---
name: "Catmandu::Importer::HTML"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libcatmandu-html-perl"
version: "0.02+dfsg-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Catmandu::Importer::HTML"
---

# Catmandu::Importer::HTML(3pm)

An HTML importer

## NAME

Catmandu::Importer::HTML - An HTML importer

## SYNOPSIS

```
    # From the command line
    $ catmandu convert HTML to YAML < ex/test.html
    # From Perl
    use Catmandu;
    my $importer = Catmandu->importer('HTML',file => 'ex/test.html');
    my $n = $importer->each(sub {
        my $hashref = $_[0];
        # ...
    });
```

## DESCRIPTION

This is a Catmandu::Importer for converting HTML data using the HTML::TokeParser parser.

## CONFIGURATION

- file

  Read input from a local file given by its path. Alternatively a scalar reference can be passed to read from a string.

- fh

  Read input from an IO::Handle. If not specified, Catmandu::Util::io is used to create the input stream from the `"file"` argument or by using STDIN.

- encoding

  Binmode of the input stream `"fh"`. Set to `":utf8"` by default.

- fix

  An ARRAY of one or more fixes or file scripts to be applied to imported items.

## METHODS

Every Catmandu::Importer is a Catmandu::Iterable all its methods are inherited.

## SEE ALSO

Catmandu::Importer, HTML::TokeParser