlToPlainText

The function that generates plain text from email htmls.

Params

Param	Type	Required	Default value	Description
htmlText	string	Yes		The html version of the email
styleConfig	json/javascript object	No		Options for converting

styleConfig

Param	Type	Required	Default value	Description
linkProcess	function	No		Callback function to customize links appearance
imgProcess	function	No		Callback function to customize image appearance
headingStyle	string	No	"underline"	Define heading appearance, options: "underline", "linebreak", "hashify"
listStyle	string	No	"indention"	Define list appearance, options: "indention", "linebreak"
uIndentionChar	string	No	"-"	If listStyle is indention, uIndentionChar is the character that fills the indention for unordered lists
oIndentionChar	string	No	"-"	If listStyle is indention, oIndentionChar is the character that fills the indention for ordered lists after the heading number
listIndentionTabs	int	No	3	If listStyle is indention, listIndentionTabs is the width of the indention
keepNbsps	boolean	No	false	Define the behaviour of the non-braking spaces. If set to true, nbsps are not collapsed to single space.

linkProcess

Param	Type	Required	Default value	Description
href	string	Yes		The destination (href property) of the link
linkText	string	Yes		The text of the link

imgProcess

Param	Type	Required	Default value	Description
src	string	Yes		The source (src property) of the image
alt	string	Yes		The alternative text (alt property) of the image

Examples

Simple conversion with default style

var textVersion = require("textversionjs");
var htmlText = "<html>" +
					"<body>" +
						"Lorem ipsum <a href=\"http://foo.foo\">dolor</a> sic <strong>amet</strong><br />" +
						"Lorem ipsum <img src=\"http://foo.jpg\" alt=\"foo\" /> sic <pre>amet</pre>" +
						"<p>Lorem ipsum dolor <br /> sic amet</p>" +
						"<script>" +
							"alert(\"nothing\");" +
						"</script>" +
					"</body>" +
				"</html>";

var plainText = textVersion(htmlText);
// returns
// "Lorem ipsum [dolor] (http://foo.foo) sic amet
// Lorem ipsum ![foo] (http://foo.jpg) sic amet
// Lorem ipsum dolor
// sic amet"

Customize link appearance

var textVersion = require("textversionjs");
var htmlText = "<p>Lorem <a href=\"http://foo.foo\">ipsum</a> dolor sic amet</p>";

var styleConfig = {
	linkProcess: function(href, linkText){
		return linkText + " " + "(" + href + ")";
	}
};

var plainText = textVersion(htmlText, styleConfig);
// returns "Lorem ipsum (http://foo.foo) dolor sic amet"

Customize headings

var textVersion = require("textversionjs");

var htmlText = "<h1>Lorem ipsum</h1>" +
				"<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sic amet</p>";

var styleConfig = {
	headingStyle: "hashify"
};

var plainText = textVersion(htmlText, styleConfig);
// returns
// "# Lorem ipsum
//
// Lorem ipsum dolor sic amet"

Customize lists

var textVersion = require("textversionjs");
var htmlText = "<ul>" +
					"<li>Lorem</li>" +
					"<li>ipsum</li>" +
				"</ul>" +
				"<ol>" +
					"<li start=\"3\">Lorem</li>" +
					"<li>ipsum</li>" +
				"</ol>";

var styleConfig = {
	headingStyle: "indention",
	uIndentionChar: ".";
	listIndentionTabs: 2;
};

var plainText = textVersion(htmlText, styleConfig);
// returns "
// ..Lorem
// ..ipsum
// 3.Lorem
// 4.ipsum"

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